ACSA annual awards for excellence
Aged and Community Services Australia (ACSA) has presented its annual awards for excellence at its national conference, in Adelaide.
These national awards were presented to services and individuals from Queensland, Victoria, NSW, South Australia and Western Australia. All the winners and finalists were outstanding achievers in the aged and community care industry throughout Australia.
The Individual Award, for a lifetime’s work in aged and community care, was presented by the Minister for Ageing, Justine Elliot. It went to Dr Penelope (Penny) Flett, chief executive officer (CEO), Brightwater Care Group, Western Australia.
Since her appointment in 1986, Dr Flett has led the growth and diversification of Brightwater in service areas (such as rehabilitation, respite and residential care for younger people), as well as leading 20 facilities providing residential care, creating new commercial and business development in catering and laundry services, and auspicing research facilitation in dementia and education/industry areas.
She was the first chair of the Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency; has been on numerous other boards and enquiries, and was Telstra’s National Businesswoman of the Year in 1998.
Other awards and sponsors were:
Employee Award: (sponsored by HESTA Superannuation Fund)
Winner: Sandra Morgan, Helping Hand Aged Care, SA
Runners up:
Susan Cunningham, St Andrews’s Village, Ballina, New South Wales
Chic Taylor, Hunter Integrated Care, Muswellbrook, New South Wales
Samantha Whalan, James Watson House, East Perth, Western Australia
Volunteer Award: (Southern Cross Care (Aust) Inc)
Winner: Tom and Sally Rainey,Presbyterian Aged Care, Haberfield, New South Wales
Runners up:
Catherine Gordon, John Cani Hostel, Mt Morgan, Queensland
Helen Williamson, Bankstown City Aged Care, New South Wales
Organisation Award – Residential Care: (Silverman Dakin)
Winner: Carrington Centennial Care Ltd, Camden, New South Wales
Runners up:
IBIS Care Holdings Pty Ltd, Blakehurst, New South Wales
Masonic Care, Sandgate, Queensland
Organisation Award – Community Care: (SmartLink International)
Winner: City of Canning, Western Australia
Runners up:
Amana Living, Cottlesloe, Western Australia
Hunter Integrated Care, Murrurundi, New South Wales
Organisation Award – Retirement Living: (SmartLink International)
Winner: Barossa Village Inc, Nuriootpa, South Australia
Training Innovation Award: (Australian College of Health Service Executives)
Winner: Baptist Community Services of NSW & ACT
Runners up:
Silver Chain, Western Australia
Lyndoch Inc, Warrnambool, Victoria
Glen Waverley Aged Care Facility, Glen Waverley, Victoria
Technology Innovation Award: (BankWest)
Winner: Feros Care, Northern New South Wales
Runners up:
Baptist Community Services of NSW & ACT
Samarinda Aged Services, Ashburton,Victoria
Silver Chain, Western Australia
Newsletter Awards:
Produced with professional help.
Winner: The Bugle, Uniting Care Community Options, Surry Hills, Victoria
Runners up:
Inside Focus, Silver Chain, Western Australia
Newslink Life Care, Churches of Christ, South Australia
A publication produced by volunteers, or in addition to normal duties:
Winner: The Pipeline, Peninsula Village, New South Wales
Runners up:
Chatter, United Protestant Association of NSW
The Grapevine, Barossa Village Inc, South Australia
BV Lifestyle, Barunga Village Inc, South Australia
