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NewDirection Care Bellmere made history last night by becoming the first organisation to win two awards in the same year at the prestigious 2021 innovAGEING National Awards.

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A small community in Bellmere, just north of Brisbane, is turning the traditional aged care model on its head, providing a sense of independence, engagement and normalcy to its 120 residents, many of whom live with cognitive impairment such as dementia.

For the residents at NewDirection Care, as well as for Natasha Chadwick and her staff, 2020 proved to be one the most challenging years they have ever experienced. The COVID-19 pandemic, which so devastated aged care communities in other states, also brought restrictions and difficulties to their aged care facility based in Bellmere, Queensland.

Creating a solid set of values is a good foundation for a better business and for better outcomes in the Australian Age Care sector, says NewDirection Care CEO and founder Natasha Chadwick.

Natasha Chadwick has the rungs on the innovation and enterprise board – the only Royal Commission witness across 20 months who had invested their own money into a totally new living and care model.

Natasha Chadwick has been at the coal face of what is happening in aged care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here, the New Direction Care CEO and Telstra Business Woman Of The Year writes an open letter to the PM.

What has worked in the past simply will not continue to work in the future, according to NewDirection Care CEO Natasha Chadwick – and the NewDirection model of care has been proven to be successful in providing this flexibility.

Natasha Chadwick sells NSW aged care home to WA’s Hall & Prior to concentrate on her NewDirection dementia village model in QLD