by Anu Manoharan | May 25, 2023 | healthy@home News, Support organisation news
Trish Large gave birth to her son on 17 October 1968, but it would be 22 years, 11 months, four days, five hours and 45 minutes of heartbreak before she would see him. She had just turned 20 and had to be forcibly restrained as her baby was taken from her as soon as...
by Anu Manoharan | Apr 29, 2022 | Service Provider News, Support organisation news
Featured image: Jude Emmer CEO of Wesley Mission Queensland (seated front right) with staff at an event IT was a daring experiment when Wesley Mission Queensland opened Queensland’s first aged care community in 1936. Yet for an organisation that can trace its roots to...
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 Staff Member | Oct 25, 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 packages, Aged and Disability Advocacy Australia (ADA Australia) is all about giving older people a voice. Each year, ADA Australia provides...
