by Anu Manoharan | Mar 20, 2022 | Service Provider News, Support organisation news
BEING happy as you grow older could mean that you are creating your very own “Blue Zone” at home. The “Blue Zone” references studies around the world pinpointing where people live happier, healthier, and longer lives. Places like Sardinia in Italy, Okinawa in Japan...
by Anu Manoharan | Feb 23, 2022 | Service Provider News, Support organisation news
Featured image: Dina Ranieri (middle) and her Co.As.It Community Services staff in Brisbane. EVOLVING from a consular welfare committee in 1978, the Italian Welfare Association became Co.As.It. by 1986 and in the late 1990s, Community Services was added to the name to...
by Anu Manoharan | Dec 8, 2021 | Service Provider News, Support organisation news
ONE in 10 Queenslanders is a carer, some for up to 20 hours a week, others 24/7. It is these family and friends, the unpaid support workers, who turn to Carers Queensland. Carers cover the spectrum, from disability – children to the elderly – to those with mental...
by Anu Manoharan | Nov 22, 2021 | healthy@home News, Service Provider News
Featured image: Julie Morrow from Brisbane North PHN. Brisbane North PHN recently held a recruitment event to support the workforce recruitment needs of the healthy@home consortium members. The event concept was in response to discussions raised during the regular...
by Anu Manoharan | Jan 29, 2021 | Service Provider News
Featured image: Communify client Charlie Duhs (left) enjoys a meal with friends. Healthy@home clients share their diverse life stories LIFE didn’t quite turn out the way Charlie Duhs planned, but the 81-year-old considers himself blessed that the team from Communify...
