Wendy Thiele1, Meredith Stewart2 1Country Health SA Local Health Network, 71 Hospital Road, Pt Augusta 5700, wendy.thiele@sa.gov.au 2Country Health SA Local Health Network, PO Box 270 Angaston 5353, Meredith.stewart@sa.gov.au The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) trial commenced in South Australia...
- June 20, 2016
Anna Tynan1,2, Lisa Deeth3, Debra McKenzie4, Eilleen Shepherd5, Helen Linnerman6 1Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service, Baillie Henderson Hospital, PO Box 405 Toowoomba, Queensland, 4350. Anna.tynan@health.qld.gov.au 2School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Herston Road, Herston, Queensland, 4006. 3Darling...
- June 20, 2016
Rosanne Crouch1, Joyti Zwar2 1UniSA Department of Rural Health, PO Box 546, Port Pirie, SA, 5540, rosanne.crouch@unisa.edu.au 2CHSALHN, PO Box 546, Port Pirie, SA, 5540, joyti.zwar@sa.gov.au Background As a means of improving the quality and capacity of both local country...
- June 20, 2016
Kirsty Egan South East Regional Community Health Service, Country Health SA, PO Box 267, Mt Gambier SA 5290, kirsty.egan@sa.gov.au Stream: Healthy People: “Consumer Directed Care” Introduction: The first stage of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was rolled out in...
- June 20, 2016
Deb Rawlings1, Jennifer Tieman2, Deidre Morgan3, Lin Oke4 1Palliative & Supportive Services, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, 5001 South Australia deborah.rawlings@flinders.edu.au 2Palliative & Supportive Services, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, 5001 South Australia Jennifer.tieman@flinders.edu.au 3Occupational Therapy, Flinders University, GPO Box...
- June 17, 2016
Rosanne Crouch1, Esther May2 1UniSA Department of Rural Health, PO Box 546, Port Pirie, SA, 5540, rosanne.crouch@unisa.edu.au 2University of South Australia, PO Box 2471, Adelaide, SA, 5001, esther.may@unisa.edu.au Background The Professional Certificate in Practice education is an online program, with...
- June 17, 2016
Ruth V. Klee 1Country Health SA, 71 Hospital Road, Port Augusta, SA 5700, Ruth.Klee @sa.gov.au Being an overseas trained professional Social Worker in the Australian health service, then becoming “the patient” with a Breast Cancer diagnosis has been a challenging...
- June 17, 2016
Barbara Wicks The innovation of iCare therapy is providing access to physiological rehabilitation in rural and remote settings. Return to mobility following stroke (CVA) cerebro-vascular incident , (MVA) Motor vehicle accident (TBI) traumatic brain injury and other neurological impairments is...
- June 17, 2016
Lee Martinez1, May Walker-Jeffreys2 1UniSA Department of Rural Health, 111 Nicolson Ave, Whyalla Norrie, SA 5608, lee.martinez@unisa.edu.au 2UniSA Department of Rural Health, 111 Nicolson Ave, Whyalla Norrie, SA 5608, may.walker-jeffreys@unisa.edu.au This paper will explore the development and implementation of a...
- June 17, 2016
Linda Beaver The Health Education Consulting Company Pty Ltd, #48, 21 Battye St, Bruce ACT 2617 E: linda@healtheducationmedia.com.au Working in a rural and remote environment places extra responsibility on the health care system to provide resources and structure to support...
- June 17, 2016
