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Alfred Health Carer Services August 2023 News
Category Archives: Education
Inner South Family and Friends Support Group Meeting Tuesday 8 August 2023
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ISFAF MONTHLY MEETING 7.30PM TUESDAY 8 AUGUST 2023 ALLIRA McCALL, Family Therapy Practice Lead, Occupational Therapist, St Kilda Rd Clinic, AMAH, will provide a short introduction to new family therapy services available at AMAH SPEAKER: SHAMUS GOBLE, Manager Family Led Carer Centres, Star Health The building is a little to the city side of Wesley College and is easily recognisable by white umbrellas in the forecourt. There is free parking in the centre lanes of St Kilda Road, with many trams stopping at the door. If you are having trouble with transport, seek further information or just need a chat, about ISFAF and/or issues faced by carers please phone: Judi M: 0425 723 746 or Eleni M: 0412 018 722. Please come early to chat and to enjoy delicious food which will be available from 7.10pm Due to security needs, we are required to pay a concierge at the door of the building. If you come late you may not be able to enter.
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Free Emotional Wellness Group
Free Emotional Wellness Group
Discover a new path to Emotional Wellness and Stress Management! Relationship Matters, a counselling and mediation service, is providing a FREE emotional wellness group for women in the Glen Eira and Frankston areas this August.
The program is dedicated to women who face the challenge of managing their emotions and stress by exploring effective strategies to navigate life’s ups and downs.
Eligibility:
- Women 18 years and older
- People who live and/or work in Glen Eira or Frankston
- Feelings of depression or anxiety.
How to make a referral
Contact SEMPHN Access and Referral Line on 1800 862 363.
For further information about the program, please contact Tanya on 1300 543 396 or visit relationshipmatters.com.au.
TheMHS Making Rights Real
Department of Health Warning on Ayurvedic medicines
Ayurvedic medicines
The Department of Health has been notified that some Ayurvedic medicines for sale in grocery stores in Victoria contain ingredients – including lead – that are scheduled poisons.
The Victorian Department of Health also continues to receive notifications of cases of lead poisoning caused by the ingestion of Ayurvedic medications that are contaminated with lead and imported from overseas.
Advice for public
- An ‘AUST R’ or ‘AUST L’ number on the packaging of products indicates that they are approved for supply by the Therapeutic Goods Administration.
- Anyone who is using Ayurvedic medicines purchased or imported from overseas or purchased in Victoria where the product does not have this number should stop consuming the product immediately.
Advice for Clinicians
- Anyone taking unapproved medicines with potential symptoms of lead poisoning should be screened for lead toxicity.
- These incidents are a timely reminder about the value of asking patients if they use complementary medicines and where they purchase the products from.
- For advice when poisoning or suspecting poisoning occurs contact the Victorian Poisons Information Centre on 13 11 26.
Advanced Care Planning online session 25 July 2023
Register for this month’s Advanced Care Planning Lunchtime Session
Southern Metropolitan Region Palliative Care Consortium (SMRPCC) is inviting you to another online session this month for Advance Care Planning.
Topic: ACP – How to have the conversation
Presenter: Dr Barbara Hayes, Clinical Lead of Advance Care Planning and Palliative Care Consultant at Northern Health
Date: Tuesday 25 July 2023
Time: 12.30 – 1.30pm
How to register
To register for the sessions visit https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/3RHJKF5
Once registered, you will be sent a Zoom link a few days before the session. Click to accept the invitation and a reminder will be added to your calendar. On the day, click the link in the reminder to join the session.
For more information, please see attachment or contact Tanja Bahro, SMRPCC Consortium Manager at tanja.bahro@smrpcc.org.au
Tandem eNews July 2023
Welcome to the July edition of eNews
And our 200th edition!
Your rights are changing this September 1. The new Mental Health and Wellbeing Act is coming into force and will include rights-based principals that promote and support the experiences of Victorian consumers and their families, carers and supporters. The new Act stated aims are to provide a safer, fairer and more compassionate mental health system for everyone.
Tandem is working closely with the Department of Health to develop information about the new Act, including new resources. Read more on the new Mental Health and Wellbeing Act on the Department of Health website.
Helen Makregiorgos joined our recent members meeting to speak about the rights of carers and consumers. Helen works at Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) and had a lot to say about how IMHA’s new opt out non-legal advocacy service is going to work. You can watch her presentation on our website.
We hope you enjoy this edition of eNews!
Contents
– Introduction
– July Tandem Time with Tracey Taylor
– Join our Roadshow in regional Victoria this August
– The 2023 Tandem Awards nominations are rolling in!
– TheMHS Watch Party
– Seclusion and Restraint engagement opportunity
– A huge thank you to our donors!
– NAIDOC Week
– The Voice
– Carer respite
– Job opportunities at Tandem
– Opportunities at other organisations
– Help and Support
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Turning Point Connect and Learn Webinar
Connect & Learn Webinar
Tuesday 25th of July 2023, 1pm to 2pm
Cannabis consumption and parenting: rethinking the evidence,
presented by Dr Tristan Duncan
Against a backdrop of global cannabis law reform, cannabis use by parents has become a site of heightened public health concern. Healthcare providers, researchers, and governments have increasingly cautioned against cannabis use in the context of parenthood, emphasising its potential to impair parenting and parent-child relationships. In this webinar, we critically review the evidence base on parental cannabis use and parenting, highlighting some of the key assumptions, logics, and tendencies at play across this research. We then draw on original empirical research with parents who use cannabis to foreground the ways in which parents understand and navigate their cannabis consumption during the early stages of first-time parenthood. We conclude by reflecting on implications for service provision and policy.
Objectives:
1. To critically review current evidence on cannabis consumption and its relationship to parenting and parenting outcome
2. To explore how new parents who use cannabis understand, practice, and experience cannabis consumption in the context of new parenthood
3. To collaboratively consider how to parental cannabis use might be addressed in health and social service encounters and policy
Dr Tristan Duncan is a Research Fellow at Turning Point and Monash University. His work explores experiences of alcohol and other drug (AOD) consumption and service delivery using social science methods, with a particular focus on gender and practices of care. Tristan has previously worked within AOD and homelessness services, where he has delivered and developed a variety of harm reduction initiatives. His current research projects include an investigation into the interrelationships between crisis conditions and AOD practices, and an empirical study of the socio-cultural and material elements at work in drug driving events.
Date and time: Tuesday 25th of July 2023 @ 1pm to 2pm AEST
Venue: online register here
Who should register? This webinar is suitable for workers in the AOD, mental health, allied health and welfare sectors.
Connect & Learn is a series of case-based webinars funded by the Department of Health, designed to support AOD clinicians throughout regional and metropolitan Victoria. Webinars are presented by experienced clinicians currently working in the AOD sector and facilitated by Turning Point.
Previous webinars are on demand at the Turning Point website:
https://www.turningpoint.org.au/education/webinars
theMHS Learning Network 15-18 August 2023
Turning Point Connect & Learn Webinar
Connect & Learn Webinar
The experience of families affected by another’s substance use:
An overview of treatments, presented by Clare Rushton,
Registered Psychologist (Clinical registrar)PhD candidate
This presentation will provide an overview on the experience of families affected by another’s alcohol or other drug use, including a brief history of how families have been conceptualised within the addiction field, their involvement in their loved one’s treatment, and the impacts on the family themselves. The presentation will highlight the findings from a recent systematic review looking into the effectiveness of treatments available to families, and discuss the variation between service approaches based on the different underlying theoretical models.
Through an exploration of the experience of families who are affected by another’s alcohol or other drug use, the webinar will provide an opportunity for participants to:
Objectives:
- Develop an understanding of the impact supporting someone with substance use difficulties can have one one’s mental and physical wellbeing.
- Increase awareness of the treatment and support services available to affected families.
- Understand the different theories conceptualising the experience of families, and the way they have influenced the development of treatment and support services.
Clare Rushton is a Psychologist (Clinical registrar) currently working at Hunter Primary Care, providing psychological therapy to adults and adolescents with a range of mental health difficulties, including substance use, mood disorders, anxiety, trauma, anger, and interpersonal difficulties.
Clare is completing her PhD at the University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia. Her research is investigating the experiences of families affected by a loved one’s substance use, and how to effectively address families’ needs through the intersection of research and clinical practice.
Click here to view recorded event on the Turning Point Website
Connect & Learn is a series of case-based webinars funded by the Department of Health, designed to support AOD clinicians throughout regional and metropolitan Victoria. Webinars are presented by experienced clinicians currently working in the AOD sector and facilitated by Turning Point.
