Abstracts & Presentation Summaries - Department of Health
Abstracts & Presentation Summaries - Department of Health
Abstracts & Presentation Summaries - Department of Health
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Outcomes<br />
The main outcomes <strong>of</strong> the program sessions are to have the participants increase<br />
their confidence and self esteem through their belief in their own skills and abilities<br />
plus to see them selves as Aboriginal people with a cultural heritage that they can be<br />
really proud <strong>of</strong> and claim as their birthright.<br />
Outreach<br />
It is important that this program is shared with other Aboriginal communities<br />
throughout Victoria. As a first step the Day Care program is now involved with an<br />
outreach program in the Western Suburbs. It is proposed to extent the program in the<br />
future to the Healesville and Dandenong Aboriginal communities respectively.<br />
Hopefully, other Aboriginal communities through Victoria will develop and conduct<br />
their Day Care Programs with a cultural component for their own individual and<br />
community culture awareness program. An interesting extension <strong>of</strong> an Aged Care<br />
Program is to have the Elders write/tell their stories so that future generations will<br />
have some real account <strong>of</strong> Aboriginal history as told by an Aboriginal person/s.<br />
Contact details<br />
Reg Blow, Aboriginal Community Elders Services, 5 Parkview Avenue, Brunswick<br />
3057 –Ph: (03) 9383 4244 – Fax: (03) 9384 1532 – E-mail: regblow@yahoo.com.au<br />
Carol Wilson, Manager Southern Peninsula Community Care<br />
Ila Howard, Coordinator, Banksia Centre, Brotherhood <strong>of</strong> St Laurence<br />
Trust/Cooperation/Great Outcomes<br />
The coordinators/managers <strong>of</strong> eight PAG services on the Mornington Peninsula<br />
have been meeting for several years on a bi-monthly basis. Some <strong>of</strong> the programs are<br />
small, others are large and complex. The partners are<br />
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Banksia Centre – Brotherhood <strong>of</strong> St Laurence<br />
Andrew Kerr Day Centre – Mornington<br />
Memory Lane – Somerville – MPSC<br />
Southern Peninsula Community Care – Rosebud<br />
Rosewood House – Peninsula <strong>Health</strong> Network<br />
Mt Eliza Community Contact<br />
Mornington Greek Group – Migrant Resource Centre<br />
Baxter Day Care – Baxter Village.<br />
The meetings are an opportunity to share successes, provide support to coordinators<br />
and discuss difficulties.<br />
The coordinators have all derived great benefit from this coalition and the programs<br />
provide a more flexible, innovative and responsive service.<br />
TRUST is the foundation <strong>of</strong> our network, we have learned that we can share our<br />
concerns and our discussions do not go any further. As coordinators we have all had<br />
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