Our Voice winter 2021

101 reasons to celebrate Mercy Health

In this edition of Our Voice, we have compiled some of our favourite images to share and celebrate what any given day might look like around Mercy Health. The pictures reveal teamwork, deep connections and little acts of friendship and kindness that create the special character and care we prize at Mercy Health.

It’s all smiles at Mercy Place Dandenong as residents Grace Curran and Dorothy Allen share a joke.

Resident Adele Rodda prepares lunch in her home at Mercy Place Montrose with a little help from Care Companion Traci Towns.

Werribee Mercy Hospital anaesthetist Andre Serra helps rouse his patient after surgery.

Resident Bill Gorman belts out a song during a Mercy Place Montrose sing-along.

Werribee Mercy Hospital Special Care Nursery Midwife Clare Dewar swaddles a newborn baby.

 

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Together, for better or worse

Cancer patient Terry Challis is able to continue living at home with his beloved wife Lorraine, watching sport and spending time with his grandchildren, thanks to the help of his daughter Kim and Mercy Palliative Care’s 24-hour service.

Together, for better or worse

From the garden to the plate

With the help of a generous grant from the Maggie Beer Foundation, Mercy Place Rice Village planted their very own vegetable garden in 2016 to grow fresh produce to use in their daily meals. Five years on it is still thriving and yields an abundance of salad greens, silverbeet, lemongrass and fresh herbs.

From the garden to the plate

Les and Ivy’s centuries of resilience

Les and Ivy live in Mercy Place homes on opposite sides of Australia and are likely unknown to each other, but both of their stories demonstrate the extraordinary resilience and determination of an earlier generation.

Les and Ivy’s centuries of resilience