The partnership between the Liverpool Catholic Club and Ingham Institute is improving healthcare outcomes for people living in South Western Sydney, the rest of Australia and worldwide.

As President of Liverpool Catholic Club, Greg Richardson, explains, “Ingham Institute is ethical and honest. It’s genuinely part of the community that we operate in and is clearly servicing the needs of our population.” The Liverpool Catholic Club supports several important projects at Ingham Institute – this year, with a focus on allied health.

Allied Health is a vast body of health professionals across areas as diverse as physiotherapy, occupational therapy, social work, and dietetics. The heart of their work is about helping people to live well in the community and reduce impairment, so their research can be directly translated to meaningful patient outcomes.

The projects supported by Liverpool Catholic Club have already changed clinical practice and continue to improve treatment of people everywhere.

Improving the care for people who have had a hip fracture

This study is trialling and evaluating the delivery of care for patients who have had a hip fracture, in their own homes.

If successful, this will change the model of care and provide relief in an overcrowded health system by moving patients from hospital to their own homes, where they will receive high-quality care.

“The Liverpool Catholic Club funding enhances the project by increasing our consumer focus and our ability to strengthen the research capacity of staff members, particularly in allied health,” said Conjoint Prof, Justine Naylor, PhD, Co-director of the Whitlam Orthopaedic Research Centre.

Transforming the patient experience

This innovative project uses robotic technology, including the use of games, to assist in the rehabilitation of people with a brain injury.

The objective is to improve people’s motor skills and increase their independence after their injury.
Brendan Worne from the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Group explained the importance of community grants, saying “These novel, interesting, innovative ideas can only come to fruition because of the generous support we receive, providing real improvements to people’s quality of life.”

Caring for women during and after pregnancy

Many women experience physical difficulties after the birth of a child, including back pain and pelvic floor dysfunction.

This project aims to help women self-manage these common difficulties by providing a range of health materials in a variety of languages, to assist women in understanding, managing and improving their condition.