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…