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What does an Occupational Therapist do? Occupational Therapists play a crucial role in promoting the health and wellbeing of their clients, by enabling them to participate in activities (or ‘occupations’) they find meaningful. At Montrose, we have over 25 incredible Occupational Therapists working across our seven service centres. Montrose Occupational Therapists specialise in supporting young […]

Montrose provides essential services and all Montrose Centres will remain open as normal during the current lockdown. All activities including centre-based therapy appointments, home visits, Lifestyle and Leisure and Short Stay Accommodation are continuing as planned. Covid safety procedures will be in place to keep everyone safe. Please ensure you are wearing a face mask […]

We are continuing with COVID Safe services as usual Montrose provides essential services and all Montrose Centres will remain open as normal this school holidays with all activities including Lifestyle and Leisure, Short Stay Accommodation and School Holiday Groups continuing as planned. You will be aware that additional COVID restrictions are being introduced by the […]

We understand there is a lot of information and discussion around COVID-19 vaccinations and it can be difficult to take it all in. To help, we have summarised the key things we know on this page. For the latest information directly from Government, please visit this site. UPDATE June 8 2020: View information from the [...]

We were delighted to welcome the Hon Craig Crawford MP, Minister for Seniors and Disability Services, to our Darra Head office recently. He met with our CEO Kerrie Mahon to learn more about Montrose services, the needs of our clients and our long history in Queensland. As well as providing high quality services, Montrose works […]

We are growing our Toowoomba Service and are delighted to have new staff joining the team. A huge welcome to our two new Occupational Therapists, Rochelle and Sarah. Sarah has recently transferred from our Brisbane service and is enjoying getting to know her new town and community. Rochelle is passionate about helping everyone to live their […]

October is AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) Awareness Month – you may have seen some of our posts over on our Facebook page. AAC empowers individuals with communication difficulties to express their wants, needs, thoughts and ideas. At Montrose, many of our clients use a range of AAC such as PECS, PODD and speech generating […]

We are here to support you and still keen to see you in-person for your Montrose appointments. This page summarises what we are doing to keep you and your family safe when you visit. We also send regular emails to customers to keep you up to date. Before your next appointment, please take a moment to [...]

This article was updated with new information from the NDIS in May 2020. These NDIS changes may be relevant if you need to purchase a tablet, exercise equipment or other Assistive Technology to allow you to continue your therapy. The NDIS has temporarily broadened the ability to purchase low cost Assistive Technology (AT) items. This […]

Responding to COVID-19 The Montrose team has today decided that we will transition all therapy appointments to teletherapy or phone consultations. This decision has been made after carefully monitoring official updates regarding COVID-19 and in the interest of our customer and staff safety. These are challenging times and we recognise that now more than ever [...]

Thank you for your cooperation and support so far as we respond to the COVID-19 outbreak. As you know, the safety and wellbeing of Montrose customers is always our top priority. Montrose is continuing to put in place strategies to exercise good hygiene and mitigate the risk of spreading infection in our centres. It is […]

Please note, the NDIS has announced updated cancellation rules. Effective 1 July 2019, a short notice cancellation (or no show) is now defined as when there is a failure to provide: Two clear business days’ notice for a support or service which is eight hours or less in duration and less than $1,000 Five clear […]

Our Toowoomba Team are currently trialling a chin control on a sports wheelchair for one of our customers who plays football in the QLD Power Chair Football Association. He is currently using a hand control, but due to declining movement and function in his hand, another option had to be explored. Utilising the chin control will […]

A quick update on this program being run by our Toowoomba team: All of their boys are working on their gross motor skills (including coordination, balance and strength) and the group allows sports, group games and many different activities to be incorporated, making physiotherapy sessions much more fun and enjoyable. Most noticeable is increased participation […]

The Montrose Toowoomba Team have two age specific fine motor and handwriting groups in January: Group one is aimed at 4-5 year olds who are interested in letters and numbers and who need to develop fine motor skills. Group two will focus on 6-8 years olds who are looking to develop their handwriting and fine […]

For over 25 years Montrose has been supporting customers and their families in the Toowoomba region through outreach. The recent launch of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in the area allows people to access support tailored to their needs. We’re excited to announce that we have now opened a permanent office to serve the Toowoomba area. […]

For over 25 years Montrose has been supporting customers and their families in the Toowoomba region through outreach. We’re excited to announce that from January 2017 we will be opening a permanent service. We’ll be able to provide a regular service to customers and work with new customers as the NDIS rolls out across the […]

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) will be available in Toowoomba in January 2017 and in Ipswich from July 2017. To allow us to work with existing and new customers in these areas, Montrose will be opening Service Centres in both locations in the coming months. We are actively looking at office space in both […]