by CALHN | 13 Aug, 2021 | Central Adelaide LHN Staff, Community, RAH
It is said that where words fail, music speaks. This is true in the case of Melissa, who is one of 20 volunteer pianists playing for pleasure at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH). This August the Royal Adelaide Hospital Volunteers, affectionately known as the vollies...
by CALHN | 6 Apr, 2021 | Central Adelaide LHN Staff, Community, RAH, Research
An ‘SA-first’ initiative led by Steven Hutchinson and Susan O’Neill from CALHN’s SA Prison Health Service (SAPHS) has found an improvement in the mental health and wellbeing of a prison population who were given self-directed workbooks to manage anxiety and...
by CALHN | 15 Mar, 2021 | Central Adelaide LHN Staff
Staff across Central Adelaide LHN have been given access to the ‘Be Well Tracker’ – a tool which empowers them with information on their own wellbeing and mental health. Central Adelaide is the first LHN to partner with the South Australian Health and Medical...
by CALHN | 2 Mar, 2021 | Central Adelaide LHN Staff
A mental health program that reduces unnecessary emergency department visits will be expanded to all local health networks following its success at Central Adelaide in its first year. The Mental Health Co-responder in Emergencies initiative (MH CORE) partners...
by CALHN | 4 Sep, 2020 | Central Adelaide LHN Staff, Community, TQEH
A $4 kit is providing hours of vital therapy, and supporting patients to help other patients in their journey to get well. Tucked away at Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre is the “Mule Shed” Activity Hub, a space for patients to participate in hands-on rehabilitation...
