 A community health education project on continence
developed at a workshop with members of Women's Health, Hobart Women's Health Centre and Seniors Bureau with Continence Adviser Debbie Black.
When you spring a leak, seek advice - Senior Momentum make a splash at the Ageing and Disability Conference at Wrest Point Casino |
This sculpture is a humorous look at continence. Once it was planned, representatives from community groups and service providers - older women, women with disabilities, DHHS Continence Service, Health Promotion, Seniors Bureau and Hobart Women’s Health Centre - assembled a prototype sculpture in a workshop at the Hobart Women’s Health Centre.
Aiming to encourage women to become familiar with their own anatomy by building a model of the female urinary tract, the workshop was a great success. A kit was assembled for use in further workshops.
Participants were presented with a pile of PVC plumbing components donated by Bunnings Hardware and recycled items from Recovery Inc., and with encouragement from Sue Moss from Women’s Health South they selected hoses and piping, with a balloon to represent the bladder, to build "Leaky Lucy".
The sculpture watered the lawn outside the Rosny Library during Seniors Week in October 2004, and the workshop was repeated with people attending the Ageing and Disability Conference at Wrest Point Casino.
Planning group for the workshop select items to represent anatomy and physiology for making the sculpture.
Group includes Senior Momentum Coordinator Jennifer Line and Sue Moss from Women’s Health South.
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Robin Wilkinson of the Hobart Women's Health Centre inspects the "bladder"
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The project included a sculpture workshop at the Hobart Women's Health Centre and an interactive presentation at ACROD Conference Wrest Point 2004
 The kit for the workshop caused confusion and consternation among maintenance staff sent to unload it when it arrived at Wrest Point.
Workshop participants at 2004 National Disability Services Conference |
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