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Ballarat Community Health - Lucas

A six week course for people with memory problems that are largely stable (such as following a stroke, head injury, or associated with MS).  Clients with anxiety related memory problems may also benefit.  The course is not suitable for clients with Alzheimer's Disease.

The course focuses on practical strategies to assist with memory.
The Memory Group is held in the Peter Heinz Centre, Queen Elizabeth Centre, Ascot St South, Ballarat.

Fees
Fees apply as per allied health fees policy

Area Serviced
Central Highlands

Initial Contact
Peter Heinz Reception, Ph: 03 5320 3885
Email: info@bhs.org.au



Ballarat Health Services - Ballarat Base Hospital

Council's Environmental Health Officers are responsible for queries and complaints regarding food, noise or pollution in Pyrenees Shire including food safety programs, food samples, premises auditing, head lice inspection, immunisation programs, septic tank permits.

The Environmental Health Officer also conducts investigations into infectious disease notifications within the shire, monitoring the situation and reporting to the appropriate authorities.

Area Serviced
Pyrenees Shire

Initial Contact
Environmental Health Officer

Additional Information
8.30 am - 5.00 pm, Mon - Fri, for inquiries. src

PYRENEES SHIRE COUNCIL

The Pyrenees Shire Council provides support services to the Beaufort, Avoca, Lexton, Snake Valley, Amphitheatre and other communities within the Shire, in the following areas:
-- Residents who are frail, aged, chronically ill or have disabilities.
Support is also provided to their carers.  Programs include Home Care, Personal Care, Respite Care, Meals on Wheels, Transport and Social Support.
-- Services to support families and their children including Maternal & Child Health, Child Care, Immunisation Services, Head Lice Services, and Youth Services.
-- Maintains and monitors health in the municipality, as well as ensuring that laws in respect to Food, Animals, Buildings, Noise, Vermin, Traffic and Pollution are adhered to.Council also has an office at:
-- AVOCA
122 High St, Avoca 3467
Ph: 03 5465 3110     FAX: 03 5465 3597
Hours:  9.00 am - 5.00 pm, Monday - Friday.

Fees
Fees apply to some services provided.

Interpreting Services
Available on request by phone.

After Hours Telephone
03 5349 1100

Hours
8.30 am - 5.00 pm Mon - Fri, for enquiries.  (closed public holidays).

This service is designed to plan, implement and evaluate health promotion programs carried out in the area including:

-- Liason with community organisations

-- Collaboration with other services to provide programs

-- Promotes and supports programs

-- Advocay for communities

The service is available 8.30 am - 5.00 pm, Monday - Thursday, by appointment.

Contact: Health Promotion Officer

Maryborough District Health Service - Community Services

Maryborough District Health Service [MDHS] is an amalgamated agency which provides Health, Aged Care and Community Services.  MDHS operates from three sites within the towns of Maryborough, Dunolly and Avoca.
Maryborough Campus: 75-87 Clarendon Street, Maryborough.  P: 5461 0333; F: 5461 4489
Community Services: P: 5461 0400;  F: 5461 4828
Avoca Campus: 10 Templeton Street, Avoca.  P: 5465 1200; F: 5465 3533
Dunolly Campus: 20 Havelock Street, Dunolly.  P: 5468 2900; F: 5468 1188


COMMUNITY SERVICES
Community Services works from a position of involving the community in service development, achieving outcomes through effective partnerships, and ensuring accountability to funding bodies, the organisation and the community. 

We are achieving this by working in an integrated and coordinated way with; Health Promotion, RPHS, Dental, Drug and Alcohol, Housing, Community Health, Needle Syringe Program, Allied Health, District Nursing/Community Palliative Care and a range of visiting services including: Aged Care Assessment Services, Adult Psychiatric Services, Child, Adolescent Mental Health Services, Hearing Services, Legal Aide, Rural Outreach Diversion Worker and Centre Against Sexual Assault (CASA).

Community services is responding to government policy directions and communities needs by developing programs in prevention, early intervention and self management of chronic conditions and lifestyle issues that impact on health and wellbeing. The strategies we are using to do this are: 

• Best Start, early childhood intervention partnership 
• Chronic Conditions Self Management Program including Breath of Fresh Air 
• Developing a responsive Speech pathology Model 
• Refining our intake and referral systems to be more responsive to simplify and provide improved and timely access a wide range of services. 
• Developing community Falls Prevention systems 
• Improving connections between younger people and aged care services through the Count us in Project 
• Improving access for preschoolers to Dental services 
• Improving health promotion/ prevention for Dental Health 
• Developing health promotion and intervention programs to address mental health, nutrition, physical activity and social support issues.


Visiting Services include
• Psychiatric Services: Adult Mental Health Services [AMHS]; Child and Aldolescent Mental Health Services [CAMHS]; and Aged Persons Mental Health Services [APMHS]
• Aged Care Assessment Service [ACAS]
• Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service [CRS]
• Centre Against Sexual Assault [CASA]
• Hearing Service
• Legal Aid
• Podiatry Services
• Rural Outreach Diversion Worker

Lismore Community Health Centre

The Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officer provides cultural support and advocacy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients across all inpatient and outpateint services at Werribee Mercy Hospital. Services for patients and families include: * providing emotional, social and cultural support
* attending appointments with patients when requested * linking patients with appropriate external services
* working closely with hospital staff to ensure that Aboriginal patients have a voice in their care
AHLOs also provide information, education and consultation to hospital staff regarding culturally appropriate care.

Bacchus Marsh Community Health Centre

Djerriwarrh Health Services provides a wide range of acute, residential and primary care services to people in Melton and Moorabool Shires.
Community health services available at Bacchus Marsh include podiatry, dietetics, diabetes education, health coaching, physiotherapy, speech pathology, and counselling.

Staff from the Centre can assist individuals by providing information, by acting as an advocate or conciliator for people that have issues they are unsure how to tackle.

Fees
No fees apply

Area Serviced
Elmhurst, Warrack, Landsborough, Crowlands, Amphitheatre & surrounding districts

Initial Contact
Centre Manager, Susan Young

Additional Information
9.00 am - 5.00 pm, Mon - Fri, for inquiries & appointments.

Elmhurst Bush Nursing Centre

Central Victorian Primary Care Partnership is undertaking a system wide approach to Service Coordination - targeting a few inter-agency systems each year across the continuum of care to support an whole of health approach to service provision. CVPCP  is integrating service coordination practices, processes, protocols and systems across the continuum of care by the: 
* Development of multi-disciplinary care pathways;
* Collaboration; . 
* Integration and service system alignment, including electronic services directories and e-Health capacity.  The Service Coordination Continuum of Care model aims to detect risks, care priorities and needs early and to use a common, coordinated, collaborative approach.

Central Victorian Primary Care Partnership

Central Victorian Primary Care Partnership (CVPCP) is a voluntary alliance of health and community service providers across the 3 shires of Central Goldfields, Mount Alexander and Macedon Ranges.  Agencies work together to plan integrated health promotion, early intervention and integrated care activities.  CVPCP promotes cross-sectoral partnerships and networks, focusing on system and inter-agency development.

This service is aimed at clients with early stage chronic disease or risk factors for the development of chronic disease. The Health Coach will work in partnership with the client, family/carer, doctor and other health professionals to support the management of the client's health condition and improve general health and wellbeing. The program operates from a self-management model, whereby the client will be encouraged to make decisions about their health and lifestyle as well as set goals for improvement. The health coach provides support and assistance to make behaviour changes to achieve these goals as well as considering referrals to other services and provide general information about managing health conditions and risk factors.

Melton Health

After-hours programs and services also available

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