Carnival
air for Richmond's Tet Festival
Units
meet resident needs
Tradition
marks start to new year|
March 2002 – Department of Human Services, Victoria, Australia |
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General News $1.5m Uni centre for better human services Victorian health and community services workers and the people they help will benefit from a joint Government-La Trobe University funded professional training and research centre. Australia’s world-leadership in organ transplants is under threat because of a declining number of donors. Paula honours a very special friend When Kidney Care volunteer and Mary Kay beauty consultant Paula Shaw of Ringwood marries forklift driver Ian Hales on March 16 she will have a special friend as her maid of honour. Information to help young doctors is now available on the new Medical Education and Research section on the Melbourne Health Internet site. Young recruits give program a big YES Five young people from local Aboriginal communities have been recruited to the Department of Human Services’ Gippsland Region as part of the Youth Employment Scheme (YES). Workshops address brain injury issues Staff from the Department of Human Services and a variety of agencies have participated in workshops across the State on acquired brain in jury (ABI) and sexuality. Public Health Child death support service opens Families who tragically lose a child to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in Grampians Region will have access to a local specialist counselling and support service. The Monash Institute of Health Services Research has developed several courses to train professionals in the better use of technology in healthcare. Baby boom suburbs see older mums A quarter of Victoria’s recent twins were born to women 35-plus, many in Melbourne’s baby-booming south-east. Web has better health down pat Victorians without personal computers can still tap into authoritative health information for free on the internet through public access terminals or PATs. Funds for gay and lesbian youth suicide projects Two Government-funded projects will combat high rates of attempted suicide among gay and lesbian young people, particularly in rural Victoria. Aged Care CD helps reduce risk of falling A multimedia CD is the latest falls prevention innovation developed by Peninsula Health. Industry demand has seen Victoria University introduce a Diploma in Community Services—Aged Care course at its Nicholson Street, Footscray Campus. Writing course brings recollections to life Joan Stuart describes herself as an OBE (over bloody eighty) and still a dreamer who sees herself being danced off her no-longer nimble feet. Council on the Ageing (COTA) Victoria Executive Director Patricia Reeve will discuss health and ageism at the Women Ageing Well: Mind and Body Health seminar on March 21. Personal thanks for call service staff A poem by an elderly woman speaks volumes about the gratitude clients and their families feel for staff of the Mount Eliza Personal Assistance Call Service (MEPAC). Senior Victorians Whole-of-Government focus raises profile of senior Victorians Senior Victorians Minister Christine Campbell will provide a new, whole-of-Government focus to the portfolio, representing the interests of older Victorians. Musical mornings for Geelong seniors A capacity house of 800 seniors enjoyed the launch of the Musical Mornings 2002 series at Geelong Performing Arts Centre. |
DisAbility Services Experts from the United States and the United Kingdom will join Victorian Executive Director of the Brotherhood of St Laurence Nic Frances as guest speakers at the Council of Intellectual Disability Agencies (CIDA) 2002 conference. Community Care Conference to focus on post-IYV volunteering Volunteering Victoria’s 4th Biennial State Conference will address issues for the future for the sector post-International Year of the Volunteer. More help for women fleeing abuse Strengthened family violence services will provide greater support to women escaping domestic abuse. Website helps victims of violence An internet site providing information about relationship violence to young people has won a national Australian Violence Prevention Award. Rural Health Major boost for country drug services A major expansion of drug rehabilitation and treatment services for rural Victorians will include the first bed-based detox centre for Bendigo. Booklet helps save rural lives Rural Ambulance Victoria (RAV) and Rotary have come up with an easy way to help people communicate their medical history to ambulance crews anywhere in country Victoria. Mildura Aboriginal Health Service Maternal Health Worker Cindy Kirby has received the Mildura Chamber of Commerce annual Business Excellence Award of 2001. Housing Carnival air for Richmond’s Tet Festival The grounds of the Richmond public housing high-rise estate took on a carnival atmosphere as revellers gathered to celebrate the Vietnamese Tet Festival. A range of entertaining events across metropolitan, rural and regional Victoria will highlight this year’s Housing Week following the theme of Bringing People Together. Housing projects for Frankston Two housing projects currently under way in Frankston will provide accommodation specifically designed to meet the needs of older people. A $3 million blueprint will provide longer-term solutions, better services and improved coordination of support to homeless people. From the rubble of a demolished older-style home in Brunswick, three modern, architect-designed brick units have risen to provide purpose-built housing for public housing tenants with disabilities. Juvenile Justice Tradition marks start to new year Young people in Victoria’s three juvenile justice centres celebrated the Vietnamese New Year—known as Têt Nguyên Dán in Vietnam—with family members and representatives from Vietnamese and other local welfare, community and religious organisations. As a Vietnamese Liaison Worker at Melbourne Juvenile Justice Centre since 1998, Leigh Trinh has engaged with more than 150 south-east Asian young offenders in custody–more than 70 per cent of whom are Vietnamese. Metropolitan Hospitals UK team examines innovative project A team from one of Britain’s top hospitals has visited Monash Medical Centre to learn more about an innovative project aimed at improving care for Australian stroke patients. Community Health Health service to retain local link Preston’s new comprehensive health service will reflect the suburb’s proud hospital history by being named after the former Preston and Northcote Community Hospital (PANCH) which previously stood on the site. Metro Health An innovative eye screening program has pioneered an early warning system to detect sight problems in older people.
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