About Age Concern

Established in 1986, Age Concern Pty Ltd is one of Australia's oldest, private, continuing professional development organisations. Age Concern Pty Ltd is also a Registered Training Organisation (21611), providing nationally recognised vocational programs. We are passionate about the quality of our programs.

Recognising that few people can be experts in all areas, we contract qualified and experienced professionals who are recognised experts in their chosen fields and who have the ability to share their knowledge.

Our long standing reputation means we are able to attract nationally and internationally renowned professionals such as Professor David Ames, Professor Geri R Hall (USA) and Dr Rosalie Hudson to facilitate our programs.

All our facilitators deliver to you, practical, evidence based information and welcome questions, whether you access the live or archived sessions or we come to your organisation for a face to face program.

Whether you work in the community, a hospital, in residential aged care or a respite organisation, we are sure to have continuing professional development programs to meet your needs - if not we can develop a custom program for you.

Our People

Prue Simone Anette

Prue is Managing Director, is a registered nurse with a Master of Nursing (Geront) and Master of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner) dementia. She is also an Endorsed Provider for the Royal College of Nursing Australia.

Her experience includes positions such as:

• Facilitator of Person Centred Care programs into organisations
• Liaison/assessment nurse for psycho-geriatric services
• Consultant to a psycho-geriatric hospital in The Netherlands
• Session lecturer for Latrobe University and University of Victoria
• Educator/consultant to culturally specific aged care services
• Health advisor on a Trade Mission to Brunei, and
• Witness to the House of Representatives Inquiry into Indigenous Health

Please ask to speak with Prue if you have questions regarding the content of our programs; the possibility of developing a specific program for yourself or your staff needs or other professional queries.

Simone

Simone has been our part time Administration Manager for over five (5) years and is renowned for her attention to detail and focus on service delivery. In her other life Simone is busy with her young family.

Anette

Anette has recently joined us from another private training organisation and is committed to course management and customer service. She is usually in the office Tuesday to Friday. Anette also spends a lot of time reading, walking the dogs on the beach and keeping track of the hectic schedule of two teenage sons.

Our Mission & Vision

Age Concern Pty Ltd empowers registered nurses, allied health professionals and other health care workers through evidence based education and training.

Our vision is to set the standard of excellence in the education and training in gerontic care, thereby enhancing the quality of care for all elderly Australians.

Our Values

• Integrity: We are transparent, honest and ethical in all our practices. We are focused on education and training.
• Respect: We treat all people with dignity, and promote self worth through professional courtesy. We recognise and support all staff, client and student contributions.
• Excellence: Through the quality and flexibility of our staff and programs, and our commitment to be contemporary and evidence based in our knowledge and practices, we strive to exceed the expectations of our students and clients. In this way we promote success and excellence.
• Accountability: We assume and demonstrate responsibility through continued personal and professional development, commitment to our continuous improvement processes. We ensure all of our work adds value to the company, our clients and our students as well as to the care of elderly Australians.
• Partnerships: We are passionate and committed to partnerships with students, clients, staff and the community, sharing with them our knowledge and expertise while recognising their contributions.
• Diversity: We embrace differences as opportunities, promote appreciation of diversity and offer equal access to all.
• Innovation: We excel at being creative in program delivery, to meet the specific training needs of each of our clients.
• Humour: We believe that humour and fun create a positive learning environment.