north east regional extra | September 30 - October 6, 2020
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September 30 - October 6, 2020
Heather is all about sharing FOR Heather Lane, information is valuable and something to be shared. The local resident recently ‘retired’ from her volunteer role at Northeast Health Wangaratta’s Well Ageing Info Hub where she had been helping out since it began in 2017. But helping people and sharing information is not a new thing for Heather, who has a background in nursing and aged care. “I’ve always been interested in that type of thing; I studied nursing and have had a range of jobs in information sharing,” she said. “I initially trained as a nurse at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne and with those skills I was qualified to work in what is now called Allied Health so I did that on and off for about seven years. “I married in 1967 and we went to live in the Mallee but as it was in the middle of a terrible drought...my husband and I moved around a bit where I did a few different jobs. “After our marriage broke down I
By LEAH ANDERSON-BYRNE decided I needed to do some study. “Would you believe someone at Centrelink told me not to bother being a secretary and to do a Bachelor of Arts so I did that with a focus on social sciences, psychology and a bit of law, while parenting two kids. “It was challenging but very exciting and I enjoyed learning.” Heather has had vision problems since she was quite young, which has brought some obstacles along the way. “It was eventually picked up when I was 14 because I gradually moved from the front of the classroom to the back because I couldn’t see the board,” she said. “It’s a rare genetic disease and you don’t get used to it but you learn to live with it; it sets up many challenges and having low hearing as well creates a big problem for me now.
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◆ A HELPING HAND: Wangaratta local Heather Lane has been supporting the community in many ways. PHOTO: Leah Anderson-Byrne
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