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General News
Organisations urged to complete survey
Funded agencies and local government have received the first annual
Partnership Survey to assess their relationship with the Department
of Human Services and guide initiatives for improvement.
Department gets good reception from
its clients
Seventy-five per cent of people who contact a Department of Human
Services reception office feel their issues are resolved, a recent
client satisfaction survey has found.
Going through hell for lather—and
leukemia
When Communications Unit colleague Jo Perkich asked Department
of Human Services Media Manager Rob Hudson if he was up for the
Leukemia Foundation World’s Greatest Shave for a Cure 2003
he did not hesitate.
Program promotes the vital gift of
life
Victorian workplaces will be asked to promote organ donation among
their employees as part of an Australia-first program launched by
Minister for Health Bronwyn Pike.
Conference on patient needs
Delegates to the Meeting Patient Needs—Achieving and Sustaining
Practice Change conference will be treated to a range of state,
national and international innovations.
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Public Health
Pneumococcal vaccine life-saver
for older people in Victoria
An assessment of a free Victorian vaccination program for senior
Victorians has found it has saved lives and significantly reduced
cases of a serious form of pneumonia among our most vulnerable citizens.
Dragon boat team brings epilepsy out
into the open
Health professionals and people affected by seizures teamed up
to help bring epilepsy Out of the Shadows in Australia during the
recent Melbourne International Dragon Boat Festival.
Heart Foundation sends out a red alert
The National Heart Foundation aims to raise $2.5 million during
Heart Week between Monday, April 28 and Sunday, May 4.
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Disability Services
East Gippsland accommodation for five
people with a disability
A new $850,000 Government housing development will provide improved
accommodation for people with disabilities in Lakes Entrance.
Working group to raise cultural awareness
of disability services
A working group will examine how to better provide disability services
to people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds.
Guide builds appetite for good food
Pictures from magazines, food packaging and old cook books, plastic
fruit and photographs of prepared meals can help non-verbal residents
of Community Residential Units take part in menu planning.
Murray River venue for week of games
and fun
Murray Human Services is hosting the 18th Annual Tri-State Games
in Echuca-Moama for people with a disabilities.
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Community Care
Program improves life for children in
care
A $2.1 million program will improve the quality of care for Victorian
children and young people in foster and residential care.
Vulnerable families focus of Best Start
research projects
New research will identify the most appropriate ways to engage
Aboriginal children and their parents in early years activities
such as maternal and child health visits, playgroups, preschool
and primary school.
Aged Care
Seniors greet festival with enthusiasm
More than 300,000 seniors attended concerts, dances and films on
free public transport during the Victorian Seniors Festival.
Program calls on seniors to leave cars
at home
A new pilot program will encourage seniors in the City of Knox
to walk and catch the bus instead of driving a car.
Ash Wednesday survivor is Senior
of the Year
A burns survivor from the Ash Wednesday fires has been named the
2003 Victorian Senior of the Year.
Better access to rural aged care for
culturally diverse seniors
Ethnic seniors in rural areas will have better access to aged care
services through a State Government-funded project.
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Housing
Work begins on new estate
Work is underway on the first stage of the $16.6 million redevelopment
of the Raglan/Ingles public housing estate in Port Melbourne.
Premier launches action plan for Wendouree
West
A ground-breaking scheme to renew the Wendouree West public housing
estate has been launched by Premier Steve Bracks and Housing Minister
Candy Broad.
Mental Health
New homes will help mums cope with
mental illness
Mums suffering from a mental illness will now be able to recover
and rehabilitate in a safe, peaceful environment, thanks to two
new accommodation units.
Metropolitan Health
Teen patients gain their own space
Australian Olympic and Commonwealth Games swimming champion Matt
Welsh and Health Minister Bronwyn Pike opened the new recreation
‘space’ for adolescent cancer patients at Melbourne’s
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.
Patients centre stage at kidney health
forum
Two hundred and thirty kidney patients and carers took part in
the first Australian patient forum on kidney health over one-and-a-half
days in Melbourne.
The Alfred urges motorcycle safety
The number of people admitted to The Alfred as a result of motorcycle
accidents has soared by 92 per cent in a year.
Rural Health
Healthy communities the key to rural
well-being
This year’s Rural Health Week aims to strengthen the profile
of rural health, emphasising the availability of services, resources
and key programs to help rural and remote Victorians achieve and
maintain good health and well-being.
Forum to focus on health services
in small towns
Representatives from rural health agencies and health peak bodies
will take part in an advisory forum at the Glen Erin Vineyard Retreat
in Lancefield on May 2.
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Program
to improve the lives of children in care
