2020 is a year that most of us were happy to leave behind. For Michael, a patient referred to Social Health by Alfred Health, it was especially trying. The former real estate professional was admitted to hospital five times and had an amputation.
‘Then in June, my social worker […]
Rosemary is just the kind of community member Social Health hoped would participate in our ‘Meaning, Purpose and Connection’ project.
‘Living on your own is very lonely, my children don’t live close by and I just thought it would be nice to have someone come and sit with me,’ […]
A tough as nails Scottish born immigrant, the only thing Al Adamson has ever loved more than playing ice hockey is his family. When his wife of 60 years died two years ago, coming three months after the suicide of his granddaughter, it took him more than a year to make it back to the […]
Social Health’s response to many issues have been inspired by the people we have supported. Of all them, none has been more influential than John Davey. A fifty-eight year-old man with a wicked wit and fierce grace, Davey’s traits were on full display that fateful day when an unsuspecting spiritual care volunteer walked […]
The first time I stumbled across the words “death doula” they clobbered me. Strong words made stronger by the drum of their alliteration, but that wasn’t it. It was the startling directness about a matter that concern us all, and which we talk about rarely and […]
