Community aged care
Access community-based care services through our healthy@home consortium.
Contact My Aged Care on 1800 200 422 or visit the website.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing
We're committed to improving the health outcomes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the North Brisbane and Moreton Bay region.
Through working with community and for community, we aim to close the gap in life expectancy, improve the mortality rates for children, and improve access to culturally appropriate and high-quality healthcare.
Brisbane North PHN commissions a number of programs to local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations that deliver services to the many communities in the region.
These programs include:
- health and wellbeing for individuals
- more and better aged care services, culturally appropriate allied health services to children and a targeted suicide prevention program.
We work with community groups, other local service providers and other sectors to integrate and improve health services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the region.
Mental health services
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experiencing mental health issues can access care through our Brisbane MIND program.
Alcohol and other drug treatment services
IUIH and QAIAS offer alcohol and other drug support and treatment services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Suicide prevention services
Find out about the Yarns Heal and Talking Heals campaigns and view the suicide prevention services guide.
The Institute for Urban Indigenous Health
PHN-commissioned social health services through the Institute of Urban Indigenous Health include community-based mental health, alcohol and other drug services.
School readiness for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
The Institute for Urban Indigenous Health (IUIH) provides development screening and subsequent appropriate intervention to develop skills for school readiness at a number of Kindergartens in our region.
Along with screening and skills development, IUIH therapists work alongside early childhood staff to embed sustainable workplace practices to enhance learning opportunities for children and their families. The program will also facilitate linkages to local primary healthcare services to ensure improved health outcomes.
Reconciliation Action Plan
Our PHN recognises that a proactive engagement with reconciliation will contribute towards strengthening relationships and opportunities and building respect between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians.
Rehabilitative programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults
The Institute for Urban Indigenous Health (IUIH) delivers health, wellbeing and social support services to First Nations populations in our region.
The Work It Out Rehab Program is a specialised program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults who have a chronic cardiac or pulmonary condition. Based in community, connected with AMSs and GP clinics in south-east Queensland and facilitated by a multi-disciplinary team of culturally responsive health professionals, the program delivers educational sessions and individualised exercise programs for participants.
The Adult Post-Op Rehab Service gives south-east Queensland based Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders who have had surgery within the past 12-months access to a wide range of allied health professionals for safe recovery and rehabilitation needs.
