Consumer Experience

Highly Commended: Care360 for their streamlined ‘care centre’ consolidating all of the financial and documentation management associated with the entire journey through aged care. Learn more about this entry…

Highly Commended: Home Care HQ for Australia’s first aged care newsletter specifically designed for consumers and carers receiving care and support at home. Learn more about this entry…

Community Engagement

Winner: National Aged and Community Care Roundtable for Forgotten Australians – aimed at supporting over 500,000 children who were placed in institutional and out-of-home care around Australia between 1920 and 1989 – they are known as Forgotten Australians or Care Leavers and include the Stolen Generation and Former Child Migrants. The National Roundtable is directly aimed at improving the access, quality and appropriateness of services and support for Forgotten Australians as they age. Learn more about this entry…

Highly Commended: Dementia Australia for the Lithgow Dementia Support (LDS) group’s Creative Dementia Workshops – Learn more about this entry…

Dementia Care

Winner: Dementia Australia for the Talk with Ted avatar – Learn more about this entry…

Highly Commended: Southern Cross Care NSW & ACT for the Southern Cross Care Dementia Engagement Project – Learn more about this entry…

Highly Commended: Anglicare Southern Queensland for The Specialist Dementia Care Program (SDCP) – learn more about this entry…

Palliative Care

Winner: VMCH for their specialist end-of-life care and respite home, O’Neill House in Prahran, Victoria. Learn more about this entry…

People & Culture

Winner: St Vincent’s Care for their ASPIRE Program, designed to train graduate nurses with qualified and seasoned nursing professionals to help nurture and build their clinical skills, knowledge and confidence in the delivery of aged care. Learn more about this entry…

Service Transformation

Highly Commended: Violet Initiative and Goodwin Aged Care for the Violet last-stage-of-life support program. Learn more about this entry…

Sustainability

Highly Commended: Bolton Clarke for their sustainability solutions – particularly around energy efficiency. Learn more about this entry…

Technology – Health & Wellbeing

Winner: Whiddon for their point-of-care COVID-19 rapid testing – Learn more about this entry…

Technology – Business

Winner: Dementia Australia for their Ask Annie mobile training app designed to help care workers better support those living with dementia. Learn more about this entry…

Highly Commended: Lenexa Medical for their LenexaCARE system that converts traditional bed mattresses into smart patient monitoring platforms – helping to prevent pressure injuries. Learn more about this entry…

Emerging Leader

Winner: Erin Hartwell – Senior Clinical Governance Officer – St Vincent’s Care. Learn more about this winning entry…

Highly Commended: Arohi Patadia RN, Facility Manager, Marian Nursing Home – Southern Cross Care (NSW & ACT). Learn more about this winning entry…