Prosthetics and Orthotics

What We Do

West Park Healthcare Centre's Prosthetics and Orthotics service is a full-service manufacturing facility, where certified and specially-trained staff design and build state-of-the-art prostheses and orthoses to improve the quality of life and independence of our amputation rehabilitation patients. The Prosthetics and Orthotics team provides services for both inpatients and outpatients. Patients and clients are adults 18 years of age and older who have undergone limb amputation and would benefit from the use of an artificial limb replacement, or a neurological, muscular, or skeletal impairment where mobility and independence can be improved by the use of an orthopaedic brace.

Services include:

• ​Fitting and manufacturing of prostheses and orthoses by clinicians and technicians certified by the Canadian Board for Certification of Prosthetists and Orthotists
  
• ​Regularly scheduled out-patient clinics that offer assessments and prescription recommendations for a wide range of prosthetic and orthotic devices
  
• ​Recommendations for modification, adjustment, repair, and/or replacement of assistive devices
  
• ​Authorized vendor (of prosthetic and orthotic devices) for the Ministry of Health Assistive Devices Program and the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
  
• For in-patient amputees on the Amputee Rehab Service, a temporary prosthesis is created and c​arefully fitted during the early stages of rehabilitation
  
• Staff monitor the fit of the prosthesis and make necessary adjustments
  
• Upon discharge from West Park, regular follow-up is provided until the patient is ready to be fitted with a permanent prosthesis.
  

Service features include:

• ​A personal assessment of a client's needs
  
• Prescription recommendations and manufacture of prosthetic limbs and orthopaedic braces
  
• Consultations with West Park's orthopaedic specialists
  
• Recommendations for modification, adjustment, or replacement of existing assistive devices, as appropriate.
  

Cos​ts

​​Clients and patients are responsible for payment of any costs associated with assistive devices, their components, service, or repairs that are not covered by the ADP.

• The Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care's Assistive Devices Program (ADP) will cover a portion of the cost of the device up to a maximum amount for those patients with a valid Ontario Health Card issued by the Ministry of Health. For more information, and the ADP Program and other potential sources of financial assistance, please visit the ADP website ​ or call at 416 327 8804
• The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) covers costs associated with therapy and devices for WSIB clients
  
• The War Amps program is another potential option for funding. Information will be provided
• Personal health insurance options can be reviewed and information provided.
  

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