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General News
Haemophilia support group heads for
half century
Levi, 3, is an adventuresome little boy.
Garden tours aid women’s crisis
service
The Women’s Domestic Violence Crisis Service Victoria will
benefit from proceeds of a tour of landscaped gardens in the City
of Booroodara.
Short courses for health professionals
Monash Institute of Health Services Research will host a one-day,
interactive Pushing the Envelope in Primary Care workshop.
New community grief service
Victorians who have lost a loved one can now access grief counselling
through the new Community Bereavement Service.
Help for agencies on data collection
The new Quarterly Data Collection (QDC) Information System aims
to minimise the duplication of effort by service providers collecting
data for Department of Human Services purposes.
Revamped services improve health of
eastern residents
People in Melbourne’s east will have better facilities for
managing key health issues following community health upgrades and
refurbishments made possible with Government support.
Band beats the blues
The musos who make up the group the full mental jacket (fmj) have
a large repertoire–they play their own compositions, contemporary
songs and rock from the 1960s and ‘70s.
Stand delivers
The Department of Human Services’ stand at the Royal Melbourne
Show has won a Commercial Exhibitor Award.
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Public Health
Diverse projects address drugs
Multicultural and Aboriginal communities will receive $1 million
Government funding to identify and combat drug-related issues.
Food safety guide is a world leader
Victoria is leading the way in food safety with a world-first web-based
food safety program guide, says Health Minister John Thwaites.
Smoke-free expands to pubs, clubs
and bingo centres
Some 5,000 pubs, gaming venues and bingo centres in Victoria now
must provide smoke-free areas for their patrons.
Helpline offers drug and alcohol
support
A single telephone helpline will provide Victorians with free 24-hour
alcohol and drug counselling services.
New obesity clinic opens
A new obesity service in Melbourne’s western suburbs will
support people in their battle to lose weight and reduce the risk
of them developing life threatening diseases.
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Disability Services
Forum focuses on epilepsy
Staff from Department of Human Services-run accommodation for people
with intellectual disabilities across the state took part in a forum
on epilepsy.
Inclusion the key to State Disability
Plan
An innovative strategy which focuses on the right of inclusion
for people with a disability looks at all aspects of their life,
including health and community services, recreation, education,
employment, transport, housing and justice.
Bright reaction to exhibition
Brisk sales have marked the annual Bright Reactions arts exhibition
showcasing the work of artists with an intellectual disability.
Speech therapy service boost
A $1 million-a-year Government boost to speech therapy services
will improve community interaction for people with a disability
who have complex communication needs.
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Community Care
Victoria’s children to get the
best start
A $7.6 million Government initiative for Victorian children and
families recognises the importance of giving children the best start
in life.
Conference centres on literacy
and numeracy
A three-day Vocational and Educational Guidance for Aboriginals
Scheme (VEGAS) conference targeted literacy and numeracy skills
of Aboriginal children in preschools.
Preschool program takes disability
on board
Yooralla’s Altona North Kindergarten Early Childhood Intervention
Program gives children with a disability access to an inclusive
kindergarten with therapist services.
Newlands Preschool celebrates golden
jubilee
Bill Lord and his sister Faye, who attended Newlands Preschool
in 1954, were among past and present pupils and their families who
celebrated the kindergarten’s golden jubilee.
Award recognises work with preschoolers
Preschool teacher Felicia Conroy has received the Save the Children
White Flame humanitarian award for her work at the multicultural
South Melbourne Mission Free Kindergarten, where she has been director
since 1978.
Initiatives support child protection
A new State Government report will tackle pressures in Victoria’s
child protection system, with a series of new and innovative initiatives.
Good practice guide full of the right
stuff
A new guide for schools in Melbourne’s western suburbs will
help to create links between troubled young people and their local
communities.
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Aged Care
Home but not alone
Len and Ida Gill of Horsham recently celebrated their 70th wedding
anniversary.
Senior Victorians
Mavis motivates her Mildura contemporaries
Mavis Taylor, 86, of Yarrawonga, epitomises the volunteering spirit
in seniors.
Housing
$5.4 million for Caulfield project
A $5.4 million social housing project will provide high-quality
accommodation for older people in Caulfield.
Contract signed on Kensington high
rise tower refurbishment
An $8 million contract to refurbish and upgrade the 12-storey high
rise tower at 56 Derby Street on the Kensington public housing estate
in Melbourne’s inner west has been awarded to Victorian company
S. J. Higgins Pty Ltd.
Action on youth homelessness
More than 180 representatives of homelessness and related agencies
took part in a state-wide forum to promote a Youth Homelessness
Action Plan.
Mental Health
Mental health nurse recruitment
drive to target students
A new recruitment drive to attract more mental health nurses will
target high school students, university nursing students, registered
nurses and others wanting a career change.
Partners in mental health program
The Royal Children’s Hospital and the Victorian Aboriginal
Health Service have become partners to a Memorandum of Understanding.
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Metropolitan Health
$86 million to reduce pressure
on hospitals
The Government has unveiled $86 million of hospital initiatives
to meet increased demand, help reduce the pressure on hospital emergency
departments and treat more patients.
Expanded dialysis service for eastern
suburbs patients
More eastern suburbs residents with kidney failure will be able
to receive their regular dialysis closer to home at an expanded
service in East Burwood.
Bowling up to raise funds for the
Royal Women’s
New state-of-the-art gynaecological examination couches have been
designed and bought especially for the Royal Women’s Hospital
thanks to the Victorian Lady Bowlers Association (VLBA).
Rural and Regional Health
Closer care for cancer patients
Hundreds of cancer patients each year will have access to treatment
closer to home at the new $11 million Ballarat—Austin Radiation
Oncology Centre.
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Department
forum focuses on epilepsy
