Lyme disease lobby group gets government grant
It will offer counselling and support services, run by patients who have had the disease
21st November 2019
A controversial Lyme disease lobby group has received federal government funding to launch a new counselling and support service run by patients with ‘lived experience’ of the disease.
Under the eight-month pilot program, which began this month, certified counsellors have so far trained 16 volunteers to provide peer-support crisis counselling to Australian patients with Lyme disease who could be at risk of suicide.
The $200,000 Lyme Support program will provide four ‘pillars’ of support to patients, including education, online peer support, crisis counselling and professional