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Placements, supervision and learning grounded in the realities of older-adult care.
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About Clinics GRP
Partnerships that bring care closer
Long-term relationships with retirement communities, universities and research partners help us bring care closer to older adults and strengthen the people who provide it.
Why partnerships matter
Good partnerships become part of the care
Our relationships take different forms. The Village has helped us build care within retirement communities. The University of Queensland connects clinical practice with education. Research and training collaborations help us keep learning. Each relationship has a practical role in supporting older adults and the clinicians who work with them.
A partnership grown in community
The Village Retirement Group
Our teams have become part of these communities.
Our relationship began in 2009 with a healthy ageing presentation to Village residents. That first visit led to regular therapeutic exercise and healthy ageing classes. In 2011, we established our first clinic hub together within a Village community.
Today, our clinics at Coorparoo, Yeronga and Taigum sit within The Village communities. The Village has supported our presence and growth there, while Clinics GRP has brought physiotherapy, rehabilitation, exercise and healthy ageing care closer to residents.
Over time, our clinicians have built lasting clinical relationships with many residents, supporting people as their mobility, health and goals change. That continuity has made our teams part of the fabric of these communities.
2009
The first healthy ageing presentation to Village residents
2011
The first clinic hub established together
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Established clinic hubs: Coorparoo, Yeronga and Taigum
Planned, not yet open
The next chapter: Manly
The Village Manly is in development. Clinics GRP plans to establish a fourth clinic hub within the new community, extending this locally connected model into Brisbane’s bayside and eastern corridor. The established hubs remain Coorparoo, Yeronga and Taigum while Manly takes shape.
Clinical education partnership
The University of Queensland
Our work with The University of Queensland connects older-adult clinical care with student supervision, observational placements and structured practice-based learning. Students see how clinical reasoning, communication and rehabilitation come together in the settings where care happens.
In 2022, this relationship was recognised with the SHRS Clinical Education Partnership Award in Physiotherapy.
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2020
Clinical education relationship established
24+
UQ physiotherapy students supported each year
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Programs: four-year undergraduate and GEMS masters
Research and training
Learning beyond one organisation
We also work with education, research and training collaborators where a shared question can lead to better clinical learning or more useful care.
Research-linked practice
Conversations that connect useful evidence with the questions clinicians face in care delivery.
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Training relationships that help clinicians build capability across services and settings.
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