The Bernard Curran Rehabilitation Unit offers
multi-disciplinary outpatient services to both the elderly, and those with an impairment or
disability, who require rehabilitation and assessment. Our aim is to provide information,
assessment, treatment and support to people living within the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai area, so that
they can live with maximum independence in the community.
 Who are we?
We are known as Bernard Curran Rehabilitation Unit or BCRU, an outpatient department
of the Rehabilitation & Aged Care Service, at the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital.
What do we do?
We provide services to outpatients who require rehabilitation and assessment. These services include:
- CLINICS
- THERAPIES
- Physiotherapy and Hydrotherapy
- Adult Occupational Therapy assessment and splinting
- Paediatric occupational therapy
- Diversional therapy (eg general activity, woodwork, low vision group, lawn bowls, & focus groups)
- Speech Pathology ( individual & group therapies)
- ASSOCIATED THERAPIES
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation, referrals through Royal Rehabilitation Centre
- Pulmonary maintenance (“Hornsby Huffers”)
- Parkinson’s Disease Exercise Group, referrals through Parkinson’s Disease Support Group
How you can access our service
We require a written referral from a General Practitioner or Medical Specialist.
Appointments can be made by telephoning 9477 9514. If you have no means of transport to
attend appointments here, please contact us, and we can help arrange this for you.
Where you can find us
The unit is located on the ground floor of Palmerston building, on the campus of the Hornsby
Ku-ring-gai Hospital. Entrance is via gate 6 on Derby Road.
What are our hours?
The unit is open from 8.00am - 4.30pm, Monday - Friday
How you can contact us
Please phone us on 9477 9514, or fax us on 9477 5684.
Our postal address is:
The Bernard Curran Rehabilitation Unit
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Health Service
Palmerston Road,
Hornsby,
NSW 2077
When you arrive
Come to the reception desk near the entrance, and we will direct you to the appropriate area.
More information
 The Bernard Curran Unit is named after one of the major benefactors of
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Health Service and the Rehabilitation & Aged Care Service. Bernard Curran’s
family, through the Curran Foundation, continue to provide generous support to further
developments within the unit and service at the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital.
Information about the Rehabilitation and Aged Care Service is available. Information on accessing other RACS services is available by following the links
to those services:
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