Infection Preventionists Ingrid de Beer (left) and Sue Thorpe (right) from Peninsula Health’s Infection Prevention and Control Unit prepare a Covid-19 vaccine. The Mornington Peninsula’s first public sector aged care residents and staff have begun receiving their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Residents at Peninsula Health’s Carinya Aged Care Centre at Capel Sound rolled …
Helen Bnads, Elder, and Cultural Lead at Peninsula Health can’t wait for this year’s Bay Mob Expo. The Bay Mob Expo on Friday 16 April and will showcase many of the health, education and wellbeing opportunities available for local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples) communities across the Frankston Mornington …
Peninsula Health Advance Care Planning Clinician and Team Leader, Teresa Gillespie, says it is important to plan ahead while you are in good health. We all have the right to make our own medical treatment decisions. However, we could all experience an injury or illness that renders us incapable of making these decisions, or communicating …
Senior Speech Pathologist Danielle Surwald assessing baby Kenza Pranskunas’ ‘suck:swallow:breathe’ coordination, as her father Zac offers a bottle feed. Swallowing is one of the most important yet overlooked functions of the human body. That’s why today, 17 March 2021, Peninsula Health is actively promoting Swallowing Awareness Day. “A swallowing problem can occur at any stage …
Paddy Swayne underwent pacemaker surgery, performed by Frankston Hospital’s catheter lab team. When the Pines Football Netball Club step onto Frankston Park for their round one MPNFL game, premiership winning coach Paddy Swayne will be grateful just to be there. This month the 50 year old suffered a cardiac episode at home and taken …
Jennifer Svec, Oral Health Coach from the Community Dental Program, Peninsula Health patient Glenda Madder, and Dentist Dr Amar Beharee. Photo: Supplied. The Community Dental Program has restarted outreach programs in a COVID safe way, including providing dental services for people living at Peninsula Health’s Carinya Residential Aged Care Service in Capel Sound. A team of two – usually made up …
Peninsula Health Geriatrician Dr Navin Amarasinghe. In the lead up to World Delirium Awareness Day (Wednesday 17 March), Geriatrician Dr Navin Amarasinghe is reminding our community why the condition is everyone’s responsibility and what we can do to prevent it. “Often seen in patients over the age of 65, delirium is a change in mental …
Peninsula Health social worker Kirby Dornbusch. Ahead of World Social Work Day on March 16, we took the opportunity to catch up with Kirby Dornbusch to find out why Peninsula Health’s social workers are passionate about what they do. “It may sound like a cliché, but the reason why we are so dedicated to our roles …
Helen Cooper is leading Peninsula Health’s response to Covid-19. Picture: Supplied. The woman driving Peninsula Health’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has reflected on one of the most challenging years in her professional life, acknowledging the efforts of her colleagues to “adapt and change” this past year. “Everything I thought I knew about health just …
Peninsula Health registered nurse Vanessa Nolan receives her vaccine from immunisation coordinator Jody Logan. Picture: Supplied. The coronavirus vaccine rollout is underway at Peninsula Health, with eligible frontline staff members receiving their first dose today at the newly created staff vaccination clinic. Patient Services Assistant Louise Thoms, Clinical Director of Emergency Dr Jonathan Dowling, Registered …
