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General News
Government announces new Ministers
Former Community Services, Housing and Aged Care Minister Bronwyn
Pike has been appointed the new Minister for Health.
Looking for leaders in health
An innovative leadership development program aims to equip participants
with the courage and tools to implement equitable, evidence-based
health reform.
Ambulance service awards honour our
community heroes
A 10-year-old boy who rescued his brother and a trio who revived
a blowhole-drowning victim were among 22 people recognised in the
2002 Metropolitan Ambulance Service Community Hero Awards.
Department responds to tragic incidents
Governor General Dr Peter Hollingworth has visited Department of
Human Services’ Northern and Eastern Metropolitan Division
staff involved in the aftermath of the Bali bombings and Monash
University shooting.
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Public Health
Diverse projects win awards
A program focusing on children’s physical activity patterns
and the role of family environment has won a Department of Human
Services Public Health Award.
Strategy sets goals for hepatitis C
prevention
Nobel Laureate Professor Peter Doherty, Professor Sir Gustav Nossal,
Dame Elizabeth Murdoch and the family of Sir MacFarlane Burnet were
among guests at the Victorian Hepatitis C Strategy 2002–2004
launch.
Advice for parents of toddlers
with diabetes
Staff at Royal Children’s Hospital have produced a video to
help parents of toddlers with diabetes maintain their sanity through
these difficult and challenging early years.
Awareness campaign tackles chlamydia
rise
A new Victorian community awareness initiative is combating the
massive increase in chlamydia—the most common sexually transmissible
infection.
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Disability Services
Guide to greater independence
Gary has been Peter’s constant companion for the past two
years, helping Peter to maintain his mobility and independence.
Disability support workers win awards
As far as Department of Human Services Grampians Region Disability
Services staff and client families are concerned Joel Turnbull is
‘one in a million.’
Self-help
group offers a range of resources
The Meniere’s Support
Group has a range of resources to help people understand the nature
of the condition.
Department support for companion card
An innovative program will address issues of access and ticketing
in sport, entertainment and recreation for people with disabilities.
Women with disabilities miss out
of Pap tests
Women with disabilities are often overlooked when it comes to having
regular Pap tests, a new study by the Australian Research Centre
in Sex Health and Society (ARCSHS) at La Trobe University has found.
Photographs from another perspective
A series of photographs by Philomena MacDonald depicting her unique
wheelchair lifestyle was a feature of the Technology for Independent
Living (TADVIC) 25th anniversary photographic exhibition.
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Community Services
Cooinda residents moved to new homes
Fourteen residents of a failed Supported Residential Service in
the Bendigo area have been rehoused in suitable alternative accommodation.
Community Health
Brunch for breast cancer awareness
Women over 50 taking part in Elwood-St Kilda Neighbourhood House
Learning Centre (ESNLC) language classes were guests at a Brunch
for Breast Cancer at Elsternwick BreastScreen.
Mural makes people feel welcome inside
The community that Ranges Community Health Service (RCHS) works
within is well known for its love and appreciation of all things
artistic.
Art links ages and cultures
Manningham Community Health Service’s Artlinks Group has produced
a spectacular mosaic with a health and wellness theme.
Aged Care
Home nursing service celebrates
35 years of care in the community
Victoria’s oldest community nursing service specialising in
the ongoing care of people living with progressive degenerative
neurological disorders has celebrated its 35th anniversary.
Phone service links like minds
A national conference will promote the unique Victorian Telelink
Network.
Meals forum sessions provide food
for thought
A project that delivers halal meals to aged members of Muslim communities
in Melbourne’s southern, western and northern metropolitan
areas has been showcased at the Home and Community Care (HACC) ethnic
meals forum.
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Housing
Housing project supports tenants
An Office of Housing initiative is connecting public housing tenants
in vulnerable tenancies with support agencies such as financial
counsellors, community service organisations and job programs.
Mental Health
Carers of all cultures share their
commitment
People of a non-English speaking background (NESB) who care for
a loved one with a mental illness have shared their personal thoughts
and concerns in a new book—I feel so sad…it breaks
my heart.
Dope a downer for girls on a high
Melbourne researchers from the Centre for Adolescent Health have
found that frequent cannabis use leads to later depression and anxiety,
particularly in teenage girls.
Metropolitan Health
Birdseye view of Austin redevelopment
Joe Scaffidi’s office may be a little cramped but its 360-degree
views are breathtaking.
Yummy food encourages good appetite
Lord Mayor of Melbourne John So and staff from his Dragon Boat
Restaurant were guest chefs at a yum cha lunch to promote good nutrition
at Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute.
Youngsters urged to use their heads
Four years ago, Royal Children’s Hospital Director of Neurosurgery
Dr Wirginia Maixner operated on David Simpson, 11, after he was
airlifted to the hospital from Mt Buller.
Princess visits Royal Melbourne
Belgium’s Crown Princess Mathilde toured the Royal Melbourne’s
speech pathology unit during a visit to the hospital with her husband
Crown Prince Philippe.
Dialysis service receives a boost
Twenty-five years and more than 80,000 treatments later the Royal
Melbourne Hospital has marked the opening of its new haemodialysis
unit.
Centre at the heart of research
The new Australian Children’s Heart Research Centre will make
an unrivalled contribution to the cardiovascular health of children
nationally and internationally.
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Disability
support workers win awards
