Speaking to another amputee can make a real difference to your recovery and ease your concerns. We call this type of assistance Peer Support.
Following surgery, you will need time to recover. It is also a time to set goals about your journey ahead. Here, we help to guide you through the process to navigate your pathways forward.
Effectively managing your short and long term health will lead to better outcomes and prevent future problems.
Getting the right kind of prosthesis to suit your lifestyle needs and daily level of activity is important.
People are often concerned about the costs involved in getting a prosthesis. In Australia, there are a number of different funding schemes and it can be easy to get confused and to know what you are eligible for.
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Using lessons learned from the South Australian Limb Loss Capacity Building program, this Victorian initiative will:
We will engage people with limb loss in the development of activities and materials using a co-design approach; making sure that our community has the opportunity to share knowledge and insight throughout project delivery.
Very soon we will be hosting information sessions in metropolitan and regional areas of Victoria. These locations include:
To see the full list of locations and dates, please click here.
If you live in or near to one of the locations outlined above and would like to register to attend an information session, please email info@limbs4life.org.au.
Download the flyer by clicking here.
As part of the Amputee Empowerment Project, Limbs 4 Life have created some information sheets to help to support the community. You can download the information sheets below or contact us and we will send you hard copies via mail.
As part of the Amputee Empowerment Project we will be conducting research with ethics approval from Monash University.
We are seeking your feedback. If you are a person with limb loss living in Victoria, we want to hear from you. Your feedback is important to us. An Explanatory Statement about the research can be found here.
For more information about this project please contact us today.
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