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Your Path to Independence

At With Grace OT, we focus on your personal journey toward independence and empowerment through tailored occupational therapy sessions that meet your unique needs.

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Our 
Story

Michelle is an Occupational Therapist who graduated from La Trobe University with a Masters of Occupational Therapy practice in 2014. Drawing on over 10 years of clinical practice, she has worked extensively in inpatient rehabilitation and facilitated patients’ successful discharges home.

 

Michelle has worked in community practice and in home rehabilitation. She has extensive experience in working with many conditions ranging from orthopaedic injury, post neurological events, dementia, cardiac and respiratory diseases and other chronic illnesses.

 

Michelle genuinely cares for her clients' well-being. She enjoys collaborating with them to build their capacity to live rich and independent lives at home and stay engaged in the community.

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Services

With Grace OT provides personalised holistic assessments of your home environment to ensure you live safely and independently. Our targeted retraining sessions focus on enhancing your daily activities, promoting independence, and reducing fall risks in the comfort of your home.

 

Empower your life with our dedicated occupational therapy services tailored to your unique needs.​​​​​

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Initial Assessments and
Equipment Prescription

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Home Visits

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Specialised OT Retraining Sessions

  • Increase independence with shower, dressing, cooking, laundry, bill paying and other tasks

  • Increase independence in the community i.e. shopping, attending appointments

  • Increase engagement in leisure activities

  • Functional and home safety assessments

  • Cognitive retraining and memory supports

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  • Falls prevention and fatigue management

  • Appropriate and cost effective assistive equipment recommendations

  • Minor/major home modification reports

  • Goal setting and retraining interventions

  • Liaising with treating physicians to help clients build confidence with oxygen use at home.

Costs

Funding options:
 

  • Private + travel cost*

  • Support At Home (previously Home Care Package)

  • NDIS (self-managed and plan managed, as per NDIS guidelines)

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*Travel costs from Hawthorn East clinic capped at $35

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  • *As of 1st November 2025

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Initial Assessments

Min. of 2 hours

Private: $120 per hour + travel*
 

Support At Home: $120 per hour
 

NDIS: As per guidelines

Comprehensive Occupational Therapy Initial Assessment includes:
 

  • Comprehensive report

  • Assessment of home environment and
    current level of function

  • Treatment plan

  • Diagrams for home modifications and organising quote with builder

  • Equipment prescription

  • Goal setting

  • Liaising with care team

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Specialised OT Services

Individualised retraining sessions in your own home to increase safety and independence with daily activities.

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  • Transitioning home post hospital admission

  • Increase independence with shower and dressing, cooking, laundry, paying bills and other tasks.

  • Increase independence in the community i.e. shopping, attending appointments.

  • Cognitive retraining and memory supports

  • Falls prevention and fatigue management

  • Goal setting and retraining interventions

  • Dementia management within the home

  • Liaising with treating physicians to help clients build confidence with oxygen use at home.

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