ADVENTIST Senior Living retirement village at Cooranbong has dominated the inaugural Hunter Aged Care and Disability Achievement Awards, winning three categories.
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In a field of more than 50 contenders, Avondale Lifestyle Community won:
- Residential Aged Care Facility of the Year;
- Residential Aged Care Employee of the Year (Georgie Schofield); and
- Aged Care Innovative Project of the Year, for the Avondale Inter-generational Design Project.
It was also highly commended for Aged Care / Disability Sector Manager of the Year (Marlene Moodie).
The awards are run by Ageing Life Network, and aim to reward outstanding leadership, innovation and “care undertaken quietly but daily throughout the aged care and disability sector”.
Adventist Senior Living chief executive officer David Knight was impressed by his team’s results.
“As a team who commit to continually doing all they can to add meaning and value to people’s lives it is gratifying to have them rewarded for their dedication,” he said.
It was a big result for care service team member and award winner Georgie Schofield.
“I’m proud to play a role in the best facility in the Hunter region,” she said.
“Everything we do is geared around the needs of our residents and I love making a vital difference to their lives.”
Other winners on the night .-
- Aged Care/Disability Sector Manager of the Year: Sue Flaherty (Newcastle District Nursing Service);
- Disability Service of the Year: Songbird Homes;
- Disability Sector Employee of the Year: Kyllie Tegg (The Mai-Wel Group);
- Home Care Service of the Year: integratedliving;
- Home Care Service Employee of the Year: Meredith Stephens (integratedliving);
- Volunteer of the Year: Corrine Frost (The Mai-Wel Group)
- Community/Business Group Recognition: Tender Loving Cuisine;
- Culturally Diverse/Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Project of the Year: Indigenous meals/community generational program (integratedliving);
- Retirement Village of the Year: Signature Gardens Retirement Resort.