Bellarine Community Health (BCH) is expanding support services to assist older community members navigate the aged care system. BCH established a volunteer-run hub in Portarlington last year to try to help people over the aged of 65 connect with My Aged Care….
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As Woody from Toy Story says to his fellow toys, ‘you’ve got a friend in me’, and that’s what young people and older clients with Bellarine Community Health are now saying to each other following the successful expansion of an intergenerational program…
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It’s like the long slow goodbye – that’s how Margaret O’Meara from Clifton Springs describes caring for her husband. 76-year-old Michael O’Meara (Mike) was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in April 2021 and Margaret is his primary carer. This week is National…
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National Palliative Care Week (NPCW) 2023 is running this week to raise awareness about palliative care and put ‘Matters of Life and Death’ front and centre in Australia’s consciousness. The personal stories that are shared during National Palliative Care…
Read moreBCH acknowledges the Wadawurrung People as the traditional custodians of the land, waters and skies of the Bellarine Peninsula. We acknowledge and respect Wadawurrung Elders and leaders, past, present and emerging and pay gratitude for their unique ability to care for Country and deep spiritual connection to it.
Further we acknowledge all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, who are part of todays Bellarine Community.
