Description

Rehabilitation services help people of all ages improve and maintain their independence if they have an injury, illness, disability, or chronic disease that affects their ability to function.

There are four main types of rehabilitation services:

• Physiotherapy – helps restore and maintain mobility and physical function.
• Occupational therapy – helps develop physical, cognitive, sensory, developmental, and/or psycho- logical skills for living independently.
• Speech language pathology – helps overcome and prevent communication problems in language, speech, voice and fluency.
• Audiology – helps detect and evaluate hearing loss as soon as possible, and recommend treatment. Rehabilitation services are available in NWT regional centres and through community outreach clinics. Contact your Community Health Centre for more information and/or referral.

Patients can now self-refer to all rehabilitation services, which means you can sign yourself up without needing a referral from a doctor or nurse practitioner. Learn more: https://www.nthssa.ca/en/services/rehabilitation-services

Benefit Amount

• Amount may vary

Application Process

Please send your completed self-referral form to sth_rehab@gov.nt.ca, or drop your form off at your local hospital or health centre (Fort Smith, Hay River, Beaufort Delta, and Sahtu Region).