Vision Support in Adelaide
Vision loss can affect everyday activities such as cooking, shopping, using technology and accessing the community.
Thrive Health Therapies provides occupational therapy for adults with low vision or vision loss in Adelaide. Support is tailored to your needs and focuses on increasing independence, safety and confidence.
How Can Occupational Therapy Help?
An occupational therapist can assess how your vision affects daily life and help you find practical ways to complete activities more independently.
Support may help you:
Build skills for activities at home and in the community
Make better use of your remaining vision
Learn alternative or compensatory techniques
Use assistive technology more confidently
Improve the lighting, contrast and organisation of your environment
Connect with other suitable vision services
Daily Living and Community Independence
Develop practical skills for everyday activities such as cooking, household tasks, personal care, shopping and accessing the community.
Functional Vision Assessments
A functional vision assessment explores how you use your vision during everyday activities. It can identify tasks affected by vision loss and recommend strategies, equipment or environmental changes to improve safety and independence.
Residual Vision and Vision Training
Learn how to use your available vision more effectively through strategies such as visual scanning, improved lighting, increased contrast and changes to how objects or tasks are positioned.
Compensatory Techniques
Learn alternative ways to complete activities using touch, hearing, organisation, memory and consistent routines. Strategies may include tactile labels, audio information and non-visual methods of identifying objects.
Functional Capacity Assessments
A functional capacity assessment considers how your disability affects everyday activities, community participation and independence. Recommendations may address support needs, assistive technology and practical strategies.
Assistive Technology Assessments and Training
Receive assistance to select and use suitable technology, including:
Smartphones, tablets and computers
Accessibility settings and applications
Electronic magnification devices
Screen magnification and screen-reading programs
Text-to-speech and voice-controlled technology
What Vision Support Services Are Available?
Connections With Other Services
Where appropriate, we can connect you with other professionals and services, such as orientation and mobility instructors. We can also collaborate with your existing healthcare providers and supports.
What Should You Expect?
Your occupational therapist will discuss your vision, daily routines, current challenges and personal goals. They may observe you completing relevant activities, recommend practical strategies, trial assistive technology and help you practise new techniques. Support may take place in your home, in the community or in another relevant environment.
Vision Support From Thrive Health Therapies
Whether you are adjusting to a recent change in vision or looking for new ways to increase your independence, we can help you develop practical strategies that reflect your abilities, environment and goals.
Contact Thrive Health Therapies to discuss vision support or arrange an occupational therapy assessment in Adelaide.
Where Do We Conduct Functional Capacity Assessments in Adelaide?
At Thrive Health Therapies, we offer community-based, clinic-based and telehealth services to clients throughout metropolitan Adelaide:
Community-Based Services: We conduct community-based functional capacity assessments in your home, or at a location convenient to you, throughout metropolitan Adelaide. Learn more about our service areas here.
Clinic-Based Services: Where it is not appropriate to conduct a functional capacity assessment in the home, we offer clinic-based assessments at our Findon clinic.
Telehealth Services: We also offer telehealth assessments where in-person assessments are not possible.
FAQs - Vision Support in Adelaide
If you can’t find an answer to your question, please contact our friendly team on 0474 248 081 or email enquiries@thrivehealththerapies.com.
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Vision support occupational therapy helps people with low vision or vision loss manage everyday activities more safely and independently. An occupational therapist can assess how your vision affects your daily life and recommend practical strategies, equipment, assistive technology or changes to your environment.
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Adults who are experiencing low vision or vision loss may benefit from occupational therapy support. This may include people who have recently experienced a change in their vision or those looking for new strategies to maintain or increase their independence.
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Support may take place in your home, in the community or in another environment relevant to the activities you would like assistance with.
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No! You can refer yourself or your child directly via our online referral form, or reach out to us on 0474 248 081, via our online enquiry form or at enquiries@thrivehealththerapies.com.
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