INTERVIEWS

Guest: Dr. Joseph Barry
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest Bio: Dr. Barry received his medical degree from the Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY. He is Board Certified in both Internal Medicine and Geriatrics. He believes you must treat the whole person and not just the presenting problem. He believes there is a real and important connection between your brain, your body and your spiritual self.

Segment overview: In today’s Health Supplier Segment, Dr. Joseph Barry, MD talks about changes in today’s standard healthcare system and why he chose to provide comprehensive care to a smaller group of people.

Guest: Stephanie Erickson
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest Bio: Stephanie Erickson, Director of Erickson Resource Group, is a clinical social worker and Director and Founder of Erickson Resource Group based in Montreal, Quebec. She has over 20 years of experience as a geriatric social worker. She has worked with seniors living autonomously at home, placed in care facilities, at the hospital, and who are living with family.

Segment overview: In today’s Health Supplier Segment, Stephanie Erickson, MSW, LCSW, and author of the upcoming book, “Aging by Design”, shares some helpful strategies for improving the caregivers’ experience.

Guest: Stephanie Erickson
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest Bio: Stephanie Erickson, Director of Erickson Resource Group, is a clinical social worker and Director and Founder of Erickson Resource Group based in Montreal, Quebec. She has over 20 years of experience as a geriatric social worker. She has worked with seniors living autonomously at home, placed in care facilities, at the hospital, and who are living with family.

Segment overview: In today’s Health Supplier Segment, Stephanie Erickson, MSW, LCSW, and author of the upcoming book, “Aging by Design”, discusses ways to resolve conflicts when families disagree about caring for a loved one.

Guest: Stephanie Erickson
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest Bio: Stephanie Erickson, Director of Erickson Resource Group, is a clinical social worker and Director and Founder of Erickson Resource Group based in Montreal, Quebec. She has over 20 years of experience as a geriatric social worker. She has worked with seniors living autonomously at home, placed in care facilities, at the hospital, and who are living with family.

Segment overview: In today’s Health Supplier Segment, Stephanie Erickson, MSW, LCSW, and author of the upcoming book, “Aging by Design”, talks about looking beyond dementia as a disease and caring for our loved ones as individuals.

Overview:
•  A major breakthrough has occurred in the treatment of Hepatitis C, but until these new drugs are listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, Australians will continue to suffer unnecessarily.

• HIV cases in Aboriginal people have not increased in New South Sales this year, according to an expert from Hunter New England Health.

• Half new-aged hippy and half middle-aged mother, Ms Joy is part of a group of people in Australia, the United States and beyond that sell hugs, caresses, spooning and other forms of intimacy to complete strangers. Scientists have for many years studied the power of touch.

Guest: Casper Ozinga B.A, C. Ped (Au), C. Ped (USA)
Presenter: Wayne Bucklar
Guest Bio: Casper Ozinga has a university degree in Environmental Science and became the first Certified Pedorthist in Australia under the USA system. He is also a Certified Pedorthist in Australia. Since then he has completed many courses in pedorthics, lower limb bracing and orthoses manufacture. He is currently the General Manager of the Pedorthic Association of Australia. Casper is member of the Pedorthic Association of Australia, the Pedorthic Footwear Association of USA, an Associate Member of the Australian Orthotic and Prosthetic Association, a Member Rheumatology Health Professionals Association and a member of the International Society of Prosthetics and Orthotics. Casper has travelled the world extensively and has brought to Australia the extensive knowledge, expertise, training and marketing skills in Pedorthics and is continuing to pursue the recognition Pedorthics through the Health and Allied Health professions.

Segment overview: In today’s Health Supplier Segment, let us know more about the organization representing the professional field concerned with the provision of medical grade footwear, orthotic appliances and appropriate advice to a patient after assessment and analysis of the patient’s problems. We are joined by General Manager Pedorthic Association of Australia Casper Ozinga to share information about what they do. The PAA is a solid body of members committed to keeping high standards of care and skill level in this field of treatment and they welcome members, professionals in Medical Grade Footwear including custom made, extra depth and orthoses including those involved in assessment, manufacture, dispensing, modification and repair. Casper works continuously for the Association’s education and certification programme and has conducted (with the help of others) the hands on pedorthics programme at La Trobe University as part of the Australian School of Pedorthics.

Overview:
• The Centre for Genetics and Society (CGS) and the activist group Friends of the Earth have called for a global ban on the genetic modification of human embryos, warning the technology could have an irreversible impact on humanity.

• Nearly 35 years have passed since the first reports of deaths from a mysterious illness were finally attributed to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). 

• The bill, known as the Health Insurance Amendment (Safety Net) Bill, aims to save the Government more than $260 million by lowering the threshold for some services and capping payments.

Guest: John Boland
Presenter: Wayne Bucklar
Guest Bio: Having trained in Dublin, Ireland and worked in hospitality all of his working life, John is General Manager of Hospitality Services with LHI Retirement Services. LHI is the largest Lutheran Aged Care Organisation in Australia looking after 1,000 residents across two villages. In our care we look after independent living residents in our villages as well as 240 high dependency residents in our residential care facilities. one of South Australia`s leading aged care providers. With 1000 clients and over 500 staff at LHI, John has a good understanding of the world of aged and acute care and has a passion for improving the dining experience for older people. John is the National President and the Chairman of the Institute of Hospitality in HealthCare Ltd (IHHC). This is a voluntary role and he bases his IHHC work from his office in Adelaide with the support of his employer LHI and our CEO Mr. Tim Gray.

Segment overview: In today’s Health Supplier Segment, returning guest John Boland the National President of the Institute of Hospitality in HealthCare joins us to share their exciting partnership with HealthShare NSW and Arthritis Australia. They have joined forces to launch a new section on the IHHC website which allows food service managers nationally to determine if food packaging is easy or hard to open. The not-for-profit Institute of Hospitality in HealthCare -devoted to professionalism and excellence in hospitality within healthcare – will share the Food Packaging Accessibility Ratings for nearly 150 products with IHHC members through the IHHC password protected website. The Packaging Accessibility Rating (Rating) provides a single national standard for determining the ease of opening and safety of comparable food products. The higher the Rating the better the outcome for the patient/consumer.

Overview:
• Residents of Longreach in central western Queensland are being warned to boil water before drinking it. The water coming from the taps has been murky looking all weekend.

• A multi-million-dollar project at Melbourne’s Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital may be at risk because of a $30 million blow-out after the building was found to be “riddled with asbestos”.

• When bus driver Murray Dillon saw a pregnant woman slouched over her car steering wheel on Wellington Street in Perth earlier this year he did not waste time deciding what to do.

Overview:
• The I Can Network, a new pilot program to help inspire students on the autism spectrum and change negative stereotypes was officially launched in Melbourne this week. And set to be rolled out in schools across Victoria next year. Marymede Catholic School in the city’s north will pilot the program, which is set to expand to 10 schools across the state in 2016.

• A unit diverting less urgent patients away from Perth hospital emergency rooms has come under fire from senior doctors and the Australian Medical Association (AMA). A trial of the “surge” unit run by St John Ambulance at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital is due to end next week, but the AMA fears it may be expanded to other hospitals in a bid to reduce ambulance ramping.

• A sperm donor father who only met his adult daughter six weeks before she died of bowel cancer has backed Victorian moves to strip donors of anonymity. Under a bill introduced into the Victorian Parliament, the name and birthdate of donors will be released to biological children, regardless of donor consent.