What's Going On
What's Going on
Dementia Villages Look Like the Future of Home Care
As Cases Soar, ‘Dementia Villages ‘Look like the future of Home Care Natasha Chadwick sits...
Endorsement From the Founders of De Hogeweyk, The Netherlands
Last February we had the opportunity to visit the Microtown™ at NewDirection Care Bellmere. We...
Revolutionary Aged Care Facility
Today got an exclusive tour of a new Queensland aged care facility that allows residents...
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Port Macquarie’s Dementia Village is Giving Residents a Sense of Freedom
Port Macquarie’s Dementia Village is Giving Residents a Sense of Freedoom...
Audit Financial Statement July 2023 – June 2024
Audited Financial Statement July 2023 – June 2024, approved provider entity NewDirection Bellmere Pty Ltd...
Inside Queensland’s first ‘ Micro Town’ for the elderly
Inside Queensland’s first ‘Micro Town’ for the Elderly...
Audit Financial Statement July 2022 – June 2023
Audited Financial Statement July 2022 – June 2023, approved provider entity NewDirection Bellmere Pty Ltd...
A New Perspective on Dementia Care
New Perspective on Dementia. Katherine from ABC’s Rn drive sits down with Natasha Chadwick as...
Audited Financial Statement
Audited Financial Statement July 2021 – June 2022, approved provider entity NewDirection Bellmere Pty Ltd...
NewDirection Care’s “Micro Town” Exhibits New Approach to Aged Care
NewDirection Care’s “Micro Town” Exhibits New Approach to Aged Care...
Margaret Robinson: Why End of Life Care is Personal
As we celebrate National Palliative Care Week, few are more committed than Margaret Robinson to...
Why Care about Aged and Dementia Care? The stories of our Unsung Heroes
With aged care a headline issue in the upcoming election, it’s time to hear from...
Laura Wykman On Why Caring For Others Has Fulfilled Her Dreams
After raising her two children, Laura Wykman took on a new journey in her life...
NDC’s Kerri Barbeler On Why Making A Positive Difference Matters
Kerri Barbeler, Lifestyle and Events Manager at NewDirection Care Bellmere, knows precisely what it is...
Unsung Heroes: Grace Cowen Has “Spent Her Life Living From The Heart”
When Australians think of celebrating a person’s contribution to the community, we often think of...
Unsung Heroes: The gentleman of the Wool Trade
Jim McDonald loves a neatly clipped lawn. He took such care with his own lawn...
Working at NewDirection Care, Bellmere, Is Much More Than Just a Job for Physiotherapist Alyssa Jenkins
Alyssa Jenkins loves her job at NewDirection Care, Bellmere, where she works as a qualified...
“People should be able to live the best life they can”
As a House Companion™ Support Worker for seven aged care residents, Mandy Armstrong cooks, cleans...
Unsung Heroes: Ralph Grimston
Childhood memories are among our most precious. They stay with us as we grow, provide...
NewDirection Care Bellmere and Natasha Chadwick Are Crowned 2021 innovAGEING National Awards Winners
NewDirection Care Bellmere made history last night by becoming the first organisation to win two...
Always young at heart. The social butterfly with a social conscious
Written by Michael Sheather Kay Whittington-Smith always looked and felt younger than her years. Her...
104-Year-Old Ww2 Veteran Becomes Cover Magazine Star In The Debut Issue Of Unsung Heroes Magazine, Presented By Newdirection Care.
This week sees the launch of NewDirection Care’s Unsung Heroes magazine. The magazine will feature...
Micro-town gives people with cognitive impairment, dementia independence and social engagement
Micro-town gives people with cognitive impairment, dementia independence and social engagement...
Microtown gives people with cognitive impairment and dementia independence and social engagement
A small community in Bellmere, just north of Brisbane, is turning the traditional aged care...
In Business, Values Matter, Not Profit
For the residents at NewDirection Care, as well as for Natasha Chadwick and her staff...
NewDirection Care CEO Natasha Chadwick Tells Natarsha Belling “In Business, Values Matter Not Profit”
Creating a solid set of values is a good foundation for a better business and...
Seven compelling arguments for reimagined aged care funding, by the Royal Commission’s favourite witness
Natasha Chadwick has the rungs on the innovation and enterprise board – the only Royal...
‘Serious lack of funding’ in aged care must be fixed: An open letter to the PM
Natasha Chadwick has been at the coal face of what is happening in aged care...
NewDirection Care’s Natasha Chadwick: future aged care system will demand flexible models of care
What has worked in the past simply will not continue to work in the future...
Microtowns and Other Big Opportunities in Aged Care
Faced with an ageing population and community concern about the quality of aged care services...
Re-imagining aged care in Australia
Shocking stories heard in the Aged Care Royal Commission highlight the inadequacy of conventional aged...
It takes a VILLAGE
2019 Telstra Australian Business Woman of the Year, NATASHA CHADWICK, is revolutionising aged care-all because...
Redefining Aged Care in the World’s First Microtown™ Community for Older Australians
Maximising independence in a home-like environment supports better quality of life. With the rise in...
The Most Outstanding Care Innovator in the World in 2018
On 20 June 2019 NewDirection Care won the award for The Most Outstanding Care Innovator...
Redefining Australian Aged Care
On 1 July 2019 Studio 10 visited NewDirection Care at Bellmere to see how Natasha...
Telstra Australia’s Winner
INNOVATION in Aged Care housing has been recognised at the top level with NewDirection Care’s...
A Platform of Change
There is a disconnect between the calls for innovation and the action being taken, NATASHA...
Independence and dignity at NewDirection Care Bellmere
NewDirection at Bellmere have won the Property and Design category in the 2019 Future of...
Sarah Harris Meets NewDirection Care CEO Natasha Chadwick
Natasha Chadwick is the Founder and CEO of the nursing facility microtown, NewDirection Care, Bellmere in...
‘They called it my folly’: How Natasha Chadwick had the last laugh & turned aged care on its head
Our latest series #CelebratingWomeninAgedCare brings to light the stories of unsung women in the industry:...
Aged care leader wins top national business award
Aged care innovator Natasha Chadwick has been named Telstra Australian Business Woman of the Year...
Port Macquarie’s Dementia Village is Giving Residents a Sense of Freedom
NewDirection Care CEO Natasha Chadwick named Australian Business Woman of the year 2019...
2019 Telstra Australian Business Woman of the Year named
The boss of a Queensland aged care facility was last night announced as the 2019...
NewDirection Care’s Natasha Chadwick Takes Home 2019 Telstra Australian Business Women’s Award
NewDirection Care Founder and CEO, Natasha Chadwick has been awarded the prestigious 2019 Telstra Australian...
Disrupting Aged Care for Good
Natasha Chadwick, Telstra’s Business Woman of the Year 2019, wants to change the way the...
Unfiltered Conversations: Happiness, resilience and work-life balance for mental and physical health
Unfiltered Conversations pairs brilliant business women who are disrupting the status quo, for an honest...
Microtown Chief Lands Top Award
THE CEO of an aged care facility has won the 2019 Telstra Queensland Business Woman...
CEO of Bellmere Aged Care Facility Puts Microtown on the Big Stage
THE CEO of an aged care facility has won the 2019 Telstra Queensland Business Woman...
CEOs Respond to Budget and Impact on Strategic Plans
Founder and CEO of Queensland-based NewDirection Care, Natasha Chadwick said there was little to be...
Q&A With Natasha Chadwick
Natasha Chadwick has been named the 2019 Telstra Queensland Business Woman of the Year. Her...
“Microtown” redefines the retirement village
Australia has an aging population and increasingly people are looking for alternatives to the traditional...
QLD Aged Care Entrepreneur Rewrites Aged Care, Wins Queensland Telstra Business Woman of the Year
The spotlight is harsh on Australia’s Aged Care industry and Natasha Chadwick is shining new...
NewDirection Care CEO and founder wins big at Telstra Queensland Business Women’s Awards
Natasha Chadwick won two major awards (2019 Telstra Queensland Business Woman of the Year and...
Micro-Towns Helping Older Australians Live “Normal” Active and Fulfilling Lives
Natasha Chadwick entered the aged care industry early in her career, and quickly became determined...
Congratulations to Natasha Chadwick – Finalist
The Telstra Business Women’s Awards judges have selected Natasha as one of the most outstanding...
Six Invaluable Lessons: What 20 Years in Aged Care Taught Me About Being an Entrepreneur
Being an entrepreneur is an experience like no other. Simply put, it is not easy...
Dementia Village
A radical new way to treat dementia patients has come to Australia. Instead of nursing...
New Aussie dementia facility giving residents new lease on life
A newly established dementia facility is changing the lives of those suffering with the terrible...
World first residential microtown for those with dementia
Paul Heckler was just 52 in 2013 when he began to experience the symptoms that...
What being an aged care pioneer taught me about the joys of growing older
When they imagine getting older most young and middle-aged people do so with dread and...
Is it OK to segregate someone because they are living with dementia?
All talk, no action! I don’t know about you, but 2018 seems to be an...
Nurses play a crucial role in the early identification of delirium
Nurses play a crucial role in the early identification of delirium in people of all...
Aged Care Pioneer
After more than two decades in Aged Care, Natasha Chadwick believed Australia’s aged care model...
The Freedom of Home
Natasha Chadwick and Alasdair A MacDonald report on a new, award-winning inclusive model of residential...
A New Approach to Aged Care: Pseudo-suburbs, Robotics and Purposeful Activity
For all the horror stories about aged care there are positive developments. There are new...
Minister for Aged Care Visits World’s First Microtown at NewDirection Care in Bellmere
Last week the Hon. Ken Wyatt AM, MP, Minister for Aged Care saw first-hand the...
Do We Need to Rethink Our Approach to Building Aged Care Homes?
It’s a topic of discussion here this week after a Flinders University study found smaller...
Do We Need to Rethink Our Approach to Building Aged Care Homes?
It’s a topic of discussion here this week after a Flinders University study found smaller...
What do our residents think of NewDirection Care at Bellmere? Australian Aged Care Quality Agency reports.
During our recent re-accreditation, the Australian Aged Care Quality Agency randomly surveyed some of our...
No Shortage of Caring
The health slice of the workforce pie is growing with no end in sight. Melanie...
OSCARs of the Eldercare Industry Applauds and Recognises 42 Organisations and Industry Representatives – Australia, Denmark, Japan and Singapore swept major awards
INNOVATION OF THE YEAR – CARE MODEL WINNER: The House Companion™ Support Worker model by...
Shaynna Blaze on making it in the design world
Shaynna Blaze knows how to create stunning spaces. The interior design extraordinaire has made an illustrious career...
Downsizers who don’t want the simple life.
This golden generation of retirees has created a new housing market: downsizers who don’t want...
Meet the Residents Living in an ‘aged care micro-town’
After four years of operation, a pilot program has convincingly shown that capital and operational...
Mother’s Day Celebration at NewDirection Care Spans Two Generations
Rose, 92, who lives at NewDirection Care (Australia’s first aged care microtown in Bellmere, Queensland)...
Microtown™ Offers “New Direction” in Aged Care
An alternative aged care model with a focus on wellness, “revolutionary non-institutionalised schedules, services and...
NewDirection Care Launches Aged Care Microtown™
Queensland-based NewDirection Care has recently announced a $35 million aged care microtown™ community for people...
Enabling a Community Through Wellness at NewDirection Care Bellmere
When one thinks of a typical Australian suburban community we imagine streets lined with houses...
Seth Rogen and Lauren Miller Laugh to Cope with Alzheimer’s
Seth Rogen and his wife, Lauren Miller Rogen, launched their not-for-profit Alzheimer’s foundation, Hilarity for...
New Age Approach. World-first Microtown™ for Elderly
An aged care group is claiming a world-first approach with a new “microtown” for elderly...
New Queensland Microtown™ Concept Claimed as World First in Aged Care
An aged care group is claiming a world-first approach with a new “microtown” for elderly...
New Queensland Microtown™ Concept Claimed as World First in Aged Care
An aged care group is claiming a world-first approach with a new “microtown” for elderly...
New Queensland Microtown™ Concept Claimed as World First in Aged Care
An aged care group is claiming a world-first approach with a new “microtown” for elderly...
New Queensland Microtown™ Concept Claimed as World First in Aged Care
An aged care group is claiming a world-first approach with a new “microtown” for elderly...
New Queensland Microtown™ Concept Claimed as World First in Aged Care
An aged care group is claiming a world-first approach with a new “microtown” for elderly...
New Queensland Microtown™ Concept Claimed as World First in Aged Care
An aged care group is claiming a world-first approach with a new “microtown” for elderly...
New Queensland Microtown™ Concept Claimed as World First in Aged Care
An aged care group is claiming a world-first approach with a new “microtown” for elderly...
New Queensland Microtown™ Concept Claimed as World First in Aged Care
An aged care group is claiming a world-first approach with a new “microtown” for elderly...
New Queensland Microtown™ Concept Claimed as World First in Aged Care
An aged care group is claiming a world-first approach with a new “microtown” for elderly...
NewDirection Care at Bellmere Finalist at the prestigious SilverEco and Ageing Well International Awards in Paris.
SilverEco® and Ageing Well International Awards gathered all Silver Economy international stakeholders on the occasion...
Natasha Chadwick, Founder & CEO discusses NewDirection Care at Bellmere on 101.5 FM.
NewDirection Care is announcing their revolutionary microtown™ community for Australian seniors with complex care needs...
NewDirection Care at Bellmere has been nominated for a prestigious international award.
We have been nominated for the SilverEco and Ageing Well International Awards. The winner will...
NewDirection Care vs. Traditional Aged Care Facilities
Aged care comes in a variety of forms, whether it’s home care, residential aged care...
Exercise as a Health Benefit for those who already have Complex Care Needs
We all know that a regular exercise regime is beneficial to our physical and mental...
Royal College of Surgeons Ireland Develops New Blood Test for Early Stage Alzheimer’s
Dementia affects approximately 160,000 Australians, with Alzheimer’s disease being the most common type. Alzheimer’s affects...
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