Month: March 2018

  • Sanca happily settled at Wedge Gardens

    Sanca happily settled at Wedge Gardens

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    After relocating last year, the South African National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (Sanca) is settled in at Wedge Gardens treatment centre in Whitney Gardens, Lyndhurst, just outside of Johannesburg. Both the Sanca National Office and the Sanca National Academy of Learning are based at Wedge Gardens, which is situated in extensive grounds easily… Read more

  • Nursing veteran joins Wedge Gardens team

    Nursing veteran joins Wedge Gardens team

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    With two decades of experience in the healthcare field, Wedge Garden’s new deputy manager and professional charge nurse brings to the table a wealth of knowledge that complements the substance abuse treatment centre’s dedicated professional team. Kempton Park resident Estelle Raath joined Wedge Gardens on February 1, 2018. “As part of Wedge Garden’s multi-disciplinary team,… Read more

  • Labyrinth smooths rehab’s rocky road

    Labyrinth smooths rehab’s rocky road

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    Wedge Gardens treatment centre’s occupational therapy (OT) department has stepped to it and completed is walking labyrinth. “The aim was to provide an additional space for mindfulness practices at the Wedge Gardens to fuel and support the dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) and mindfulness-based stress-reduction programmes that the OT department run every weekday morning,” says Kendra… Read more

  • The ugly truth about depression and substance abuse

    The ugly truth about depression and substance abuse

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    Research indicates a connection between mood disorders like depression and substance abuse, says social worker Karen Griessel, who has helped dozens of people kick addiction through Wedge Gardens’ professional treatment programme. Sanca-affiliated Wedge Gardens has developed a holistic treatment programme based on multi-disciplinary interventions that focus on assessment, behaviour change, family and community integration and… Read more

  • On the straight and narrow, thanks to people who care

    On the straight and narrow, thanks to people who care

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    A little bit of civic-mindedness and concern for others goes a long way. This is what young Lebogang Tsebe of Alexandra experienced when his mother refused to allow him to ruin his life. Sylvia Tsebe is part of the housekeeping staff at Rand Aid’s Inyoni Creek retirement village. Last year, she unburdened herself at work,… Read more