Metropolitan Health
Northern
bubs celebrate special birthday
Premature bubs in the
northern suburbs are getting the best possible start in life thanks
to the vital role played by Northern Health's PANCH services.
Premature
babies in global study
An international study
on the use of caffeine to help regulate the breathing of very pre-term
babies has produced some early positive results.
Patients
take heart from MRI research
The Alfred Hospital
is using MRI technology to help diagnose difficult-to-detect heart
conditions and better inform surgeons undertaking cardiac surgery.
Award
an Australian first
Royal Children's Hospital
Educational Resource Centre Department head Gigi Williams has received
the Bio-Communications Association (BCA) of America's highest professional
honour.
New
service helps patients manage vision loss
An initiative by Guide
Dogs Victoria (GDV) in association with the Royal Victorian Eye
and Ear Hospital is set to improve the quality of life for many
patients with poor eyesight.
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Public Health
Birthday
for diabetes support group
A group dedicated to
increasing understanding and support for those dealing with diabetes
has celebrated its first birthday.
Extra
funding for depression
Government funding
to beyondblue, the national body tackling depression, has been extended
for another year to give the groundbreaking organisation certainty
in planning for the future.
Asthma
tips help families breathe easier
Victorian kids suffering
asthma attacks could avoid 75,000 emergency hospital admissions
through education and support according to a new report.
Reproduction
hope for HIV-positive women
For many HIV-positive
women—or women with HIV-positive partners—getting pregnant
may not be as impossible as once thought.
Cervical
cancer vaccine study
Australian women have
the opportunity to take part in a global study of a new vaccine
that could protect against cervical cancer.
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Disability Services
Display
part of the art cycle
Pieces for an exhibition
by artists from Shepparton's GV Centre Disability Services will
feature recycled materials.
Former
Kew residents thrive living in the community
The final residents
to move from Kew Residential Services have now settled into their
community house where they are enjoying a better quality of life.
Conference
for disability support workers
The 6th annual Australasian
Society for the Study of Intellectual Disability (ASSID) Disability
Support Workers conference aims to provide participants with practical
skills that can be taken back to the workplace so that they can
better assist clients.
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Rural and Regional Health
Ballarat
Health patient numbers at record levels
Ballarat Health Services
patient figures reached record levels in the maternity, emergency
and operating suite departments in the last financial year.
Primary Health
Children's
corner opens at Royal Dental Hospital
A purpose-built children's
waiting and entertainment area at the Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne
has been officially opened.
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General News
Initiatives
to promote cultural education
New State initiatives
aim to improve communications with Aboriginal people and help Department
of Human Services staff to build more effective and respectful cultural
partnerships.
New
home for brain injury service
Alcohol and other drug-related
acquired brain injury support organisation arbias has moved to new
premises at 27 Hope Street, Brunswick.
100
years at the Royal Children's
One hundred years of
Royal Children's Hospital history has been captured in a book of
interest to nursing students, history buffs and the general reader.
Discovery
may lead to infertility breakthrough
A young Melbourne researcher
has found a compound that entices white blood cells to areas of
inflammation also plays an important role in attracting human embryos
to the womb, supporting the establishment of a healthy pregnancy.
Peninsula
expo gives info on ageing in good health
Forty minutes of weight
training each week helps Fred Roberts, 82, keep healthy and active.
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Office for Children
Listening
the key to helping build resilience
About 450 carers, community
service organisations and Department of Human Services staff and
educators took part in the two-day Giving every child in out
of home care every chance: the resilience congress in Melbourne.
Nurses
win community award
Glen Huntly Maternal
and Child Health (MCH) Service has topped the Community Services
category of the Leader Community Newspapers 2006 Business Achiever
Awards.
Win
for youth accommodation service
Barwon Youth Accommodation
Services' work in supporting disadvantaged youth in Geelong has
led to it being named the 2006 Geelong Advertiser Business Excellence
Award winner for a community service agency.
$500,000
spearheads recruitment campaign for new foster carers
The Government will
fund a $500,000 foster care recruitment drive to halt the alarming
fall in the number of people applying to become carers.
Annual
conference for early childhood services staff
About 300 kindergarten
and child care centre staff and guests attended the 2006 Early Childhood
Management Services (ECMS) annual conference at the Darebin Arts
and Entertainment Centre.
Community Health
Community
voice in future health care plan
An advisory group is
helping oversee three planning trials to develop a modern, integrated,
person and family-centered community-based health care service system.
Funding
boost to help prevent chronic disease
Around 400 chronically-ill
people a year in the City of Bendigo will get State Government help
to be healthy at home and reduce their risk of a hospital stay.
Scholarships
for local students
Ranges Community Health
Service has awarded four tertiary health scholarships to residents
of the Shire of Yarra Ranges for nursing, medicine or a health science
studies.
Aged Care
Geelong
aged care centre spreads wings
Aged Care Minister
Gavin Jennings has opened the 108-bed Wallace Lodge at Barwon Health's
McKellar Centre.
Grants
acknowledge the vital role of carers
The Government has
announced a $739,000 package of grants to support carers of older
Victorians at the launch of a new policy that acknowledges the vital
role of carers.
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Housing
Work
under way on Maidstone housing
Work has begun on a
$3 million housing project in Maidstone to provide safer and more
comfortable accommodation for 20 single low-income earners who meet
public housing eligibility criteria.
New
housing planned for older Geelong residents
A new housing project
to be built in Geelong will be home for 15 older people from the
area.
Housing
dreams come true
More than 790 Victorian
families now have a home in towns and suburbs across the State thanks
to the Group Self Build program.
Homelessness
tackled
Two projects will tackle
short-term housing and homelessness in the outer southern suburbs
of Melbourne.
New
housing for singles from the Yarra Valley
Kalimna Park was once
a guesthouse in Healesville, a haven for families from Melbourne
intent on enjoying the fresh, clear air of the Yarra Valley.
Family
has accommodation covered
Housing Minister Candy
Broad has praised the love and devotion of Tongala grandmother Nancy
Perkins who has been caring for three grandchildren—Nathan,
18, and his younger sisters Ashley and Paige.
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Listening
the key to helping build resilience
