Community Based Rehabilitation Team (CBRT)

Community Based Rehabilitation Team (CBRT) aims to improve people’s well-being, independence and quality of life. People who will benefit from this service are those who have had a recent injury, illness or surgery (within the past six months) which has resulted in rapid functional decline and has impacted on their ability to complete everyday activities.

People with a recent diagnosis of:

• stroke
• acquired brain injury
• early stage or acute exacerbation of neurodegenerative conditions with rehabilitation capacity
• an orthopaedic condition
• amputation requiring functional rehabilitation, that is, improving functional capacity (not maintenance) of function.
• Services provided

CBRT Service delivery incorporates:

• A client centred approach utilising an individual case management framework
• Time limited and goal orientated therapy
• Facilitation of client and carer involvement in the rehabilitation process and to establish clear functional goals
• Emphasis on effective and ongoing communication between the team and the client, carer and relevant stakeholders (including the client’s General Practitioner)

The Community Based Rehabilitation Team provides multiple services including:

• Physiotherapy
• Occupational Therapy
• Speech Pathology
• Social Work
• Leisure Therapy
• Clinical Assistant
• Rehabilitation Specialist

Refer your patient

Referrals are accepted from hospitals, General Practitioners and other Queensland Health community services, please:

• use GP referral system for GPs, or
• complete a paper referral form if you are an external referrer, including other HHS employees and fax to 3360 4822 or mailto:Central_Referral_Unit@health.qld.gov.au. For further information call Central Referral Unit on 1300 658 252

For all referrals please attach recent investigations and clinical assessments

Inclusion criteria

• Ability to participate in self directed therapy program (or use carer support)
• Recent health event (past 6 months) and / or hospitalisation with functional changes
• Have functional rehabilitation goals with the capacity to improve with a time limited block of therapy
• Prosthetic rehabilitation

Considerations

• Clients requiring single discipline intervention only, that may be better suited to an outpatient clinic
• Ongoing active medical treatment plan that may impact on capacity to participate in therapy, eg. Cancer care patients attending chemo/radiation 3 x weekly, dialysis 3x weekly

Exclusion criteria

Not appropriate for CBRT

• No functional rehabilitation goals identified
• Limited capacity to participate in therapy (eg. Acutely medically unstable, no fixed abode)
• Non or partial weight bearing awaiting upgrade to full weight bearing status, and/or requires a hoist for transfers
• Functional symptoms without a confirmed diagnosis (eg. FND)
• Deconditioning in the absence of an acute medical event or hospitalisation

Essential referral information

• Patient medical history and current medications
• Details of the reason for referral, including any recent hospitalisations
• Goals for rehabilitation
• If the client is a participant in NDIS, or receiving a home care package
• Any further investigations the client is referred for