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Photo Caption: (l-r) Consumer Participation Committee members Emily Morden, Simone Renyard, Bobbie French, Heather Bullen (chair), Scott Munro, Bronwyn Rantall and Ellen Podbury. Timboon and District Healthcare Service (TDHS) is committed to embedding genuine consumer and community participation opportunities in our service planning, development, implementation, and...
Mother’s intuition told Charlene Payne her son Nathan had special needs. While he wasn’t diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome until he was seven years old, her gut feeling told her Nathan was on the autism spectrum long before that.“He was born six weeks premature and everyone...
Tomorrow is the beginning of April and in this month's TDHS vlog, our community engagement officer Sabine McKenzie and community health nurse Amanda Nash discuss; 😷 Current services restrictions due to COVID-19 🦠 COVID-19 and the importance of getting tested ✅ The resumption of Social Support Group and...
The Timboon Cruisers bucked the trend at last weekend’s Murray to Moyne when a full contingent of local riders took to the saddle, despite overall numbers being well down.The cycling fraternity has pulled together a Timboon Cruisers team for at least the last 26 years...
What is Purple Day?Purple Day (26th March) is a global initiative dedicated to raising epilepsy awareness. Purple Day was founded in 2008, by nine-year-old Cassidy Megan of Nova Scotia, Canada. Motivated by her own struggles with epilepsy, Cassidy started Purple Day to get people talking...
By Hayley Weel TDHS Social WorkerAdvance care planning is the process of planning for your future health care. It helps to ensure your loved ones and doctors know what your health and personal preferences are and that these preferences are respected. Advance care planning benefits everyone:...
TDHS continues to put the spotlight on our wonderful health and care workers in 2021 giving you the opportunity to get to know more of our “Champions of Change” who work at our healthcare service working together for a healthy community.This month, our new video...
The International Day of Happiness is an annual event organised by the United Nations to promote the idea that feeling happy is a global human right. The theme for this year's International Day of Happiness is "Keep Calm. Stay Wise. Be Kind" and is, of course,...
Today was an important day at TDHS. Our aged care residents and Priority 1A staff received their Pfizer vaccines to help protect them from the COVID-19 virus.In this video our CEO Rebecca Van Wollingen further explains today’s vaccinations and when other workers and members of...
By Amanda Nash TDHS Community Health Nurse This week is Sleep Awareness Week (March 14-20) and this Friday (March 19) is World Sleep Day. This annual event highlights the importance of sleep health and encourages the public to prioritise sleep to improve their overall health and well-being.The...