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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.

Faced with an ageing population and community concern about the quality of aged care services, the pressure is on for the industry to do better. The days of miserable canteen food and endless grey corridors may become relics of the past, with leaders in the aged care industry now starting to change.

Shocking stories heard in the Aged Care Royal Commission highlight the inadequacy of conventional aged care facilities in providing safe and quality care for our frail elderly. What if we can re-imagine an aged care system that better meets our human and cultural needs?  SBS Radio Viva gave Natasha Chadwick and some NewDirection Care residents the…

2019 Telstra Australian Business Woman of the Year, NATASHA CHADWICK, is revolutionising aged care-all because she backed herself against the odds. I kept asking myself over and over again: what type of residential care would I want for my mum if it ever came to it?

Maximising independence in a home-like environment supports better quality of life. With the rise in the aging population and inadequacies of traditional residential aged care, the need for new and imaginative ways of caring for older people is obvious.

On 20 June 2019 NewDirection Care won the award for The Most Outstanding Care Innovator in the World in 2018 at the Globals Awards ceremony in London. The Globals are sponsored by the Over 50s Housing Publishing Group which reviews standards and trends in senior housing in over 200 countries annually. Natasha took out this…

On 1 July 2019 Studio 10 visited NewDirection Care at Bellmere to see how Natasha Chadwick and her team of House Companion™ Support Workers are redefining Australian aged care. Take a tour around with Studio 10 presenter Scott, as he walks through Australia’s first ever MICRO TOWN®.    

INNOVATION in Aged Care housing has been recognised at the top level with NewDirection Care’s Natasha Chadwick award the 2019 Telstra Australian Business Women’s Award. The founder and CEO of NewDirection Care has developed a “people first” model of care which has at its core five values – individuality, community, relationships, respect and empathy.  

There is a disconnect between the calls for innovation and the action being taken, NATASHA CHADWICK tells NATASHA EGAN. It’s hard to make a change in the Australian aged care sector because you won’t necessarily get support from either your own industry or the government, says Natasha Chadwick, CEO and founder of NewDirection Care and…