I was meant to go to rehab at Epworth for 2 weeks, I wanted to leave the very next morning!! The physiotherapist I had was really unprofessional & too busy chatting & gossiping with her colleagues to care what or how I was doing. The (male) nursing unit manager was abusive towards me & made it very obvious that he didn't believe I had, had a fall, because none of the staff witnessed it.My daughter came in, at first encouraging me to try & stay the full 2 weeks but a little while after she got there the NUM came into my room & continued to be rude & confrontational towards me (in front of my daughter, and not being aware it was my Daughter, who also happens to be a Nurse), after my daughter witnessed the way I was being treated, she told me to pack & leave with her. The Allied health staff (and a trainee Specialist) tried to tell me that what a Professor & various other professionals had told me was incorrect & that all that I had wrong with me was "a bit of arthritis", yet they never spoke to anyone or obtained any of my actual medical records or test results from the hospital I was taken to after the car accident. I stuck it out for almost the full 2 weeks as I genuinely wanted help but despite my efforts, I didn't get the help I so desperately needed. They completely messed up my bowel care regime & medications (that were not an issue to begin with) & changed me to a morphine based medication after I specifically informed them that morphine makes me feel very nauseous. To top it off after I left, they rang my TAC case worker & told her I needed "tough love", I did not give them permission to speak to anyone regarding my health status, so they in fact breached my privacy. I have a spinal cord injury & am pretty sure no amount of "tough love" is going to fix that. I needed guidance & skills to enable me to me more Independent. I deserved kindness, compassion, patience & understanding not to be bullied, belittled and treated so cruelly. What little self esteem I had left, I lost completely during my short stay. I would never NEVER EVER recommend anyone go to the Epworth for Rehab, or for any reason & would never allow another member of my family to either. read more