Awards

National Hartford Center of Gerontological Nursing Excellence Certificate of Recognition as a Distinguished Educator in Gerontological Nursing

Angela Casey, Training Consultant/TTP Pain Management Consultant for Dementia Training Australia at ACEBAC, has been recognised as a Distinguished Educator in Gerontological Nursing by the National Hartford Center of Gerontological Excellence (NHCNE) in the United States. The Distinguished Educator in Gerontological Nursing Program is a Hartford initiative that aims to recognise the leadership of nurse educators working with students, faculty, providers, and older people in diverse settings.

Given the rapidly growing older adult population and the urgent need to prepare the future nurse workforce to care for an ageing population, it is imperative to have well-prepared nurse educators not only with knowledge and skills in care of older adults, but also with teaching competence so that they can foster positive attitudes toward older adults and actively engage learners at all levels.

Excellence in Health Research and Translation Award

The La Trobe University ‘Excellence in Health Research and Translation Award’ seeks to acknowledge the tremendous amount of skill, effort and collaboration that is required for new knowledge to have a beneficial impact on the health and wellbeing of people in the real world.

In 2019 in the awards inaugural year, the team at ACEBAC were one of six finalists shortlisted for our health research and translation in residential aged care.