Rehabilitation

The McKellar Centre offers a range of rehabilitation services that enable people to make a dynamic recovery. It is situated on a vibrant community asset with parkland surrounds and incorporates state of the

art equipment.

The State Government has generously committed over $100 million to this redevelopment that is transforming the McKellar Centre site into a vibrant centre for rehabilitation and aged care excellence.

The state-of-the-art Inpatient Rehabilitation Centre (IRC) has 100 beds and involves rehabilitation service programs for a wide range of conditions, including:

• Stroke and other Neuro rehabilitation
• Amputee
• Trauma - multitrauma, orthopaedic, brain injury and spinal (excluding early spinal cord injury)
• Ortho Geriatric
• Palliative care

The IRC was opened by the then Premier Steve Bracks and Minister for Aged Care, Gavin Jennings in April 2005 and represented the first stage of the McKellar Centre development.

Specific outpatient Clinics are offered at the Community Rehabilitation Centre (CRC) for the following conditions:

• Post Polio
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Falls and Balance
• Respiratory

The Community Rehabilitation Centre provides many specialist rehabilitation clinics including Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy, Psychology, Dietetics, Social Work, Orthotics, Prosthetics and Home Rehabilitation programs. The CRC was opened by the Minister for Aged Care, Gavin Jennings in October 2006 and was part of stage 2 of the redevelopment.