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 As well as detailing all research projects, the report contains case studies which highlight the origins, research activities and outcomes for practice for some projects of special interest.

“The research report is a great testament to the great progress we have made as an organisation in our social research effort and I am sure it will provide information and inspiration to help improve the wellbeing of the people we care for in the work we do every day,” she said.

The program included plenary sessions comprising presentations on 24 research projects and two keynote speakers, Dr Howard Bath, Children’s Commissioner, Northern Territory and Dr Noritta Morseau-Diop, School of Social Work and Human Services the University of Queensland, addressed the topic of wellbeing in relation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.  An overview of work conducted by UnitingCare research institutes and the work of the newly formed research unit at UnitingCare Community were also presented.

“The past research year at UnitingCare Queensland has been a year of development and growth not just at a project level but at an organisational capacity and capability level and the inaugural conference last year certainly influenced this progress,” Anne Cross CEO, UnitingCare Queensland said.

“I am sure this year’s conference will also have a similar impact on the maturing of our research effort across the group.  The range of our services and the professionalism of our staff means that UnitingCare Queensland can be involved in some very exciting client-based research projects.

“As people take a look through our research report, I am sure they will be impressed with by the breadth and depth of our research effort across the group,” she said.

UnitingCare Queensland provides quality and compassionate care to more than 14 000 people every day of the year through its service groups UnitingCare Community, Blue Care, UnitingCare Health and UnitingCare Social Justice. It also works with Wesley Mission Brisbane to further the outreach of the Uniting Church in Queensland.

Follow this link to view the online version of the UnitingCare Queensland Research Report

new purpose-built Blue Care Community and Respite Care building where 29 nursing, personal care and support staff will assist 220 clients from Murgon and surrounding areas, is now open.

Construction on the new building began at the end of May 2011 and was partly funded by Home and Community Care (HACC), along with other contributions from the fund raising efforts of the Blue Care Auxiliary and Committee, the Murgon Thrift Shop and local community groups including Lions, Rotary, Apex, Quota, CWA, RSL and garden clubs.

For more information go to the Blue Care careers website.

From 15 August 2011, Lifeline Community Care Queensland will be known as UnitingCare Community.

The change of name will more accurately reflect who the organisation is - part of UnitingCare Queensland and the Uniting Church.

There will be no change to services and the Lifeline brand will not be lost. Traditional Lifeline services such as telephone counselling, suicide prevention and Lifeline shops will continue under the Lifeline name and as part of the national Lifeline network, but will be operated by UnitingCare Community.

Other services such as child protection, disability services, refugee support programs,  programs for older people, women’s refuges and many more, are moving to the UnitingCare Community brand.

This means that the agency formerly known as Lifeline Community Care Queensland will now be known as UnitingCare Community.

Every year, many thousands of older people in Queensland are subject to abuse - in fact it is estimated that during 2011 a staggering 30 000 Queenslanders aged over 65 will be abused.  To shed more light on the nature of this abuse and to assess its true prevalence, Lifeline Community Care Queensland’s Elder Abuse Prevention Unit (EAPU) is working with research partners in an innovative research study. 

The intent of this pilot project is to demonstrate the necessity for a broader nationwide study which for the first time would clarify the nature of elder abuse and give a true indication on its prevalence across Australia.  

Blue Care Indigenous Co-ordinator in Far North Queensland, Donna Corrie, has been appointed as an Ambassador with the Australian Government’s Indigenous Education Ambassadors program.   

Donna, a Torres Strait Islander from Far North Queensland, who is based in Cairns, says that she was overwhelmed when she received the letter from the Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth, the Hon Peter Garrett MP, confirming her appointment.