Mercy Health

10/03/2026

📣 Join us at the Ageing Well Expo!

Mercy Health is proud to partner with the Ageing Well Expo as the official sponsor of the Ageing Well Stage.

📅 20–21 March
🕒 9.30am–4.00pm
📍 Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
Join us to prepare for the future and learn how to age well with confidence.

✨ Explore more than 60 exhibitors
🎤 Hear from leading speakers, including Mercy Health’s Dementia Clinical Nurse Consultant, Ben Gatehouse, presenting: Healthy Brain Ageing – Reimagining Dementia Support
Friday 20 March, 11:20am–11:45am

Whether you're planning ahead or looking for practical tools to support healthy ageing today, the Expo has something for everyone.
🎟 Tickets are free — register now: https://www.ageingwellexpo.com.au/melbourne/about
📍 Visit the Mercy Health team at Stand 401 — we’d love to see you there!

08/03/2026

Mercy Health Albury (located in NSW) is a leading provider of publicly funded subacute health services in the Albury–Wodonga region and surrounding areas.

We specialise in non-acute care and deliver a comprehensive range of programs including palliative care, geriatric evaluation and management, transitional aged care, aged care assessment, community therapy and inpatient rehabilitation.

Our services are designed to support patients and families with compassionate, expert care. To learn more about what we offer, visit https://bit.ly/4aDKJQ3

05/03/2026

4 WEEKS OF RESPITE CARE FOR THE PRICE OF 2 – LIMITED OFFER!

Exclusive at Mercy Place Wyndham (Werribee)

If you're recovering from surgery, managing a health setback, or simply needing a break from caring, our respite care offers the support and peace of mind you deserve.

Why choose Mercy Health?
• Not-for-profit care you can trust
• Decades of experience in healthcare
• Pastoral carers in every home for personalised emotional support.

This limited time offer ends 30 June 2026, so now is the perfect time to explore residential aged care in a warm, supportive environment.

📞 Book a tour today: 1300 164 833
Learn more at www.mercyhealth.com.au/wyndham
Terms and conditions apply.

04/03/2026

Help is here.

Feeling overwhelmed, isolated or worried about a relationship?

Mental Health and Wellbeing Locals offer free, confidential support for people aged 26 and over — and you don’t need a GP referral, Medicare card or mental health care plan to access help.

Support is close to home and within reach. You can call, walk in, or connect with a range of professionals including peer workers and psychologists.

Find your nearest service:
https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/mental-health-wellbeing-locals
Victorian Department of Health

03/03/2026

Parenting can feel overwhelming - especially when sleep struggles, feeding challenges, or toddler tantrums pile up. If you need support but can’t stay overnight, our Early Parenting Centres run a Day Stay program, weekdays 8.30am–3pm, and offer practical help with sleep, feeding and settling.
You’ll spend the day with our experienced team, gain confidence in your parenting, and head home with a clearer plan.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3HVAACy

03/03/2026

Mercy Health and Austin Health welcomed Minister for Health Mary-Anne Thomas yesterday as she announced the next round of Victoria’s multidisciplinary Women’s Health Clinics.

The expanded clinics will strengthen access to coordinated, specialist care for women across the state, particularly for those managing complex health conditions.

As part of this initiative, Mercy Health will partner with Austin Health to support the new Heidelberg clinic, contributing specialist expertise in endometriosis and pelvic pain, reflecting Mercy Health’s long-standing commitment to improving access to high quality care for women with complex pelvic pain.

The Women’s Health Clinics Model of Care is designed to deliver timely and equitable access to interdisciplinary specialist healthcare for women. It focuses on providing care that is safe, inclusive, culturally appropriate and trauma informed, while ensuring collaborative and well integrated support that connects hospital, primary care and community services.

The newly announced clinics will be located in Ararat, operated by East Grampians Health; Bacchus Marsh, operated by Western Health; Heidelberg, jointly operated by Austin Health and Mercy Hospital for Women; and Prahran, operated by Bayside Health (Alfred Health).

Mercy Health looks forward to working with Austin Health and the Victorian Government to ensure more women can access the care they need, close to home.

02/03/2026

Where there’s life, there’s Mercy. Where there’s care, there’s Kailee, one of our incredible home care workers at Mercy Health Home Care Geelong.

"Working in home care is one of the most rewarding experiences I’ve ever had. I visited a client for the first time, and when I returned, she surprised me with a beautiful painting she had created just for me. It was such a touching gesture and a powerful reminder of the impact we can have on someone’s life – just by showing up with kindness, compassion, and care. Knowing that I made a difference in her day, enough to inspire her creativity, fills me with gratitude and purpose. Moments like these are why I love what I do."

Home care workers enable our clients to stay in their homes for longer by providing them with the extra support they might need to continue living independently. With staff like Kailee in these essential roles, Mercy Health is ready to take on the next 100+ years.

Visit our website to learn more about careers in home care: https://bit.ly/4iDX8o7

01/03/2026

Mercy Palliative Care is a community-based service supporting people with advanced illness across Melbourne’s North and West Metropolitan Region.

We provide care when a cure is no longer possible, focusing on enhancing quality of life physically, emotionally, socially and spiritually.

Our specialist team includes doctors, nurses, social workers and grief counsellors who work together to relieve distressing symptoms and pain while supporting families through emotional and practical challenges.

Care is delivered in the patient’s place of choice, and we encourage early conversations and advance care planning.

Learn more at https://bit.ly/4rP1YUD

27/02/2026

Two Mercy Health clinicians and University of Melbourne researchers, Associate Professor Fiona Brownfoot and Dr Deb Karmakar, have been awarded a $988,090 NHMRC Ideas Grant to help prevent stillbirths using artificial intelligence.

Their project, “Preventing Stillbirths Globally: Artificial Intelligence Decision Support for Fetal Asphyxia Detection in Labour,” will develop a real-time AI tool to better detect fetal asphyxia — when a baby doesn’t get enough oxygen during labour — a major cause of stillbirth and lifelong disability.

During labour, babies are monitored using a CTG machine (cardiotocography), which tracks the baby’s heart rate and contractions. Using one of the world’s largest digitised CTG datasets — more than 52,000 labour cases worldwide — the team is building an advanced AI system that can analyse these heart rate patterns in real time, identifying subtle warning signs that may be missed.

Early research has already demonstrated state‑of‑the‑art accuracy. The next phase will refine and validate the model and translate it into a software tool that integrates seamlessly with existing CTG systems.

If successful, this technology has the potential to reduce stillbirths, prevent labour-related brain injury, lower unnecessary emergency caesareans, and improve maternity care worldwide. Congratulations to Associate Professor Brownfoot and Dr Karmakar on leading research with such a global impact.

26/02/2026

4 WEEKS OF RESPITE CARE FOR THE PRICE OF 2 – LIMITED OFFER!

Exclusive at Mercy Place East Melbourne.

If you're recovering from surgery, managing a health setback, or simply needing a break from caring, our respite care offers the support and peace of mind you deserve.

Why choose Mercy Health?
• Not-for-profit care you can trust
• Decades of experience in healthcare
• Pastoral carers in every home for personalised emotional support.

This limited time offer ends 30 June 2026, so now is the perfect time to explore residential aged care in a warm, supportive environment.

📞 Book a tour today: 1300 164 833
Learn more at www.mercyhealth.com.au/eastmelbourne
Terms and conditions apply.

26/02/2026

This Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, we’re encouraging everyone to pay attention to even the smallest changes in their bodies.

For Mercy Health patient Irene, a tiny lump in her belly button was the only sign of stage four ovarian cancer. She almost ignored it, but choosing to see her GP made all the difference.

There’s no screening test for ovarian cancer, and symptoms can be vague. According to Cancer Australia, nearly 2,000 Australians are diagnosed each year, and fewer than half survive beyond five years largely because the disease is found late.

Common symptoms include:
• Persistent bloating or an increase in abdominal size
• Abdominal or pelvic pain
• Feeling full quickly
• Needing to urinate more often or urgently

There are other possible symptoms too, and the key thing is, if anything feels persistent, unusual or troubling, please see your doctor and get it checked.

To read Irene’s story, click the link: https://www.mercyhealth.com.au/news/a-small-sign-that-saved-her-life/

25/02/2026