Health


A Nurse’s Tale

By Isabella Neal

Balmain, Sydney. 1975. A young, dedicated woman by the name of Katrina Singh, pins on her nurses’ cap and walks down the corridors of Balmain Hospital to begin her shift. Read more »


Age is just a number

By Rebecca Turner

MEET Dawn Hutchinson, she is a passionate, tech savvy senior that Australia needs to know about. At 87 years old, she never seems to slow down. Dawn is always moving from project to project, her passion being family trees and ancestry.

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A Look inside: Palliative Care

By Rebecca Turner

Palliative care is the end of life initiative that is put in place to make patients and family as comfortable as possible during heartbreaking times.

In Australia, palliative care had a 56 per-cent increase over the 10 year period of 1999-2009, with one in three patients dying while under palliative care.

This initiative is not only offered in hospitals but at patient’s homes and hospices.

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Celebrate Living History Profile: of an Aged Care Nurse.

By Stephanie Dunbar

Working in the aged care industry is not a job for the faint hearted. It involves lots of patience, long hours and constant focused attention.

Celebrate Living History was fortunate enough to gain a glimpse into the day-to-day work of an aged care nurse, Jacqui.

Jacqui works as a nurse at one of the Catholic Homes in Victoria and has humbly asked that we do not reveal her full name. Read more »