LawCare

LawCare Counselling is a counselling service available to legal practitioners (or their immediate family members) who are members of the Law Society of South Australia to help them deal with personal problems.

General practitioner, Dr Joe is available to discuss any personal problem currently affecting your work performance, or threatens to do so in the future. Problems may include anxiety or stress related conditions, alcoholism, drug abuse, gambling addiction, a family or marriage crisis, or career problems.

The service is confidential and participation is voluntary. The Law Society subsidises the costs.

To find out more, visit the Law Society of South Australia web site under Services for Members).

General Health

ABC Health & Wellbeing

Information for the public on healthy living, medical conditions and medical news.

Healthy Insite

A wide range of up-to-date and quality assessed information on important health topics such as diabetes, cancer, mental health and asthma.

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Life Balance

Lawyers are notorious for working long and hard and making sacrifices for the sake of their practice. For lawyers, this is one of life's double-edged swords. For insight and hints to help lawyers balance the incessant pulls of both work and daily life:

• CBA Practice Link collection of resources(Not all links available to non-members).
• Lawyers Weekly collection of Articles
• Address by Justice George Palmer
• Life Flow Meditation (An excellent way of dealing with stress, getting some sleep, seeing a clearer picture and getting your life back into balance.)
• Practice Pro's articles on "Wellness and balance".

Mental Health

Your mental health is important. If you suspect you may be suffering from a mental health disorder, don't delay, seek help.

• For general information and details on where to get help, go to Beyond Blue where you can check signs and symptoms and get information to help yourself or others.
• Work related stress can affect your mental health significantly. Further information and self help techniques to reduce your stress.

Topics of Interest

Diet

Find a healthy recipe for dinner.

Have a look at what the CSIRO Health and Wellbeing has to say about diet and nutrition.

Exercise Guide

Need to get moving but not sure which sport to choose? Have a look at the ABC’s website for inspiration

You can also check out ABC’s website to see whether you are in the healthy weight range.

Financial Wellbeing

See our Practice Management - Finance page.

Medicare

View and update your Medicare details online.

Do you have to pay the Medicare levy? Find out using the ATO's calculator.

Mistakes & Complaints

See our Practice Management - Risk and Ethics pages.

Organ Donor

Register to become an organ donor, but remember to speak to your family about your decision as they will have the ultimate say.

Part Time Employment

Accommodating part time employees can be part of facilitating work life balance for your employees. This paper by Industrial Relations Victoria discusses the topic and provides guidance on how employers might form policy dealing with part-time employees.

Private Health Insurance

PrivateHealth.gov.au allows you to compare private health care insurance and find a policy that suits you and your family.

Women In The Workplace

Material for women on achieving the work life balance.

The Better Health Channel has a fact sheet addressing issues facing working women.

Computer Tan

For those who are time poor but still yearn for a nice tanned appearance, try Computer Tan