General News
Victoria to lead fight against cancer
Victoria will be at the forefront of cancer treatment and research
under plans announced by Health Minister Bronwyn Pike.
Metropolitan Health
Expert panel to improve hospitals
For the first time, senior clinicians will join a permanent panel
to advise the Government on ways to improve the Victorian health
system, as part of a range of hospital improvement reforms to be
adopted by the Government.
Keeping kids in touch with school
The Royal Children’s Hospital Education Institute has used
high-technology to ensure children and young people in hospital
maintain social and educational links with their school and classmates.
Booklet offers info on birth injury
The Royal Children’s Hospital physiotherapists, occupational
therapists and plastic surgeons have produced a booklet to inform
and support parents, general practitioners and obstetricians about
brachial plexus palsy.
Diverse Muslim community unites for
kids
Muslims from the Victorian community, representing 64 nationalities
from a multitude of countries, have joined to support the Royal
Children’s Hospital.
Nurse project wins innovation award
Western Health has presented its annual innovation award to a specialist
nurse-led project introducing an ‘early warning’ system
for patients showing signs of deterioration that may lead to heart
attack in a general hospital ward.
New CEO for Eastern Health
Dr Tracey Batten has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of
Eastern Health.
New ward helps patients on the
road to recovery
Rehabilitation patients in Melbourne’s outer east now have
a home-like ward at Angliss Hospital in which to test their readiness
to resume independence.
Osteoarthritis treatment on trial
The Sunshine Hospital Physiotherapy Department is calling for local
residents with osteoarthritis to take part in a major research project.
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Public Health
Conference showcases community safety
best
Topics such as alcohol and drugs, crime and violence prevention,
workplace and children’s safety and traffic safety were the
focus of presentations to the Victorian Safe Communities Network
(VSCN) first annual conference.
Conference promotes health
More than 2,000 delegates are expected to take part in the 18th
World Conference on Health Promotion and Health Education in
Melbourne between April 26 and 30.
Councils lead the way on community
health promotion
A conference organised by the Department of Human Services’
Public Health Division has highlighted the ways local governments
can influence health and wellbeing.
Diverse projects win awards
The 2003 Public Health Awards recognised diverse projects, a high
level of expertise and positive contributions by many individuals
and organisations.
Eye tests urged for older people
Older Victorians have been urged by Health Minister Bronwyn Pike
to have their eyes tested regularly as part of a new campaign to
reduce avoidable blindness.
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Juvenile Justice
New chaplains for Parkville precinct
The Parkville juvenile justice precinct has welcomed new chaplains
John Shaw and Greg Crowe.
Disability Services
Horsham awakes to festival activities
More than 500 performers from all over Australia celebrated the
8th annual Awakenings festival for people of all abilities in Horsham.
Project has a place in art history
The history of Arts Project Australia and its students with an
intellectual disability is the subject of the A Sense of Place exhibition.
Anniversary celebration for former Kew
residents
Community Services Minister Sherryl Garbutt joined five former
residents of Kew Residential Services to celebrate their first year
of community living at their home in East Doncaster.
New card improves access for people
with a disability
Up to 80,000 Victorians with disabilities will benefit from a new
scheme to ensure fairer access to entertainment and sporting venues.
Website offers info and help on
autism
Gateways Support Services has launched an internet site to promote
community inclusion of people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
International day party goes
wild
About 250 people from Melbourne and the surrounding area enjoyed
a live music and dance party run by Club Wild at the Melbourne Museum
as part of celebrations for International Day of People with a Disability.
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Community Care
Melbourne congress attracts early
childhood experts
Professor Barnabas Otaala, whose 30-year career in early childhood
care centred on Africa, will be keynote speaker at the OMEP World
Congress in Melbourne in July.
Call for feedback on child protection
report
Minister for Community Services Sherryl Garbutt has released the
Protecting Children: The Child Protection Outcomes Project
report for public consultation.
Aged Care
30 years of fundraising fun
Three women who helped form the original fundraising auxiliary
for the Bundoora Extended Care Centre took part in the group’s
30th birthday celebrations.
Communities follow student progress
with keen interest
Swan Hill and Njernda (Echuca) Aboriginal Co-op communities took
a keen interest in the progress of 11 Certificate Three—Aged
Care students.
Blueprint for better care for older
people
Improving health care for older Victorians is the focus of a new
Government blueprint released by the Aged Care Minister Gavin Jennings.
Information at hand
Two new handbooks will better inform people with disabilities,
frail older people, their families and carers about living in a
Supported Residential Service (SRS).
Experience works for business
Minister for Aged Care Gavin Jennings has encouraged more Victorian
employers to hire mature-age workers and recognise the benefits
that they bring to their workplaces.
Certificate course has cultural flavour
Sixteen Rumbalara Aboriginal Co-operative Home and Community Care
Service workers have graduated from Victoria University in the Certificate
Three in Community Services (Aged Care Work).
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Housing
Residents keep Fridays free for lunch
Every Friday, older people and others living on the North Richmond
housing estate are treated to lunch.
Roof run-off put to good use
An innovative water-saving scheme on the Richmond public housing
estate was born of an idea that became part of a Monash University
Environmental Planning submission prepared by student Myfanwy Browning.
Social housing boost for Fawkner
Construction work has begun on a $1.8 million social housing development
in Fawkner that in mid-2004 will provide much-needed accommodation
for local elderly people.
Training boost for Neighbourhood
Houses
A new Government training grant will help strengthen the skills
of volunteers and staff in Victoria’s Neighbourhood Houses
and Learning Centres.
‘We share a dream and sing with
one voice’
It was particularly apt that Seeker Bruce Woodley’s song I
Am Australian was sung by Carwatha College Primary School grades
3 and 4 pupils at the opening of a Noble Park public housing development.
Mental Health
Psychoanalytical approach the focus
of seminar series
The Victorian Association of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists (VAPP)
is running five separate series of seminars in 2004.
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Horsham
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