General News

  • Recently, the Department of Health and Aged Care released a letter aimed at older Australians, reminding them how important it is to proactively protect themselves from contracting COVID-19.

    If you are older or care for an older loved one, we encourage you to share this article with them. Together, let’s stay safe!

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  • As we head into the silly season, it’s important to keep your body moving 💪

    This Therapy Thursday, our HenderCare Physiotherapist, Varisha, is encouraging us all to take part in her ’12 Days of Fitness Challenge’.

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  • International Day of People with a Disability (IDPwD) is aimed at increasing public awareness, understanding and acceptance of people with a disability. It is also a day to come together and celebrate the achievements of people with disabilities and promote community inclusion.

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  • Therapy Thursday – AAC

    • November 2022

      1 min

    Speech therapists spend their lives saying “model, model, model”.

    But what does that mean?

    People learn to communicate by watching, copying, and exploring, so modelling Augmentative and Alternative Communication is extremely valuable in encouraging verbal communication in children. 

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  • Therapy Thursday – Psychology

    • November 2022

      2 mins

    It’s Therapy Thursday and today we want to explore psychology. 

    The Covid-19 pandemic impacted many by exposing them to prolonged stress and bouts of seclusion. This has heightened anxiety, depression, and fear for many Australians.

    Now, more than ever, it is important to understand and strengthen your mental health.

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  • This week is Occupational Therapy (OT) Week and what better way to celebrate our OT team than by exploring one of the helpful services they can provide their clients.

    If you’re not sure what an OT does, don’t worry – many people don’t.

    To help, we thought we could detail how they complete a wheelchair assessment, just one of the services that they can provide.

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  • This week is National Nutrition Week and this year’s focus is making the most of your vegetables.

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  • The purpose of this day is to acknowledge the essential services that Allied Health Professionals provide to the community. Here at HenderCare, we have a skilful and passionate Allied Health team; and we are proud to celebrate their contributions.  

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  • Since it’s School Holidays, we thought this Therapy Thursday could focus on the importance of supporting gross motor skills within child development and share some activities you can complete with the kids at home!

    Gross motor skills are the coordination of large body parts and assist in controlling strength and movement.

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  • HenderCare is very excited to now be offering two new school holiday programs run by our experienced allied health therapists, ‘Social Butterflies’ and ‘Social Builders’.
    This Therapy Thursday we wanted to focus on the ‘Social Builders’ program and what it can offer for children when it comes to social development.

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