Lakes Entrance Aboriginal Health Association
LEAHA is the Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation based in Lakes Entrance. LEAHA aims to improve the health and wellbeing of the Aboriginal peoples within the community and around Lakes Entrance, Lake Tyers beach, Lake Bunga, Swan Reach, Tambo Upper, Metung and surrounding areas. LEAHA provides services to the Lakes Entrance Aboriginal community, including:
- Chronic care program
- AHW/Nurse team home visits
- GP service Wednesday afternoon’s
- Counselling Services on Wednesday’s
- Medical transport program from Monday to Thursday
- Primary Care Network Chronic Care Services
- Local Justice Worker Program
- Koori Youth Justice Program
- Elders Community Connection Program
- Gippsland Tobacco Healthy Lifestyle team
- TIS Regional Tackling Indigenous Smoking team
- Diabetes and respiratory education
- Visiting hearing services
- Visiting Dental service – Every 2nd Thursday.
- Visiting optometry
- Visiting podiatry
- Men’s Health Promotion Program
- Parenting HUB program
- Outreach midwife service from GEGAC
- Social and emotional counselling/referral
- Women’s health
- Mental health