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Delegates from the International Marcé Society’s Biennial Scientific Conference visited Werribee Mercy Hospital’s Mother Baby Unit on Thursday 29 September to hear from staff about the unit’s sector-leading programs. The Marcé Society for Perinatal Mental Health is an international scientific association formed to advance the mental healthcare of women, their infants and partners around the…

Mercy Health staff have held Mercy Day celebrations across the country this week to acknowledge the life and work of Foundress Catherine McAuley. Mercy Day is marked on 24 September each year, the date in 1827 when Catherine opened her first school in Dublin, providing a place to shelter and educate disadvantaged women and children….

Mercy Health will pause to remember the lives of babies lost, at any age, on Saturday 15 October during International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. Sadly, each year in Australia approximately 2,000 babies are stillborn and another 850 babies die shortly after birth. A further one in five pregnancies ends in miscarriage. International Pregnancy…

Mercy Health has submitted a planning application to the City of Greater Bendigo to develop more than 150 Retirement Living Units in Golden Square during the next decade. The development is currently being considered by council and Mercy Health would like to take this opportunity to invite the Bendigo community to a drop-in information session….

A group of Werribee high school students has helped create a thought provoking photographic exhibition of Mercy Place Wyndham residents. The year 11 MacKillop College students were invited to capture images of the aged care residents during one of their weekly reflection sessions organised by pastoral care associate Susan Frykberg. Each Monday Susan meets with…

Fathers were celebrated around the country on Sunday 4 September and amongst the celebrations, Mercy Place residences also took a moment to recognise some of their special fathers. In Mercy Place East Melbourne, resident Keith Geer celebrated Father’s Day surrounded by his two children, five grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Raised in Melbourne, the 101…

Mercy Place East Melbourne has been overrun with man’s best friends as part of Alzheimer’s Australia’s Dementia Awareness Month, which runs throughout September. Research shows pets in aged care greatly increase quality of life for residents by reducing tension, fatigue and confusion, as well as increasing enthusiasm and interest. Pets are also an important feature…

Professor Stephen Tong has been honoured at the Catholic Health Australia (CHA) Awards in Sydney and named CHA Emerging Leader 2016. Prof Tong is a specialist obstetrician-scientist based at Mercy Hospital for Women in Heidelberg. Prof Tong is part of a team that helps care for 6,000 pregnant women each year; he also leads an…

Mercy Health is formalising its partnership with Apunipima Cape York Health Council to improve the health outcomes of people living in far north Queensland. Mercy Health and Apunipima have been working together over the past six months towards a landmark memorandum of understanding (MOU) that was signed at the Catholic Health Australia conference in Sydney….

Competitive sport took centre stage around the world this month and residents at Mercy Place aged care homes joined in the action, lacing up their trainers and participating in a range of activities to mark the occasion. But as our champion Aussie athletes arrive back home, the fun continued at Mercy Place Parkville where residents…