By CASEY NEILL
THE lives of a Springvale mother and daughter are now a little easier thanks to a $3000 gift.
The Rotary Club of Springvale and Springvale Park Special Developmental School joined forces to help Anna Nguyen and her mum My.
Occupational therapist Rosie Pike works at the school.
She said Anna had cerebral palsy and was fully dependent for all her care and mobility.
My is her primary caregiver.
“Anna is a considerable weight for My to be lifting numerous times over the day and night for transfers,” Ms Pike said.
“My suffers from back, elbow and shoulder pain which is all as a result of her repetitive lifting.”
So Ms Pike asked Springvale Rotary Club to help My and Anna, who has attended Springvale Park Special Developmental School since 2002.
The club installed a mobile change table on Wednesday 15 July.
“Anna is currently being changed on a recliner chair,“ she said.
“The change table will ease the physical burden placed on My, who is having to transfer Anna several times a day, and will reduce the risk of illness and injury for Anna.”
Springvale Rotarian Brian Woodman said Dandenong-based ABCO Health Care provided the table at a reduced rate.
“Rosie sent us an email late last year indicating they were having trouble getting support from community organisations to help them out,” he said.
“The family was ecstatic. You could already see the benefits.”
