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Barwon Health Social Workers provide services to inpatient (Geelong Hospital and McKellar Centre), outpatient and community programs.Experiencing problems and changes with your health can be a very difficult and stressful time for patients and their family. There are many concerns and problems wh...

Geelong Hospital's Special Care Nursery is a 10 cot, Level 2+ high dependency, which is supported by six specialist paediatricians and a nursing staff of three per shift....

What service is provided? Community Health and Rehabilitation Services (CH&RS) speech pathologists are trained allied health professionals who assess and treat communication disorders in children:Aged up to six years, prior to school entry With a speech delay and difficult to understand...

What service is provided? The Speech Pathology service:Provides assessment and diagnosis and management of inpatients and outpatients as required with communication and/or swallowing disorders of medical & neurological origin, including ICU services and videofluoroscopy. Provides assess...

What service is provided? The service is for inpatient and outpatient pre-school children (ages 0 – 6 years) with a primary speech and/or language difficulty as a result of a medical aetiology, or a primary feeding difficulty. The aims of the service are to provide early identification and ma...

What service is provided? Rehabilitation programs are provided for people with orthopaedic, amputee, neurological, trauma and acquired brain injury conditions. There is also a convalescence service for older people with complex and/or chronic conditions requiring rehabilitation following an acut...

What is dysphagia? Dysphagia is a disorder that may involve dysfunction of the oral, pharyngeal and/or oesophageal stages of the swallowing process. This may result from neurological, structural, physiological and/or functional impairments. It can affect eating and drinking, control of saliva, a...

The Speech Pathology department provides services to a wide range of clinical areas to clients with swallowing and communication disorders. Speech Pathology is predominantly inpatient focused with some outpatient services provided in head and neck, voice and paediatrics. A strict criteria exists ...

Barwon Health offers a spinal cord rehabilitation program. This is a comprehensive, client-centred, interdisciplinary rehabilitation program. The service is offered in inpatient and community rehabilitation (outpatient) settings. The service accepts referrals for existing spinal patients from spe...

What is a stroke?A stroke happens when the supply of blood to the brain is suddenly interrupted. Blood is carried to the brain by blood vessels called arteries. Blood may stop moving through an artery because the artery blocks or breaks and bleeds.Acute Care and Early RehabilitationThe acute stag...

Transitional housing in addition to outreach support and counselling is provided to people who are at risk of homelessness and require stable supported accommodation in order to successfully recover from substance dependence or abuse. Advice, referral and support regarding housing issues is also ...

Barwon Health's Adult Mental Health Services provide community and in-patient services for people aged between 16 and 65 years affected by serious complex mental illness.Five community based adult mental health teams provide services to the Barwon sub-region. The teams are multi-disciplinary and ...

The Swanston Centre is a 32 bed in-patient unit that offers short term treatment for people from the Barwon region with a severe episode of mental illness. Referral Guidelines: All admissions come via the Crisis and Referral Team on ph. 1300 094 187. During business hours, enquiries may be made ...