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Diabetes Education
Doutta Galla Community Health Service’s Diabetes Education team at the Kensington Site provides the Diabetes Assessment and Education Service.
As a team with Dietitian and Podiatrist, Assessment, education and support to people who is newly diagnosed/ unstable with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus; general support to people with type 1 DM. Includes both individual and group sessions along with some home visit as well as education sessions for the community. Yearly review clients with diabetes
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Community Nursing
What Does The Community Health Nurse (CHN) Do?
In partnership with you and your Doctor, the Community Health Nurse complements and works to create a healthy and happy environment for you as an individual, your family and any groups that you may belong to.
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Counselling
Our professional and trained counselling team includes Social Workers and Community Development Workers.
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Dietetics
The Dietitian provides information on foods suitable to help improve your medical condition, and increase your individual health and well being.
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Occupational Therapy
In the community setting the Occupational Therapist (OT) is mainly involved in performing client home visits to provide education and make recommendations on increasing home safety and independence for clients and carers. This involves education and demonstration of alternative techniques and/or assessment and prescription of equipment.
The community OT role is primarily a consultancy, client advocacy type role. The OT is usually involved short term to assess clients, provide recommendations and complete follow-up (including referrals to other services, completing applications for equipment to funding bodies and completing letters of recommendation)
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Physiotherapy
Physiotherapists are highly trained health professionals who have special skills to assess and treat a variety of conditions such as:
- Muscle strains
- Joint sprains
- Back pain
- Neck pain
- After fracture
- After surgery to joints, bones, muscles
- Headaches (due to neck problems)
- Postural problems
- Incontinence
- Prescription of walking aids
- Balance and neurological problems
- Musculoskeletal problems before and after childbirth
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Podiatry
Who can access the Podiatrist service ?
Podiatry Services funded by Home & Community Care Services are accessible to people who are frail and aged and young people with a disability.
Podiatry Services funded by DHS Community Health Program are accessible to clients who live, work or study in the cities of Moonee Valley and Melbourne.
Podiatry Services are accessible across all DGCHS sites.
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