This year $260,000 was spent by the Foundation on 2 Health Services Fellowships and 9 Special Grants
49 applications were received for the Special Grants. There was no specified area of focus.
Health Services Fellowship
Centre of Adolescent Health – $80,000
Project – “Towards self-management in adolescents with Chronic Disease.”
Ms Ruth Townsend, Speech Pathologist
Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre – $60,000
Project – “Can animal assisted therapy reduce social isolation and facilitate social communication skills among adolescents with acquired brain injury?”
Grants of up to $15,000 were awarded to individuals at the following institutions:
Project – “A ‘Health Time & Social Cafe Meals Program’ addressing the health and well-being needs of people living in rooming houses in the City of Boroondara.”
School of Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe University
Project – “Collaborative caregiver-family relationships in the care of older hostel residents.”
School of Nursing, University of Melbourne
Project – “Spirituality and Coping in Adolescents with Chronic Conditions, focusing on Diabetes.”
Mercy Hospital for Women
Project – “Musical start for the very youngest Victorians.”
Epilepsy Research Centre, Austin Health
Project – “New Onset Epilepsy: Early Syndrome Classification and Long Term Seizure Outcome.”
Adult Mental Health Service, Southern Health
Project – “Combined Police Ambulance and Mental Health Response to the Mental Ill Client.”
Centre for Clinical Effectiveness
Project – “Evaluation of ‘Health for Kids’ Clinical Paths for the management of common paediatric conditions.”
Royal Children’s Hospital
Project – “Development of a Childhood Stroke Scale.”
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Project – “The implementation and evaluation of a pilot rehabilitation program following paediatric traumatic brain injury.”
