20 Oct Amanda is back on the road doing what she loves
Community Health Nurse Amanda Nash was all smiles behind her mask and shield yesterday when she ventured out into the community for the first time in months to do what she loves the most....
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14 Oct National Nutrition Week | Oct 11-17
By TDHS Dietitian, Emily Boyle Try for 5 is an annual nutrition campaign run by Nutrition Australia that encourages all Australians to increase their vegetable intake to the recommended five serves per day. The campaign runs each October during National Nutrition Week. In Australia only 4% of adults...
11 Oct National Carers Week | Eva Vickers shares her story
Eva Vickers was a carer long before she even knew what a carer was. Her life transformed before her very eyes from a world where she relied on husband Graham for a lot of things, to one where he relies on her for almost everything. Graham,...
07 Oct Malnutrition Week, with new dietitian Emily Boyle
Malnutrition can impact people of all ages, shapes and sizes โ sometimes affecting the most unlikely of people, according to Timboon and District Healthcare Serviceโs (TDHS) new dietitian Emily Boyle. Yesterday marked the start of Malnutrition Week (6-9 Oct) and Ms Boyle said it was important...
01 Oct TDHS Monthly vlog No.4 October 2020
In this month's TDHS vlog, community engagement officer Sabine McKenzie and community health nurse Amanda Nash are joined by new social worker Hayley Weel. They discuss; ๐ทCurrent services restrictions due to COVID-19 COVID-19 and the importance of getting tested ๐ธ Breast Cancer Awareness Month ๐ National Carers Week ๐ฉโโ๏ธ New...
30 Sep October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
The discovery of an ultimately harmless lump in her right breast in 2013 might have saved Julie Harkinโs life. While the lump she had felt turned out to be a benign cyst, it was the catalyst for scans that unfortunately found a cancerous grade three (fast...
23 Sep Hayley Weel realises communityโs vision for a Social Worker
The communityโs vision for a social worker at Timboon and District Healthcare Service (TDHS) has come to fruition with the appointment of Hayley Weel. Ms Weel was born at TDHS and went to school โacross the roadโ. She clocked on for her first shift last Thursday...
21 Sep Migraines, theyโre more than โjust a headacheโ
Karla Cornelissen has endured debilitating migraines for more than three decades. They come on without warning and have ruined hundreds of nights out over the years. She was 18 when she started getting them. Now 50, Karla is pinning her hopes on a common theory that...
18 Sep Maintaining independence, not creating dependence
Enid OโConnor loves her job as a diversional therapist/activities coordinator so much she doesnโt even call it work โ she calls it play....
15 Sep Studying at home and staying motivated
Studying at home without the structure of campus lessons and with distractions like social media, and television can be challenging. And once you finally start studying it can be very hard to maintain concentration. Zoe, our student representative on the TDHS Consumer Participation Committee, raised...