The LASA Excellence in Age Services Awards aim to promote and recognise excellence across the diverse and dynamic fields of endeavour in the age services industry. The awards celebrate the passion and achievements of organisations, teams and individuals in the service of older Australians. The awards also seek to increase public confidence and community involvement in aged care and services.
Excellence in Age Services Awards 2020
National Finalists
Awards have been judged at a state level across the five categories for 2020 with winners from each state progressing as finalists to the national awards. LASA would like to congratulate the following state winners and finalists for the National Awards.
National Awards winners will be announced on Friday, 23 October 2020 at the LASA Ten Days of Congress virtual conference.
Organisation Award
NSW & ACT
KinCare
QLD
Communify Queensland Inc
SA & NT
Helping Hand Age Care
Victoria & Tasmania
Princes Court Homes
Western Australia
ECHO
Team Award
NSW & ACT
Shoalhaven and Eurobodalla Aged Care Centre Teams
IRT Group
QLD
Let’s Dig in Team
Bolton Clarke
SA & NT
The Maintenance Team
The Willochra Home
VIC & TAS
Collaborative Team
Princes Court, Jacaranda Village, Sunraysia Institute of TAFE & Murray House
WA
Collaborative Leadership Model
Maurice Zeffert Home (Inc)
Individual Award
NSW & ACT
Ben Van Lierop
RSL LifeCare
QLD
Chezz Thompson
Bolton Clarke
SA & NT
Keyur Anand
St. Anna’s Residential Care Facility
VIC & TAS
Julie Folan
Cooinda
WA
Helen Nowlan
Compatible Care Nursing Services
Next Gen Young Leader Award
NSW & ACT
Simon Kerrigan
Guide Healthcare
QLD
Jamie Langdon
Benevolent Living
SA & NT
Tom Gray
Xtra AgedCare
VIC & TAS
Tyla Haining
Martin Luther Homes
WA
Gabriela Di Perna
MercyCare
Rising Star Award
NSW & ACT
Kathy White
RSL LifeCare
QLD
John Sison
Churches of Christ in Queensland
VIC & TAS
Amorette Smith
Cooinda
WA
Hadja Sow
ECHO
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LASA was pleased to announce that the QLD, SA/NT, NSW/ACT and WA Excellence in Age Services Awards finalists and winners online on Aged Care Employee Day 7 August 2020.
This was our industry’s opportunity to celebrate the passion, respect, integrity, daring and excellence in our industry. Presentations can be viewed below.
The VIC/TAS Awards finalists were announced earlier this year on 25 February 2020 at the LASA Tri-State Conference in Albury.
If you experience difficulties viewing the presentations above:
- Please click here to launch video for WA Awards
- Please click here to launch video for SA & NT Awards
- Please click here to launch video for QLD Awards
- Please click here to launch video for NSW & ACT Awards
Award Categories
Organisation Award
Recognising an age services provider who has made an outstanding contribution to care and services development or provision of high level support to the aged by demonstrating leadership, innovation and excellence.
Individual Award
This award recognises an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the age services sector, has used innovation and initiative to improve the lives of older people and has delivered high quality care to the aged.
Rising Star Award
This award recognises an individual with less than five years industry experience who has made an outstanding contribution to the age services sector, has used innovation and initiative to improve the lives of older people and has delivered high quality care to the aged.
Team Award
Recognising a team, working within the age services sector that has created an environment that encourages workplace diversity, positive workplace culture and increased staff wellbeing through development of a service or process or has used innovation and initiative to improve the lives of older people and improve the age services experience.
Next Gen Young Leader Award
This award recognises an innovative, bold and inclusive young leader under the age of 40 who has made an outstanding contribution to the age services sector and has used passion, drive and initiative to improve the lives of older people.
The 2020 Excellence in Age Services Awards are proudly sponsored by:
National Awards Sponsor
South Australia & Northern Territory Co-Sponsor
Queensland Awards Co-Sponsor
