Organisations
Dr Jemma Keeves
Alex Killey represents the On Call Group Australia that provides services in Queensland, Victoria and also SA where they are known as SA Care. Giving many options for support of Personal Care, Shopping and Accommodations, their Allied Health provisions are great too. Some great news for people over 65 who are not on the NDIS means they can apply for service supports too.
Margaret Mealings, Doctor of Speech Pathology at Epworth Hospital in Richmond tells us about her career in the modality. Speech Pathology includes many areas of recovery such as social interactions and coping with noise and fatigue and it also involves the family of the affected. The therapy is only around 100 years old and is evolving constantly alongside the need to think creatively in order to serve the clients, each with their individual needs.
Phil Heuzenroeder is a generous and empowering arts facilitator. His strog belief in social justice and human development drives his work with the disabled artists of Wild Of Heart’. His values are reflected in directorship of ‘Melbourne Mass Gospel Choir’ that continues to change lives every day.
Wendy Haecker came through New Zealand from work with Guide Dogs after a career in Wildlife Management in the US. Now Team Leader for Client Services of Guide Dogs Victoria, her management of a wide scope of areas of the process of eventually teaming up a service animal with a disabled user gives a great objective view of the whole organisational operation.
Heath Murphy, a retired paramedic, speaks of his new career found in support work. As one of Kevin Boyce’s assistants, we speak of what it is like to carry out this work especially in a regional township and how the work contributes to his sense of self and that of his community.
Poppy Egan is the organisations first manager with lived experience. Though Brain Injury Matters has always been ‘member led’, to have a survivor responsible for the organisation is a boon indeed. She speaks about the formation of a women’s group to counter in a sector where men are over represented.
Nigel Munt (Senior Lawyer) from Aussie Injury Lawyers gives legal tips and tells stories of compensation claims. Informing people about the existence of Total Permanent Disability (TPD) claims present in anyone’s Superannuation, insuring against serious injury, is a focus for his company.
Deborah Byrne, Executive Director of Brain Injury Association of Tasmania talks about her long involvement with the organisation together with initiatives such as the life changing National Assistance Card.
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