Here is an overview of the types of assessments we offer
These assessments are designed to evaluate your ability to perform everyday tasks. We look at a range of factors that influence your function, including your physical, cognitive, and psychosocial skills, and how your environment impacts your abilities.
This is crucial for:
Functional Capacity Assessments (FCAs): Detailed evaluations used to determine a person's level of functional ability, often a key requirement for NDIS funding applications or plan reviews.
Disability Support Pension Assessments: Providing the necessary evidence and professional opinion to support your application for the Disability Support Pension.
NDIS Access Requests: Completing comprehensive assessments to demonstrate how a person's disability affects their daily life, supporting their application to the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
Functional Assessments for Medico-legal Purposes: See further below
A sensory profile assessment helps to understand how you process and respond to sensory information from the world around you.
By identifying your unique sensory patterns, our therapists can help you develop strategies and make environmental changes to better manage your sensory needs, improving your comfort and participation in daily activities. View our sensory profile assessment page.
Our cognitive assessments evaluate how your brain processes information, including your memory, attention, problem-solving skills, and planning abilities. This helps to identify any cognitive challenges you may be facing and allows us to develop targeted strategies to support your independence in daily tasks at home, work, or in the community.
Sleep is a fundamental occupation that impacts all aspects of your life. Our sleep assessments explore your sleep routines, habits, and environment to identify factors that may be hindering your ability to get restful sleep. We provide practical recommendations and strategies to improve your sleep quality and, in turn, your overall health and well-being.
For those living with chronic pain, our assessments focus on understanding its impact on your daily function, roles, and activities. We provide tailored support and objective evaluation for two specific pain management therapies:
Spinal Cord Stimulator Assessments: If you are considering a spinal cord stimulator to manage chronic pain, an occupational therapy assessment is an essential part of the process. We evaluate how your pain affects your daily function, and work with the multidisciplinary team to ensure you are well-prepared for the procedure and equipped to achieve the best possible outcomes. View our spinal cord stimulator assessments page.
Scrambler Therapy Assessments: Scrambler Therapy is a non-invasive treatment for chronic neuropathic pain. Our assessments for this therapy focus on understanding the nature and impact of your pain. We help to determine if you are a suitable candidate and provide ongoing support to help you achieve long-lasting pain relief and improved function.
We provide independent and objective medico-legal assessments for a range of legal matters, including workers' compensation, public liability, and motor vehicle accident claims. Our detailed reports provide a professional opinion on a person's functional capacity and their needs for care, equipment, and home modifications, including for Administrative Review Tribunal (ART) matters.
Contact us to book your assessment or learn more about how we can support your sensory processing needs.
Call us on (08) 7082 0622 or email reception@lifeworksot.com.au to get started.