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Natasha Chadwick has been named the 2019 Telstra Queensland Business Woman of the Year. Her business, NewDirection Care, also took out the Telstra Queensland Medium and Large Business Award for the World’s First Microtown™, located in Bellmere, Queensland.

Australia has an aging population and increasingly people are looking for alternatives to the traditional retirement village.

The spotlight is harsh on Australia’s Aged Care industry and Natasha Chadwick is shining new light with her work, reinventing Aged Care as we know it.

Natasha Chadwick won two major awards (2019 Telstra Queensland Business Woman of the Year and in the Medium to Large Business Category) – for her world-first ‘Microtown’ aged care model.

Natasha Chadwick entered the aged care industry early in her career, and quickly became determined to change the way things were done.

The Telstra Business Women’s Awards judges have selected Natasha as one of the most outstanding women doing business in Queensland and have shortlisted her for the finals which will take place in Brisbane at the end of March. It’s an incredible achievement, but no less than she deserves.

A radical new way to treat dementia patients has come to Australia. Instead of nursing homes, sufferers get to live in what’s designed to look like any other town. They can live almost normal lives, but they’re safe and happy, and their families are thrilled.

A newly established dementia facility is changing the lives of those suffering with the terrible condition and making them feel more at home. Described as a micro town, the NewDirection Care facility seems like any ordinary community except for the fact, 60 per cent of its residents are living with dementia.

Paul Heckler was just 52 in 2013 when he began to experience the symptoms that would change his life forever. “Paul hadn’t been working for some time and was complaining about trouble seeing,” Astrid, Paul’s wife, told A Current Affair. He underwent a myriad of tests to try to figure out just what was wrong,…

Nurses play a crucial role in the early identification of delirium in people of all ages, with research suggesting that increased delirium education and understanding can improve awareness of the condition, and potentially improve the management of people who have delirium.