Are you a DVA Card Holder?

If you hold a DVA gold or white card you may be entitled to a range of health care services at DVA’s expense. These health care services include:

  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Optical
  • Home maintenance
  • Occupational Therapy Assessment & Services

You may also be entitled to aids and appliances as prescribed by an Occupational Therapist to help you remain independent in your home.

Further information regarding your DVA eligibility can be found here through the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA).

Are aspects of your daily life becoming challenging?

An Occupational Therapist can help you to do more of what you want to do, safely and independently. Occupational Therapists work with you and your environment to maximise your ability to do the things that are important to you.

Armed with a range of strategies and with access to a vast array of aids and equipment, Occupational Therapists work to enhance your ability to engage in the activities of everyday life – either through adapting the environment, modifying the task, teaching a skill, or educating you in ways to do things safer.

How much does an OT in the Home service cost?

For eligible DVA gold or white car holders, your occupational therapist will bill the DVA directly for any treatment provided. No co-payment or out of pocket expenses will be passed on to you by OT in the Home.

Can I access OT services if I live in an aged care facility?

Eligible gold and white cardholders living in Hostel, or serviced apartments, have access to the same OT services as those living in a private residence. If you require Occupational Therapy services, please call us to discuss your individual circumstances.

Eligible gold and white card holders may be entitled to access the following free DVA Occupational Therapy programs

Rehabilitation Appliance Program (RAP)

The DVA’s Rehabilitation Appliances Program (RAP) provides equipment and surgical aids designed to maximise your ability to do things for yourself and help you to live safely and independently in your home.

Equipment available under this program include:

  • Assistive aids such as wheeled walkers
  • Hospital beds
  • Specialist chairs
  • Lifting hoists
  • Showering and toileting aids
  • Pressure care needs
  • Powered & manual wheelchairs & mobility scooters
  • Personal hygiene aids (including continence products & bidets)
  • Therapeutic aids (including compression stockings and upper limb/hand therapy products)
  • Home modifications including hand rails, modifications to bathrooms, toilets and home entrances to provide safe and suitable access

Am I eligible for the RAP Program?

All DVA gold card holders are eligible for appliances under this Scheme. White Card holders are eligible when the appliance is necessary for the management of an accepted disability.

How can I access the RAP Program?

As an entitled DVA client, you simply need to discuss your needs with your General Practitioner. Your GP can make a direct referral to OT in the Home.

Referrals can also be accepted from Local Medical Officers, discharge planning staff, allied health professionals and inpatient Occupational Therapists.

OT in the Home can assist you in accessing the RAP Program through your GP. Just call us and we will work with you to get the process rolling.