Extend Your Care Beyond the Clinic

When Might a Referral to BridgePoint Be Helpful?

A patient or client may benefit from BridgePoint when their environment, equipment, or changing abilities are creating challenges that extend beyond the clinical setting.

Consider a referral when:

• A patient is returning home after hospitalization, rehabilitation, or another significant change in function.

• Mobility, balance, strength, cognition, or other functional abilities have changed.

• There are concerns about safety or independence in the home.

• A patient’s current equipment is no longer meeting their needs or is difficult to use within their environment.

• A patient may benefit from home modifications, but the appropriate solution is unclear.

• A new piece of medical or mobility equipment may require changes to the environment.

• A patient or family is considering a significant home modification and wants professional guidance before making a substantial investment.

• A family is trying to determine whether a simpler or less expensive solution may meet the same need.

• Multiple professionals, contractors, builders, or equipment providers are involved and the accessibility-related pieces need to work together.

• A patient is aging or experiencing progressive changes and the family wants to plan for future accessibility needs.

• You have identified an accessibility need but do not have the time, setting, or resources to fully evaluate the person’s environment and coordinate the next steps.

You don’t need to know exactly what the patient needs before referring. If you’re seeing a gap between what your patient needs clinically and what their environment can currently support, BridgePoint can help explore the options.

What BridgePoint Can Provide

BridgePoint’s recommendations are individualized to the person and situation. An accessibility consultation may include:

Environmental Accessibility

Assessment of the home and surrounding environment for barriers affecting safety, mobility, independence, and participation.

This may include:

• Entrances & exits

• Bathrooms & bathing

• Bedrooms & living spaces

• Kitchens

• Mobility throughout the home

• Transfers

• Outdoor areas

• Vehicle & transportation access

• Community accessibility when relevant

Equipment & Assistive Technology
Evaluation and recommendations related to equipment or technology that may support function and accessibility.

Depending on the situation, this may include:

• Bathing & toileting equipment

• Transfer equipment

• Mobility equipment

• Seating & positioning

• Assistive technology

• Smart-home technology

• Other medical or adaptive equipment

BridgePoint does not sell equipment. Recommendations are based on the individual’s needs, environment, and goals.

Home Modification Guidance

Recommendations ranging from simple environmental changes to more extensive modifications.

When appropriate, BridgePoint can help clients explore options, understand the scope of a proposed modification, and determine whether a less extensive solution may accomplish the same goal.

Coordination & Project Support

When additional support is needed, BridgePoint can assist with accessibility-related aspects of a project, including:

• Exploring and comparing options

• Obtaining or reviewing contractor and vendor quotes

• Communicating with contractors, builders, and equipment providers

• Reviewing plans or proposed modifications

• Coordinating accessibility-related services

• Providing accessibility-focused project guidance

• Following a project through implementation when appropriate

The level of involvement is based on the client’s needs.

Why BridgePoint?

Accessibility challenges often involve several different professionals.

Healthcare providers understand the person’s medical and functional needs. Contractors and builders understand construction. Equipment providers understand their products.

BridgePoint helps connect those pieces.

As an occupational therapist with specialized training in home modification, environmental access, and medical equipment, BridgePoint considers how the person, their environment, and their equipment need to work together in real life.

The goal is not to replace the professionals already involved in a person’s care.

It’s to help their work fit together.

This may also help prevent unnecessary spending by ensuring that families understand their options before committing to major modifications or expensive equipment.

Sometimes the appropriate solution is substantial. Sometimes the solution is surprisingly simple.

What Happens After You Refer?

1. Submit a Secure Referral

   Complete BridgePoint’s short provider referral form with the information you have available. You do not need to provide every detail before submitting a referral.

   The provider referral for is designed to take approximately 2 minutes to complete, accommodating busy professional schedules.

2. BridgePoint Connects With the Patient or Family

   BridgePoint will contact the patient or family to discuss their situation, explain the available services, and determine whether a consultation is appropriate.

3. Assessment & Recommendations

   BridgePoint completes the appropriate consultation and provides the client with a comprehensive written report outlining findings, recommendations, and suggested next steps.

4. Continued Support When Needed

   Some clients can move forward independently after receiving their recommendations. Others may benefit from additional consulting or project support

When appropriate, BridgePoint can remain involved and coordinate with contractors, builders, equipment providers, and other professionals.

You do not need to manage the accessibility project yourself. BridgePoint can remain involved at the level the client needs.

A Referral is Simply an Introduction

Referring someone to BridgePoint does not obligate the patient or family to schedule services.

Once a referral is received, BridgePoint will contact the patient or family, explain the available options, and allow them to decide whether consulting services are appropriate for their situation.

Our goal is to make the process simple for both the referring professional and the individual receiving services.

Secure Referral Process

Protecting patient information in accordance with HIPAA laws is important to BridgePoint.

Referral information and protected health information (PHI) are submitted through Hushmail’s encrypted platform. Information is handled with appropriate privacy and security safeguards, and access to client information is limited to what is necessary to coordinate services.

Have a Patient Who Could Benefit?

If you’re working with someone whose safety, independence, or ability to function at home may be affected by their environment, equipment, or changing abilities, BridgePoint may be able to help.

You don’t have to determine exactly what they need. Simply tell us what you’re seeing, and we’ll help determine whether an accessibility consultation is appropriate.

Questions Before Referring?

If you’re unsure whether BridgePoint is the right resource for a particular patient or situation, you’re welcome to reach out directly.