By Jeremy Sollars
The happy crew at Killarney Memorial Aged Care – better known as ‘KMAC’ – have picked up the latest in a string of recent awards highlighting its excellence in the provision of aged and allied health care.
KMAC recently won the Leading Aged Services Australia 2017 ‘Team Award’ for Queensland, in recognition of the way in which staff are fully engaged on all aspects of its operations.
Leading Aged Services Australia (LASA) is the national peak body representing providers of age services across residential care, home care and retirement living.
KMAC was also a finalist in the ‘Organisation Award’ category in the awards presentations at the LASA state conference held on the Gold Coast in late March.
KMAC manager Anne Hickey said the facility believed “team input” was critical to successful service provision.
“The award is a huge acknowledgement for small, independently-run organisations like us – we’re competing with Australia-wide providers,” Anne said.
KMAC currently is home to 44 residents, but that number could increase significantly down the track if its application for another 21 new bed licences is approved by Department of Health and Aging.
Word on the outcome of the application could be heard within the next couple of months and the major project would likely be carried out over the next two years.
Work is currently underway on an expansion of the facility which will allow for care for another four residents, in a dementia-specific addition to KMAC.
