Reaching Collingwood from Brunswick
Our Sydney Road clinic is a short drive from Collingwood by way of Nicholson Street and Johnston Street. Parking and building access are the usual inner-city challenges, and our team plans around them. If your building needs us signed in, tell us when you enquire.
Visiting the Collingwood estate
The public housing towers and walk-ups on Wellington Street and Hoddle Street are home to many older residents and people living with disability, and they are among the places we visit most often. We know the access arrangements, work in apartment-sized spaces, and set up exercises using a chair, a wall and a doorway. Where a support worker or family member helps with daily care, we teach them the program so it continues between visits.
Home after St Vincent’s
St Vincent’s Hospital is on Collingwood’s western edge, and many of our visits here are in the first days and weeks after discharge, when someone is home from a joint replacement, a fracture or a medical admission and cannot yet manage a clinic trip. We follow the hospital’s plan, make sure the home is safe, and rebuild strength and walking.
Who else we visit in Collingwood
The suburb’s remaining workers’ cottages and terraces house long-time residents who want to stay put, and the many converted warehouses and new apartments house NDIS participants and people recovering from treatment. We visit all of them.
Walking and balance in Collingwood
Victoria Park, the old Collingwood football ground now open to the public, has a flat loop path, and the Yarra trail at Abbotsford is a short distance east. Smith Street’s shops and the route 86 tram are practical goals for people who want to shop and travel on their own again.
Podiatry at home
Nail and skin care, diabetic foot assessments and footwear advice are available at home. Regular foot care keeps estate residents mobile and out of hospital.
Nearby suburbs
We also visit Fitzroy, Abbotsford, Clifton Hill and Fitzroy North.
Arranging a visit
Head2Toe Home is part of the Head2Toe group. Send an enquiry with your suburb and funding type and we will call to confirm.