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Thank you everyone for your support and understanding as we move through the amalgamation of Otway Health and Lorne Community Health to Great Ocean Road Health. To support these changes, Great Ocean Road Health will now operate one facebook account for all campuses. We encourage you to like our page to stay up to date with any announcements and programs.

Great Ocean Road Health Our services meet the growing healthcare needs of communities spanning Lorne to Apollo Bay & surround

Great Ocean Road Health acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Gadubanud country and throughout Australia and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.

Launching Great Ocean Road Health logo

Launching Great Ocean Road Health logo | Great Ocean Road Launching Great Ocean Road Health logo Jul 4, 2019 A new logo was launched Monday July 1st 2019, to symbolise the coming together of Otway Health and Lorne Community Hospital, under our new umbrella entity, Great Ocean Road Health. When designing the branding of our entity, we were looking for a sim...

Welcome to Great Ocean Road Health

Welcome to Great Ocean Road Health. | Great Ocean Road Welcome to Great Ocean Road Health. Jul 2, 2019 From today, 1st July 2019, Lorne Community Hospital & Otway Health are officially one entity, Great Ocean Road Health. The newly appointed Great Ocean Road Health Board now operates across the combined existing health services, with each site remaining...

Red Nose Day

Today is Red Nose Day. Annually, 3,200 Australian families experience the sudden and unexpected death of a baby or child. This has to stop. Through world-class research, advocacy and education Red Nose passionately believe we can put an end to this.

Red Nose relies on the generosity of the community through Red Nose Day and other fundraising events, and our partnerships with small businesses and corporations. https://rednose.org.au/.

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Wangaratta Big Band

Otway Health residents, families, staff and volunteers will soon be graced by the musical stylings of the Wangaratta Concert Band. This band has visited Otway Health before to rapturous applause. With 28 musicians from year 8 to year 10, this full orchestra band will be playing music from all genres, it is sure to be a delightful afternoon. Thursday 27 June from 1.30pm in the Laura Pengilley Wing

The challenge of providing health care to a vast and isolated tourist location is as complex today as it was in 1952 when the Apollo Bay Hospital was established to provide acute and emergency care to Apollo Bay and surrounding townships. With travel distances of up to 75kms on treacherous roads to reach the closest major town, services provided by Otway Health are a necessity.

In 1976 the Apollo Bay Hospital established Community Services including Community Nursing and Home and Community Care (HACC) under federal government initiatives. Both of these services are still running today and provide a life line for many members of the community. HACC programs (now Community Home Support Program or CHSP) help keep the elderly fit and mobile in their own homes, living amongst their friends and families.

With a vision to the future, Otway Health opened the Laura Pengilley Aged Care Wing of the hospital in 1991, the result of community and government consultation and support. Residential aged care is provided in accordance with Montessori principles to maximise ongoing independence and optimise resident choices. With 25 flexible beds used for residential aged care to provide much needed respite, as well as an extensive health and activities program, it is a regularly accessed community asset.

Otway Health remains a vital structure in the lives of Apollo Bay and Otway residents. Staff and board look forward to completing a transition to a more sustainable model to ensure our healthcare service can grow to meet our changing needs and continue to be a vital local service 70 years from now.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank the community, residents, families, friends, along with current and past staff, executive and board members. To acknowledge the value that Otway Health adds to our community,

we invite you to join us in celebrating our history and our future as we move towards our new collaboration at a Board of Governance Special General Meeting Celebration & Recognition Ceremony.

Monday 24 June 2pm-3pm, Laura Pengilley Wing, Otway Health

Elder Abuse Awareness Day
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) is commemorated each year on 15 June to highlight one of the worst manifestations of ageism and inequality in our society, elder abuse.

Elder abuse is any act which causes harm to an older person and is carried out by someone they know and trust such as a family member or friend. The abuse may be physical, social, financial, psychological or sexual and can include mistreatment and neglect.

Seniors Rights Victoria provides information, support, advice and education to help prevent elder abuse and safeguard the rights, dignity and independence of older people. Please visit our website www.seniorsrights.org.au or contact our free, confidential Helpline: 1300 368 821.

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10-16 June is Men’s Health Week

All this emphasis on the health of boys and men - what's that about? They're alright, aren't they?
In many cases, the answer is no.

A boy born in Australia in 2010 has a life expectancy of 78.0 years while a baby girl born at the same time could expect to live to 82.3 years old. Right from the start, boys suffer more illness, more accidents and die earlier than their female counterparts.

Men take their own lives at four times the rate of women (that's five men a day, on average). Accidents, cancer and heart disease all account for the majority of male deaths.
Make time to check in with your GP to get a check up