Our Voice winter 2021
Promise kept
With support from Mercy Palliative Care's 24-hour service, patient Terry Challis and his wife Lorraine have kept their promise to stay together, for better or worse.
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Captured in time
Mother Elise Laird, whose daughter Chloe was stillborn, enables other bereaved parents to capture precious moments.
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From the garden to the plate
With the help of a generous grant from the Maggie Beer Foundation, Mercy Place Rice Village planted their very own vegetable garden in 2016 to grow fresh produce to use in their daily meals. Five years on it is still thriving and yields an abundance of salad greens, silverbeet, lemongrass and fresh herbs.
Les and Ivy’s centuries of resilience
Les and Ivy live in Mercy Place homes on opposite sides of Australia and are likely unknown to each other, but both of their stories demonstrate the extraordinary resilience and determination of an earlier generation.
Plants, family, laughter… and a little help from Mercy Health home care
After a losing her husband to Parkinson's disease and enduring a long period of ill health, 80-year-old Mirjana Sarajlic is now finding life more manageable with the help of the home care team at Mercy Health.
Getting through the storm with kindness and empathy
Clinical Nurse Consultant Diana Ristevski is just one of the Mercy Mental Health (MMH) team who has seen first-hand the effects of the pandemic on people's mental health. She says treating patients and staff with extra kindness and empathy during this time has been very important.
Strengthening local networks
Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officer Laura-Jane Singh is a relative newcomer to Mercy Health. She has had extensive human services experience across three states and is now eager to generate strong relationships with Aboriginal communities and other key stakeholder groups in Melbourne’s west.