Have you heard the term ‘vaping’? Electronic cigarette and personal vaporisers are devices that give an alternative to smoking tobacco cigarettes. While once considered a healthier alternative to cigarettes, there is a darker side to vaping that society needs to be aware of. Continue reading The darker side of vaping
Synthetic Cannabinoids: The ‘illegal’ legal chemical herbs your children are experimenting with
Do you know what your children are experimenting with? asks Wedge Gardens Treatment Centre social worker Karen Griessel. Continue reading Synthetic Cannabinoids: The ‘illegal’ legal chemical herbs your children are experimenting with
Wedge’s loss is Tarentaal’s gain
After 16 years at Wedge Gardens Treatment Centre – many of which were spent as deputy manager, Laetitia Goosen has moved to Tarentaal retirement village, where she will hold the same position. Continue reading Wedge’s loss is Tarentaal’s gain
Biscuits empower at Wedge Gardens
Beautifully baked biscuits were on the menu of the Wedge Gardens’ café on Friday, October 7. Continue reading Biscuits empower at Wedge Gardens
Learners’ eyes opened to the horror of drugs
Gustav Preller Primary School pupils enjoyed an interactive visit from Wedge Gardens Treatment Centre on Tuesday, September 27. Continue reading Learners’ eyes opened to the horror of drugs
How mindfulness exercises add value to addiction recovery
Mindfulness is a wonder word at Wedge Gardens Treatment Centre.
“First of all, let me explain what mindfulness means,” says Lizette Treurnich, a social worker at the Rand Aid-run substance abuse rehabilitation centre. Continue reading How mindfulness exercises add value to addiction recovery
Wedge Gardens leaves indelible impression on OT
Rand Aid’s Wedge Gardens Treatment Centre has said a sad farewell to its occupational therapist, Zainab Badat, who is moving to New Zealand. Continue reading Wedge Gardens leaves indelible impression on OT
Wedge Gardens gives back on Mandela Day
A group of patients from Rand Aid’s Wedge Gardens Treatment Centre, accompanied by occupational therapist Zainab Badat, took to the streets of Alexandra on Monday, July 18, to donate their time and services to the desperate community. Continue reading Wedge Gardens gives back on Mandela Day
SANCA Week Challenge from the 24th to 30th of June 2016
Most people have that one thing that is hard to give up and that we cling to, those habits that we use as ‘crutches’ to cope with emotional pain, stress, boredom; perhaps excessive shopping, eating sweets, excessive exercising or being too much of a health fanatic. We use these to escape or to have fun. People use drugs or alcohol for similar reasons and their addictions have become all-consuming and debilitating. Continue reading SANCA Week Challenge from the 24th to 30th of June 2016
Wedge Gardens gets going with sports day
Fourth year Wits OT students Amy Grose and Victoria Johnstone organised and hosted a sports day for the in-patients at Rand Aid’s Wedge Gardens treatment centre on Thursday, June 9, 2016. Continue reading Wedge Gardens gets going with sports day