Service providers and family members that care for people with dementia from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds can get some simple and helpful advice from a new resources developed by Frontier Services. NT Dementia Behaviour Management Advisory Service (DBMAS) worked in partnership with Linkcare, a program run by Anglicare NT, to produce a poster and …
Hundreds gathered in the Midlands of Tasmania on Sunday to farewell Patrol Minister Rev Meg Evans who has finished up after 10 years. Meg’s final service at the Oatlands Uniting Church was a wonderful celebration of her ministry, with many warm wishes extended for her retirement. Meg was the first minister appointed to the Midlands …
At the height of the Second World War in London, Jackie West joined the Women’s Royal Naval Service, known as WRENS. It was 1944 and she was just 18. Jackie was posted to Plymouth where she met and fell in love with her husband George, a marine. They were married that year. Shortly after the …
Year 12 student Tyla Kurjan is getting an insight into the provision of health services in the bush this week as she completes work experience with Frontier Services Savannah Regional Health Service. Tyla is from Georgetown and attends boarding school at All Souls St Gabriel’s School in Charters Towers. She plans to go to university …
Long-time supporters of Frontier Services Alan and Nancy Donald are still grateful for their chance meeting with Remote Area Nurse Vicki Finzel in Andamooka. Alan and Nancy from Oatley Uniting Church in NSW were on a two-week Australia-wide tour with Heron Airlines last month when Alan suffered injuries to his right hand and right big …
There was hay bales, show bags, baby ducks, a bake off and a good time for all when the Country Fair made its way to ROST in Darwin, a respite service run by Frontier Services. The ‘Country Fair Day’ was organised to celebrate Easter and Harmony Day for clients who access Respite Options for Senior Territorians (ROST). The ROST …
Cultures from across the world came together in Kalgoorlie on Thursday 21 March for a Harmony Day Shared Lunch. Frontier Services Community Migrant Service in Kalgoorlie hosted the celebration with the 2013 Harmony Day theme “Many Stories – One Australia”. More than 30 people attended with 15 different countries represented. During the lunch, students studying English …
Rev John Dihm was formally inducted into the Pilbara Patrol at Tom Price Uniting Church on Tuesday. As the new Patrol Minister in the Pilbara, John will provide pastoral care and support to people across the whole region. He will be a listening ear and a helping hand for the people he visits, travelling to cattle …
Frontier Services knows it takes someone special to be a bush nurse in rural and remote Australia. A collection of stories from these courageous women, and some men, are contained in a new book, Bush Nurses, which goes on sale today. Edited by Annabelle Brayley, Bush Nurses celebrates the courage and resourcefulness of the nurses …
Frontier Services is delighted to welcome Robyn Simpson as its new Regional Manager in the NT. Robyn will be responsible for the organisation’s network of aged and community care services across the Territory and Northwest WA. New NT Regional Manager Robyn Simpson with Finance and Administration Manager Stephen Reddish in the National Office last week.Ms …
