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General News
Department helps fire victims
The Department of Human Services sent extra support staff to areas
most affected by the January bushfires to help communities cope
with the tragedy.
Department executives return in new
roles
Former Department of Human Services senior executive Peter Allen
has returned as Under Secretary, Policy and Strategic Projects.
Agency channel a new source of information
The Department of Human Services is encouraging managers of service
organisations to register with its interactive Funded Agency Channel
(FAC) website.
Heart starters at public venues
Melbourne’s new ‘heart’ Federation Square and Ballarat’s
historic Sovereign Hill now have help at hand to electronically
revive sudden cardiac arrest victims within the vital first minutes.
Hospitals take top honours for quality
Goulburn Valley Health has won back-to-back regional health awards
for reports on its quality of care, joining metropolitan and rural
winners Peninsula Health and West Wimmera Health Service.
Week promotes organ donor awareness
Victorian organ donation service LifeGift is encouraging community
members to think and talk about organ donation during Organ Donor
Awareness Week and tell their family about their decision.
New book looks at social welfare
Australian Council of Social Services President Andrew McCallum
will launch a new book by Philip Mendes, senior lecturer in social
policy and community development in Monash University Faculty of
Medicine’s Department of Social Work.
New program can keep residents well for life
Residential aged care staff in Northern Metropolitan and Loddon
Mallee Regions will take part in a program to enhance the health,
independence and wellbeing of their residents.
Treatment trial on leg ulcers
The National Ageing Research Institute (NARI) is seeking participants
for a trial to assess the effectiveness of nerve stimulation to
help heal wounds caused by leg ulcers.
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Public Health
Meningococcal vaccine program under
way
Hospitals, Maternal and Child Health Centres, local governments,
Community Health Centres and GPs across the State are providing
free meningococcal C vaccine for hundreds of thousands of Victorian
children.
Drug educator program reaches diverse
communities
Thirteen representatives of culturally and linguistically diverse
community agencies have graduated on a course qualifying them as
bilingual drug educators.
Beware the bugs that can spoil fun
in the sun
Victorian Health Minister Bronwyn Pike has reminded outdoor partygoers
to be wary of food bugs that could ruin their festivities.
Tobacco tactics in focus
The case for greater long-term investment to reduce smoking rates
will be the focus of a national conference to be hosted by the Cancer
Council Victoria.
African communities address drug
issues
African communities in the western suburbs have united to address
common concerns about the emerging drug abuse phenomenon among their
populations.
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Disability Services
CIDA forum to focus on the individual
World-renowned thinker, problem solver, presenter and planner Dr
John O’Brien will be a keynote speaker at the 15th annual Council
of Intellectual Disability Agencies (CIDA) national conference in
May.
Special needs considered in Bendigo
unit
A new Community Residential Unit in Bendigo will provide long-term,
shared and supported accommodation for five young men with intellectual
disabilities.
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Community Care
Best start for Victorian children
The City of Ballarat will receive $300,000 to help pioneer a $7.6
million Government initiative that will help give Victorian children
the best start in life.
Project connects students to their
culture
An innovative, eight-week program at Braybrook Secondary College
has helped Aboriginal students reconnect to their culture and identity.
Call for Robin Clark Award nominations
The Department of Human Services is calling for nominations from
the child and family welfare sector for the Robin Clark Memorial
Awards 2003.
Foster care conference
The Foster Care Association of Victoria annual State conference
will be held at Hawthorn Town Hall on June 14.
Scheme strengthens preschool management
As many as 370 Victorian preschools are the first to share in a
new cluster-based management initiative to lighten the management
workload on preschool committees.
Warning against leaving children in
parked cars
Under no circumstances should children be left in parked cars,
says Community Services Minister Sherryl Garbutt.
Aged Care
Conference features varied sessions
Special sessions will stimulate debate and innovative ideas during
the Alzheimer’s Australia National Conference at the Melbourne
Convention Centre between March 18 and 21.
Victorian Seniors Festival marks 21
year of celebrating
The Victorian Seniors Festival comes of age for its 21st year with
a wide range of events, forums and activities–proving its The
Age To Be theme.
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Housing
Homelessness funds boost
More than $1.9 million in new funding will boost support for homelessness
services across Victoria.
Governor visits Highett estate
Young residents of the Office of Housing’s Highett estate
received Back to School Packs from Victoria’s Governor John
Landy during a visit to the City of Bayside.
Mental Health
Walking group takes a step to relieve
grief
A group of bereaved women have formed ongoing support networks
and friendships during a walking group program to help them work
through grief issues.
Metropolitan Health
Multi-cultural work wins award
The Royal Children’s Hospital has received an Excellence Award
for Service Delivery from the Victorian Multicultural Commission.
Support for multiple mums
For many women, having a baby is the most exciting time of their
lives.
Children’s hospital to host health
expo
The Royal Children’s Hospital annual Expo will update parents,
carers, educators and health professionals on specific and generic
developmental health issues.
Leading edge technology at Royal Melbourne
The Royal Melbourne Hospital has opened the world’s most technologically
advanced operating theatre.
Cancer survivors star in advertising
campaign
Premier Steve Bracks and Minister for Health Bronwyn Pike helped
Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute launch its new advertising campaign,
in which cancer sufferers from all walks of life tell their stories.
Better breast testing at Peter Mac
More Victorian women will be tested for breast cancer after the
installation of a new state-of-the-art digital mammography system
at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute.
Hospital calls for volunteers with
something special
The Royal Children’s Hospital is recruiting for its Ward Grandparents
program.
Boost for medical transport network
Victorians being transported from smaller to larger hospitals will
receive better quality of care during their journey, thanks to a
$910,000 State Government funding boost.
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Multicultural
work wins awards
