DIabetes education
If you think you may be at risk of developing diabetes or you are living with Type 1 diabetes, we have a team of Credentialed Diabetes Educators across the Great Southern region that can help you to understand and manage your condition.
In addition, we can arrange for Type 1 Diabetes school education sessions to enable you to feel understood and supported throughout your school years.
Self-referrals are accepted and fees will apply, however if you are living with a chronic condition, we suggest you discuss this with your GP as you may be entitled to claim the Medicare rebate under a chronic disease management plan. Under this plan, if you are eligible, you can receive up to 5 visits within a calendar year.
To download a referral form should you wish to self-refer, please click the button below.
Diabetes Educators - Lindsey Worthington & Kerri Lockhart
Diabetes Educator - Kerry Harker
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DIETITIAN SERVICES
At Amity Health, we have a team of friendly and supportive, accredited practising Dietitians available to help you to make healthy food choices through good nutrition. We can chat with you about your diet and how to stay healthy during your teenage years and beyond.
As a teenager and young adult, you have unique nutritional needs that change as you grow and develop. We can help you in the areas of:
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Food intolerances and allergies
Coeliac Disease
Eating Disorders
Diabetes
Impaired glucose tolerance
Weight Management
Irritable Bowel Syndrome – including FODMAPs
Inflammatory Bowel Disease – Chron’s Disease, Ulcerative colitis
Poly cystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS)
Undernutrition
Sports nutrition
Optimising nutrition for special diets e.g. vegetarianism
We are available on request for health professional education and workshops in adolescent nutrition and dietetics.
Self-referrals are accepted and fees will apply.
Amity Health is a registered NDIS provider. If you are living with a chronic condition, we suggest you discuss this with your GP as you may be entitled to claim the Medicare rebate under a chronic disease management plan. Under this plan, if you are eligible, you can receive up to 5 visits within a calendar year.
To download a referral form should you wish to self-refer, please click the button below.
Some really useful websites that may also assist you are:
Ana Orozco - Dietitian
Sophie Royce - Dietitian
Hannah Page - Dietitian
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disability SERVICES
If you are a teenager or young adult living with a disability, Amity Health may be able to help you.
If you have a disability that reduces your capacity to communicate, interact, learn or move about, with a referral from your doctor or health practitioner, we have trained specialists that can help you to find the right aids or services to manage and overcome the challenges that you may face.
We can provide a range of allied health services to assist you to help maximise your potential. We offer predominantly clinic-based appointments for assessment and ongoing treatment, with occasional home/school visits when appropriate. Telehealth is also available as an appointment option.
Whether your needs relate to assistance with communication, movement, sensory abilities, activities of daily life or memory/thinking skills, contact us to discuss how we can help. If you have a mobility impairment that requires you to use a wheelchair, our Albany based clinic now has wheelchair scales.
Amity Health is an NDIS registered provider with experience in managing autism, hearing and visual impairments, intellectual disability, brain injury and stroke.
Click the relevant buttons below to find out more about the NDIS registration process;
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Autism
Hearing loss
Visual impairments
Intellectual disability
Sensory motor disorders
ADD and ADHD
Global Developmental disorder
Dyslexia and learning disabilities
Communication impairments across a broad range of disorders including Development Language Delay, Developmental Apraxia of Speech, stroke, brain injury, and neurodegenerative disorders
Physical disability
To download a referral form, should you wish to self-refer, please click the button below.
Did you know that Amity Health provides opportunities for people to contribute to the governance of our services for people with disabilities? If you would like to have input and be involved in this consultation process, please click below to register your interest.
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mental health care
Having good mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through to adulthood.
If you have concerns about your well-being, we have several options available to you, as outlined below.
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Please click here to see the counselling options that are available to you:
This program is NOT suitable for those who are currently in crisis or in need of urgent care.
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We can provide counselling to address trauma, anxiety, depression, behaviour, stressful life events and any situation that may impact your mental and emotional well-being.
Self-referrals are accepted or see your family GP to discuss if a Mental Health Plan may be appropriate for rebates via Medicare.
We are fortunate to have Danita Walsh (Art Psychotherapist, Occupational Therapist and Mental Health Clinician) who provides Art Therapy and Chronic Pain counselling as options.
We are also an approved NDIS provider which means that mental health counselling and art therapy can be accessed using this funding where appropriate.
To find out more about our Art Therapy counselling services, please click here.
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As part of our Fee for Service Mental Health team, Amity Health offers Psychology and counselling services with Registered Psychologist, Brigid Morrigan.
Delivering psychological and counselling support for clients aged between 10 and 67 years of age, with mental health difficulties including:
• Anxiety, depression, grief, stress and trauma related difficulties, and other emotional and self-regulation concerns.
Click here to download the Psychology & Counselling Services brochure.
Wondering why you’d see a Psychologist? Click here.
***Please note that Amity Health do not provide crisis care***
If you or someone you know is in need of urgent medical assistance, please contact your nearest hospital, general practitioner or click here for crisis care contacts.
Did you know that Amity Health provides opportunities for people to contribute to the governance of our mental health services? If you would like to have input and receive our mental health governance enewsletters from time to time, please subscribe by clicking the button below.
Danita Walsh - Art Psychotherapist, Occupational Therapist and Mental Health Counsellor
Brigid Morrigan - Registered Psychologist
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OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY SERVICES
So what is Occupational Therapy? It is a health service that helps people to participate in all the things we do in our everyday lives that help us to live meaningful lives.
If you are a teen or young adult experiencing difficulties with any of the challenges listed below, our team of OT’s can help.
fine and gross motor coordination
sensory processing and regulation
attention and concentration
visual processing
social skills
handwriting and other education/classroom activities
recovering from injury
We can also provide assessment and therapy should you have a disability. This is assessed on a case-by-case basis to determine your best pathway options. Amity Health is a registered NDIS provider.
Self-referrals are accepted and fees will apply.
If you are living with a chronic condition, we suggest you talk to your GP as you may be entitled to the Medicare rebate under a chronic disease management plan. If eligible, you can receive up to 5 visits within a calendar year.
Occupational Therapists Renae Reid & Jeanette Collins
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SPEECH PATHOLOGY SERVICES
Are you a teenager or young adult experiencing difficulties with your speech and language?
At Amity Health, our Speech Pathologist Alanna, can assist you in the following areas by providing an assessment and therapy to help you to manage these challenges:
speaking (speech sounds and/or use of words) and understanding
stuttering
auditory memory
speech difficulties due to hearing loss
reading and writing
vocal disorders
difficulty with safe eating and drinking
alternative augmentative communication
Additionally, if you or someone you know is experiencing speech-related challenges from disabilities such as Autism, Specific Learning Disabilities and Down Syndrome, our team are here to assist.
Amity Health is a registered NDIS provider.
Self-referrals are accepted and fees will apply, however if you are living with a chronic condition, we suggest you discuss this with your GP as you may be entitled to claim the Medicare rebate under a chronic disease management plan and/or a team care plan. Under these plans, if you are eligible, you can receive up to 5 visits within a calendar year.
Speech Pathologist - Alanna Murphy