South Island Regional Resources for Adults with Disabilities (RRAD) provides education, clinical consultation, rehabilitation, and specialized support to adults with complex neurological health conditions. Clinicians help people re-engage in day-to-day activities to meet their health and wellbeing goals.
These services are designed for clients whose community rehabilitation needs cannot be met by services provided by a home health team, facility, or ambulatory clinic.
Services available
- Speech-Language Pathology
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- Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC)
- Swallowing assessment (no therapy) for clients with progressive neurological conditions
- Physiotherapy
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- Goal-oriented physical and functional mobility rehabilitation
- Support transition into an exercise or activity program in the community
- Recreation Therapy
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- Adjustment to disability through use of health coaching and self-management skill development
- Addressing barriers to social determinants of health and community social connections
- Providing education on community resources specific to leisure interests and rehabilitation needs
- Occupational Therapy
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- Complex wheelchair seating
- Assistive Technology
- Goal oriented cognitive rehabilitation
Eligibility
To access RRAD, you must
- Be 19+ and live in the south of Island Health’s geographic region
- Require complex rehabilitation following a new or changing neurological diagnosis (e.g., stroke, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis [ALS])
- Be unable to access services provided by a home care team, ambulatory clinic, or other facility
Please note there are some exclusions and the RRAD team are unable to see clients with:
- Major neurocognitive disorder as primary diagnosis
- Mental health and substance use as primary diagnosis
