Mercy Health Public Hospitals jump into Kangaroo-a-thon
The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and Special Care Nurseries at Mercy Hospital for Women in Heidelberg and Werribee Mercy Hospital care for more than 1300 premature and sick babies each year. As part of the specialist care these vulnerable babies receive, ‘kangaroo care’ (or skin-to-skin care) with the baby’s parents is encouraged at every…
Australian Light Horseman commemorates Anzac Day
ANZAC Day is a historic day for many Australians, but every year it is particularly important for 93- year old veteran Australian Light Horseman Ben Sell. The Mercy Place Colac resident entered the army when he was just 17 years old, and travelled to Western Australia to join the ‘Mullewa’ training camp to become a…
Donation music to resident’s ears
Residents living with dementia at Mercy Place Shepparton will be bopping along to some of their favourite tunes from yesteryear thanks to a generous donation by the Shepparton Club. The Shepparton Club purchased 16 MP3 players and headphones for the residential aged care home which will enable the roll out of a new personalised music…
Specialist diabetes clinic supports pregnant women
World Health Day is marked on the 7 April each year and in 2016 the focus is on diabetes. About 350 million people worldwide have diabetes and this figure is expected to double in the next 20 years. This year’s World Health Day campaign is particularly important for the city of Wyndham which has one…
Younger Onset Dementia Research Scholarship awarded to Edith Cowan University
A $50,000 research scholarship to improve the care and lives of people diagnosed with Younger Onset Dementia has been awarded by Mercy Health and the Lovell Foundation to Edith Cowan University. The Trevor Mast Scholarship is named after a well-known winemaker, husband, father and grandfather who was diagnosed with Younger Onset Dementia at 57 years…
Mates of 30 years host joint art exhibition
Mercy Place Abbotsford residents and long-time friends Brother Patrick Henigan and John Bartlett joined forces recently to hold their own art exhibition at the Collingwood Gallery. Both men are distinguished artists in their own right, but this is the first time they have hosted an exhibition together. Br. Patrick, who is 91 years old, stopped…
Mercy Place Mount St. Joseph’s marks namesake’s day
Staff and residents at Mercy Place Mount St. Joseph’s in Young have marked Saint Joseph’s Day with a reflection and discussion. St. Joseph’s Day is held on 19 March each year and is the principal feast day of St. Joseph – husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Mercy Place Mount St. Joseph marked their namesake’s…
Perinatal Pedalers dig deep for at-risk mothers and babies
Mercy Health staff have dusted off their Lycra and hit the bike paths around Melbourne in preparation for the Murray to Moyne, an annual charity bike ride from Mildura to Port Fairy. The Mercy Health team is riding under the name Perinatal Pedalers and is made up of 28 cyclists from across the health service…
Make a positive difference in your community with Mercy Health
Mercy Health is supporting Change Day 2016, a social movement which aims to improve the health and wellbeing of individuals, communities and the Australian health and community care system as a whole. Mercy Health Group CEO Stephen Cornelissen led a series of pledges from senior staff advocating for equity and inclusion. “At Mercy Health we…
Mercy Health pledges its support to Change Day
Mercy Health is supporting Change Day 2016, a social movement which aims to improve the health and wellbeing of individuals, communities and the Australian health and community care system as a whole. Mercy Health Group CEO Stephen Cornelissen led a series of pledges from senior staff advocating for equity and inclusion. “At Mercy Health we…