HammondCare, Catholic Healthcare, Southern Cross Care, Benetas and Whiddon are among the aged care providers featuring as finalists in the 2022 innovAGEING National Awards.
This year’s awards finalists include a number of innovations around workforce innovation, which Merlin Kong (pictured), Head of innovAGEING, describes as an “urgent and timely topic”.
“In the past few years, we’ve seen a growing sophistication on what the sector considers innovative. This year’s innovation projects build on this further with greater multidisciplinary focus on people and organisations.
“It’s clear that the sector understands that technology is an important tool, but without understanding customer needs and wants, and developing tools and systems so support workers can deliver better care, being a viable business will be a hard slog,” he said.
The award ceremony will be held on November 24 and livestreamed online. The full list of finalists is below:
Age Services Innovator of the Year
- Aidan O’Flaherty, Tulich and Asset Journey
- David Cox, Curtin Heritage Living
- Helen Kemp & Samantha Billing, Benetas
- Michelle Wicky, St Basil’s NSW & ACT with Ausmed Education
Enhancing Consumer Experience
- Catholic Healthcare with YourLink
- Lifeview Residential Care
- Southern Cross Care NSW & ACT
- St Vincent’s Care Consumer Experience Team
Realising Wellness and Reablement
- Atticus Health
- Australian Red Cross & YourLink
- LiveUp
Improving Consumer Choice
- Bay & Basin Community Resources (BBCR) with ExSitu
- Catholic Healthcare with YourLink
- Inclusee
- Wantirna Residential Aged Care with Rauland
Increasing Care and Service Productivity
- McKenzie Aged Care Group with Ausmed
- St Anna’s Residential Aged Care with Telstra Health
- St Vincent’s Care ASPIRE Program
- Hillside at Figtree with Brenna
Increasing Access to Care and Services
- Gold Coast Primary Health Network with Wound Specialist Services
- HammondCare Restorative Care Team
- Whiddon Innovation and Strategy Team
