General News

HenderCare is thrilled to be sponsoring the Community Champion Award at the 2023 Woman of the Year Awards in South Australia. As an organisation operating in the community care sector, we wanted to support the category as we witness the incredible role that women play in helping others within the community daily.

Young children are already trying to make sense of the world around them, so when they have emotions in response to this, it can be difficult for them to understand.

How much do you know about Social Work?

HenderCare’s Social Work Team provide therapy services to young children with varying needs, including trauma backgrounds and disabilities.

Working 1:1 with a child, our therapists focus on developing the client’s emotional awareness and self-regulation.

The festive season can be a time of togetherness and joy, and whilst it’s nice to be with your loved ones, it can also be quite a stressful time on the body and mind.

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!

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’.

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.

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. 

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.

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.