Managing diabetes: 5 healthy habits that you can start today
Healthy patterns of eating and exercise can help people manage diabetes and prediabetes. Dieticians at Monash Health say adopting a few healthy eating and exercise habits is a good start.
Lions Trust Fund announces grant recipients for clinical research for older adults
A trust fund for Monash Health staff caring for older people has awarded three grants to fund two research projects and a research-related trip. The Lions John Cockayne Memorial Fellowship Trust Fund, a long-standing partnership between Monash Health and local Lions Clubs, was established in 1996 with donations from the Oakleigh Lions Club Elderly Peoples Home Inc. and Monash Health. It aims to support clinician-driven research on the health, care, and treatment of older adults by Monash Health Aged and Rehabilitation Services, Community Rehabilitation, SACS Specialist Clinic staff, and staff from Aged Persons’ Mental Health.
Music Therapy: A holiday lifeline for hospital patients
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. But the festive season can be a time of isolation and distress for some of our hospitalised patients. One of the ways that has been proven to uplift patients’ moods is through music therapy.
Empowering community patients to recover from falls
Kingston Home-Based Community Rehabilitation physiotherapist and Principal Investigator Dr Katrina Kenah will be conducting the LIFT (Learning Independent Floor Transfers) study to design and test the feasibility of a floor transfer training program to improve the ability of patients to get up from a fall at home independently.
Spiritual care: supporting healing with empathy and compassion
Embrace the Olympic spirit and get active
Social Workers: Making a positive difference every day
When patients and their families are doing it tough, our social workers are on hand to ensure their social and emotional needs are met.