IMMUNOTHERAPY AT HOME A RELIEF FOR JUDY
Channel 7 Reporter Amber Johnson visited Judy and Johan Roets at their home in Perth to discuss what it is like to receive her cancer treatments with chemo@home, especially during the COVID pandemic.
Channel 7 Reporter Amber Johnson visited Judy and Johan Roets at their home in Perth to discuss what it is like to receive her cancer treatments with chemo@home, especially during the COVID pandemic.
A story today in the West Australian Business section, highlighting the issue of funding and investment in female-founded companies, featuring our Managing Director Julie Adams. View Health – chemo@home congratulates all the other women who were successful in receiving a Boosting Female Founders Grant in this round. The grant we secured will be used to […]
Bupa shared the wonderful story below about our patient Graham on World Cancer Day. It is great to see our companies working together to close the gap in patient care. Without any other symptoms, it was abnormalities in Graham Brash’s annual blood test that led to his multiple myeloma diagnosis. When discussing treatment options, his haematologist […]
To help prepare for covid-open and the increasingly likely chance that you and/or your family will be either a close contact or infected, here is some general helpful guidance. Get boosted as soon as due! It is clear that the triple vaccinated are faring better, though not as protected from Omicron as Delta. The unvaccinated […]
Welcome to the first in our patient newsletter series. This newsletter was created during the Noongar Kambarang season, which is aptly the season of birth. Though like many first babies, it is a few days overdue coming into the world! Through the newsletter, we aim to keep you updated on important health issues and helpful […]
Especially for our health professionals and partners; the View Health – chemo@home newsletter is available by clicking here.
Tocilizumab is a monoclonal antibody to the interleukin-6 (IL-6) receptor. IL-6 is produced by the immune system at the site of inflammation, and by blocking it from binding to its receptor, inflammation is prevented. Tocilizumab is a very useful medication for the treatment of a number of rheumatic conditions. Seriously and critically unwell patients […]
At View Health – chemo@home we focus our love, attention, skill and experience on taking care of our patients and each other. We do this by ensuring our team are fully supplied and trained with the correct PPE and by being vaccinated. An amazing 96% of our nursing team are vaccinated against covid-19, and 76% […]
So wonderful to be able to help Tisa receive her chemotherapy treatment at home. Such an amazing woman.
Loren Bandy was swimming in a friend’s pool when she noticed that one side of her body just didn’t feel ‘right’. “It was the strangest sensation – something about the water on one side of my body just felt strange.” Ms Bandy said. “The same thing happened the next day in the shower, […]
Dr Ari Ariyapperuma (Medical Oncologist SJOG Subiaco and CliniConnect) Ari is a medical oncologist who has completed medical oncology training through NSW and WA hospitals. He completed his medical degree with Honours in clinical sciences and undertook a residency at Newham University Hospital in the United Kingdom. Ari has trained in medical oncology both in […]
Dr Ari Ariyapperuma (Medical Oncologist SJOG Subiaco and CliniConnect) Ari is a medical oncologist who has completed medical oncology training through NSW and WA hospitals. He completed his medical degree with Honours in clinical sciences and undertook a residency at Newham University Hospital in the United Kingdom. Ari has trained in medical oncology both […]
Today we launch our new consumer group – “Consumer View”! The “Consumer View” functions as a consumer representative voice for people who are diagnosed with cancer or other chronic medical conditions and treated with View Health – chemo@home. The group supports a collaborative process to improve the patient experience and quality and safety of health […]
As the patients we treat are those at highest risk of serious health issues, and even death, from the COVID-19 virus, we thought we would take this opportunity to explain how the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine works in simple terms, to hopefully allay some fears. The human immune system is magnificent. Its job is to recognise […]
HBF was the first fund to partner with chemo@home. Now a national health provider they deliver over 140 different types of chemotherapy and immunotherapy treatments across Australia to HBF members just like Bill. How wonderful is Bill’s story, not having to go to hospital for the treatment of his colitis for the last 3 years. […]
For Justin, juggling a busy lifestyle with going to hospital every six to eight weeks to receive infusions for Crohn’s disease, was difficult. But with chemo@home, Justin now gets his life-changing treatment on the go, freeing him up for life’s more important things. Read more about Justin’s story here.
The West Australian newspaper highlighting View Health – chemo@home’s use of Google Glasses to assist with managing the ongoing education of our geographically dispersed team during COVID-19, which has restricted our ability to travel interstate. Thank you to our amazing nurse Richelle and patient Brittany and all the team who have made this possible. […]
COVID-19 has definitely made people more aware how safe it is to have treatment at home. The benefits are numerous including the rarely talked about financial benefits for the patient and their family (less travel costs, less parking costs, reduced day care costs for those with children, minimising loss of patient and carer income). COVID-19 […]
The growth in home based chemotherapy usage comes at a time when immune-suppressed patients, such as those living with cancer, seem to be choosing to avoid going to hospital due to their higher risk of contracting COVID-19 via community transmission. As trusted partners with BUPA we are honoured to be able to provide services to […]
Especially for our health professionals and partners; the View Health – chemo@home newsletter highlighting our start up in Bunbury is available by clicking here
Avoiding hospitals by being treated at home when your immune system is low is a very sensible way of reducing the risk of COVID-19. As featured on ABC News
Especially for our health professionals and partners; the View Health – chemo@home newsletter highlighting our management of COVID-19 is available by clicking here
Sadly, the first report of an Australian dying from COVID-19 (coronovirus) has occurred at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in WA. Data from the US highlights that the fatality rate from COVID-19 in people with other illnesses or compromised immune systems (such as those having chemo and immuno therapies) is about 15%, compared to 2% with […]
Our Managing Director, Julie Adams, talked today about how immunotherapy is offering new hope for cancer patients with 7AD’s Martin Agytin. And if you liked Julie’s explanation on the main types of immunotherapy treatments, using the army as an analogie, here it is again 😊: 1. Give the enemy red hats to make it easier for […]
Chemotherapy. Our oncology day-units were built around delivering chemotherapy. Our health care professionals trained to manage chemotherapy. Our patient resources to inform about the side-effects of chemotherapy. But like a cool breeze turning into a brisk wind and then transforming into a howling gale, treatment for cancer and a whole range of medical conditions is […]
As one of the pioneers of home-based infusions and now Australia’s leading provider of these treatments, I was interested to read the recent opinion piece from Toby Hall, CEO of one of Australia’s leading providers of public and private hospitals. He argues very convincingly that Australia will need fewer hospitals, and that the healthcare model […]
Did you know chemo@home also administer infusions of immune therapies to treat MS. Treatment at home helps make people’s lives just that little bit easier. Watch this fabulous episode of Insight to see what living with MS is like, what challenges people face and the treatments which are improving lives. https://www.sbs.com.au/…/insig…/tvepisode/multiple-sclerosis
Especially for our health professionals and partners; the View Health – chemo@home Autumn newsletter is available by clicking here
Jenny Seaton from Curtin FM interviews chemo@home’s Managing Director, Julie Adams, on how immunotherapy medications are dramatically changing the treatment of cancer. A new and fascinating area which is offering a valuable option for some cancers where treament choices were limited, and improving the outcomes in other cancers. Listen to the interview here.
chemo@home has treated its first patients in VICTORIA. Our Victorian clinical team, headed by Nicole Walker, is being supported by the WA/SA chemo@home team as we develop and expand our services. Thank you to all the WA/SA chemo@home team, especially Richelle Finselbach, Alicia Hopper and Molly Wilkes for ensuring such a smooth start-up. If you, […]
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