General News
Annual report
This issue of human services news includes a link to the
Department of Human Services Annual Report 2003–2004 Summary.
National award for Victorian GP divisions
chief
General Practice Divisions Victoria Chief Executive Officer Bill
Newton has received the John Aloizos Medal.
District nurses offer choice
Local residents have more choice over their healthcare since the
Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS) opened its Care and Assessment
Centre in Box Hill.
Community focus for grief support
A $480,000 Government funding boost will ensure Victorians have
better access to grief and bereavement counselling services in their
local community.
Never too many cooks in the kitchens
of Frankston
The first community kitchens in Australia are now open in Frankston.
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Metropolitan Health
Here’s to a speedy recovery
A new helipad at the Royal Melbourne Hospital will ensure Australia’s
busiest hospital maintains its role as a leader in major accident
and disaster services.
New head for Women’s
Dale Fisher has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Royal
Women’s Hospital.
Phone technology is plastic fantastic
Mobile phone technology is helping improve patient care at Dandenong
Hospital.
Video helps students manage diabetes
at school
Two new Royal Children’s Hospital educational videos/DVDs
will help primary and secondary teachers and parents with the management
of students with Type 1 diabetes.
Therapy program has Hasan on song
Hasan Al Hassani, 19, could barely whisper a word after he broke
his neck in a truck accident that left him with quadriplegia and
very little lung-power.
New Mercy to deliver world-class birthing
facilities
Jeni Hester is expected to be among the first women to give birth
at the new Mercy Hospital for Women in Heidelberg.
Program tackles safety for patients
and staff
A concerted effort to put safety first has translated into a year-long
campaign by Caulfield General Medical Centre.
Prize acknowledges busy schedule
Austin Health’s Deputy Director of Acute Services is the first
Victorian in 10 years to win the Bernard Nicholson Memorial Prize
while completing a Fellowship for the Royal Australasian College
of Medical Administrators.
Making sense of brain injury
The smell of coffee and garlic, the touch of a feather and strains
of a familiar song are being used in an Alfred Hospital research
study.
Alfred surgery centre underway
The new $60 million elective surgery centre at the Alfred Hospital
will treat more than 48,000 patients each year and ease pressure
on emergency services at the hospital.
Austin trials technique to diagnose
Alzheimer’s
Austin Health is trialling a new scanning technique to diagnose
Alzheimer’s disease.
Travel grant for speech therapist
Austin Health speech pathologist Kathryn McKinley has won a $7,000
Quota Travel Scholarship to visit aphasia centres in the UK and
Canada.
Mapping the heart for better treatment
A new diagnostic machine is improving the diagnosis and treatment
of Austin Health’s cardiac patients by providing cardiologists
with a three-dimensional map of the heart.
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Public Health
Injury Prevention Week focus on burns
and scalds
Scalds to children under four account for 75 per cent of all burn
and scald admissions to Victorian hospitals, according to the latest
research released by Victoria’s Chief Health Officer, Dr Robert
Hall.
Moreland’s health now tracked
online
Moreland City Council has launched a website containing a range
of methods to judge the health of the Moreland community.
Projects work for residents of Odyssey
House
Odyssey House Victoria division Odyssey Institute has developed
an innovative employment and training initiative.
Young musicians convey anti-marijuana
message
Young musician Stephan Panczac produced the winning track in the
Melbourne Fringe Festival’s Electrovision@Fringe music competition.
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Disability Services
I’ll show you how to walk the
dog
Former Kew Residential Services resident Russell, now living in
a community unit, has started walking a dog once a week as part
of the Pet Companion Program run by the Knox Community Volunteers.
50 reasons to celebrate
Nearly 300 people took part in a 50th anniversary celebration of
Alkria Centre’s work for people with intellectual disabilities
and their families.
Debs don their dancing shoes
Nineteen Kew Residential Services residents donned evening dress
and dancing shoes to attend a special event—a debutante ball.
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Community Care
Boon for babies
Around 60,000 Victorian parents annually will receive a new information
kit to help care for their newborn babies.
Mentor program helps young people
leaving State care
A new $100,000 mentoring program will help young people leaving
State care make the successful transition to living in the community.
Aged Care
SRS pilot supports vulnerable Victorians
A $605,000 pilot program will give personalised support to people
living in Supported Residential Services.
Gardening Australia show attracts
seniors
The first of several thousand, mainly senior, visitors to the ABC
Gardening Australia LIVE show were welcomed at the main gates
of Caulfield Racecourse by Minister for Aged Care Gavin Jennings
and gardening icon Peter Cundall, host of the popular and long running
ABC-TV Gardening Australia program.
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Housing
Homely makeover for old cop shop
For nearly 70 years, the art deco-style Oakleigh Police Station
in Atkinson Street played a ‘captive role’ in the lives
of some of the locals.
Prospective housing associations
named
The plan to create additional affordable housing for lower-income
Victorians has moved an important step closer with the announcement
by Housing Minister Candy Broad of six organisations earmarked as
prospective housing associations.
Help for young people at risk
Two innovative Government programs will boost education and training
opportunities for young homeless people, while providing assistance
for them to rebuild contact with family and friends.
Project networks jobs training
A $3.9 million, four-year initiative will increase access to training
and employment in some of Victoria’s most disadvantaged communities.
Rural and Regional Health
Keeping their act clean
Cleaning services at Latrobe Regional Hospital play a vital role
in preventing infections.
Chums find cheer at Bendigo day
hospice
A new day hospice in Bendigo is giving palliative care patients
much-needed time out to relax and make new friends.
Hospitals share care of children
Latrobe Regional Hospital is well-prepared to care for children
who are acutely ill and returning to the Gippsland area following
treatment at the Royal Children’s Hospital.
Sleep studies give children sweet
dreams
A good night’s sleep is important to health and wellbeing
and for children it is a time when the body grows and replenishes
itself.
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Injury
Prevention Week focus on burns
