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What a place to live! Research shows that strong, engaging communities are safer, healthier and happier. Making positive connections with our neighbours makes us feel like we are part of something bigger than ourselves and we are less likely to live in isolation, which can have adverse effects...
Grass pollen season, which runs from October to the end of December, brings a seasonal increase in asthma (including thunderstorm asthma) and hay fever. This year it is more important than ever to manage any hay fever or asthma symptoms, as these conditions produce symptoms that...
Timboon and District Healthcare Service’s Board Chair, Maryanne Puli Vogels, on behalf of the Board of Directors, invites you to our virtual Annual General Meeting on Thursday 17 December 2020 at 7.30pm via Livestream Broadcast. Guest speakers: Dr Ruth Vine, Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Mental Health...
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....
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...
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,...
Malnutrition can impact people of all ages, shapes and sizes – sometimes affecting the most unlikely of people, according to Timboon and District Healthcare Service’s (TDHS) new dietitian Emily Boyle. Yesterday marked the start of Malnutrition Week (6-9 Oct) and Ms Boyle said it was important...
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; 😷Current services restrictions due to COVID-19 COVID-19 and the importance of getting tested 🌸 Breast Cancer Awareness Month 💙 National Carers Week 👩⚕️ New...
The discovery of an ultimately harmless lump in her right breast in 2013 might have saved Julie Harkin’s 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...
The community’s 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 “across the road”. She clocked on for her first shift last Thursday...