- General Telephone: 01475 501307
Based at Greenock Health Centre from 2 May 2011 the Frail Elderly Team is a group of Allied Health Professionals working together to provide an assessment and rehabilitation service to frail elderly people in Inverclyde aged 65 years and over. We also work with Social Work and other agencies in order to support families and carers at home. We aim to reduce or prevent hospital admissions and maintain independence at home for as long as possible.
The Team
- Physiotherapist and Assistant
- Occupational Therapist and Assistant
- Chiropodist and Assistant
- Speech and Language Therapist
- Dietitian
- Secretary
The Rehabilitation Service in place across NHSGGC brings together:
- Supported Discharge (DART, IRIS, MATCH)
- Community Physical Disability Teams
- Community Older People’s Teams
Glasgow City
- North East Sector: 0141 201 5950
- North West Sector: 0141 201 7205
- South Sector: 0141 232 7174
Acute staff needing to access community rehabilitation services should contact the sector in which their hospital sits.
East Dunbartonshire
East Dunbartonshire have a locally based Community Rehabilitation Team. This service will include GPRR, early supported discharge, domiciliary physiotherapy, community older people’s team and community physical disability team.
The service can be accessed through a Single Point of Access.
- Telephone: 0141 232 8213
- Fax: 0141 232 8228
West Dunbartonshire
Community rehabilitation services to be accessed via:
- COPT telephone: 01389 811760
- CART telephone: 01389 817337
Inverclyde
We operate a single point of access for referrals to all community rehabilitation services including the community rehabilitation team and Inverclyde Physical Disability Rehabilitation Team (PDRS). For further information or to make a referral please call 01475 714350.
Renfrewshire
We operate a Single Point of Access in Renfrewshire and all referrals previously made to Older Adults Community Mental Health Team (OACMHT), Multi Agency for Care at Home Team (M.A.T.C.H), Specialist Nursing Service, Domiciliary Physiotherapy, Adult Speech and Language and Community Physical Disability Service are made through this number 0141 207 7878.
East Renfrewshire
We operate a Single Point of Access in East Renfrewshire. All referrals previously made to the Community Older Person’s Team based in Clarkston or to Levern Valley Older People’s Team based in Barrhead should now be made using the contact details below.
Telephone: 0141 577 3777
Email: Eastwood1.referral@ggc.scot.nhs.uk