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Our Awards

ACH Group has received many awards in recognition of outstanding achievement, at both an organisational and individual level.

Here’s a snapshot of just the last few years.

2022
2021
2020
  • ACH Group was a finalist in two categories of the South Australian Community Achievement Awards – our Good Lives approach and focus on busting stereotypes of ageing was recognised in the Office for Ageing Well Tackling Ageism Award. And our Younger Onset Dementia Golf Program, in partnership with Anne Marie Knight Golf Academy, was recognised in the Woolworths Sports in the Community Award.
  • The InnovAGEING National Awards celebrate better ways of doing things in the service of older Australians. ACH Group reached the finals for our Smart Technology Services which enable older people to access and implement Smart Home Technologies to continue living safely and independently at home.
2019
2018
  • Selected as Employer of Choice – Australian Business Awards
2017
  • Achieved Certificate level in the Australian Service Excellence Standards
  • Our Restoration in Any Setting program was the winner of the Australian Aged Care Quality Agency (AACQA) Better Practice Award
  • Samantha Manoel, Interprofessional Learning Coordinator and Healthy Ageing Manager, won the Australian Community Services Association (ACSA) SA/NT Trainee Award
  • ViTA, our state-of –the-art centre at Daw Park won the prestigious Global Ageing Network Award for Excellence in Applied Research
2016
  • Muslim Communities Project Manager Mahjabeen Ahmad received the South Australian Governor’s Multicultural Award for Most Outstanding Individual Achievement in Aged Care
  • Good Lives on Film, an initiative that saw ACH Group partner with the Media Resource Centre to produce a series of short films, took out the COTA SA Positive Ageing award for creative arts
2015
  • We won two Australian Aged Care Quality Agency (AACQA) Better Practice Awards for our Free to Be LGBTIQ inclusion program, and the Rehabilitate and recover via early intervention programs
  • Our Dementia Champions program was recognised with the Ralph Potter Dignity in Care award
  • Thelma Pope received the Wellness and Lifestyle Active Ager of the Year award at age 105
2014
  • General Manager Trudy Sutton received the Australasian College of Health Service Management (ACHSM) Executive/Senior Manager award
2013
  • Our ‘In the Flow’ community arts program received the Arts and Health award from Creative Partnerships Australia
  • We took out two Australian Aged Care Quality Agency (AACQA) Better Practice Awards for community communication tool The Milpara Tree, and for a partnership that supported school based traineeships
2012
  • Paul Harris was recognised for his efforts, named as joint national winner of the Volunteer Manager Award for Excellence from the Australian Association for Managers of Volunteers
  • We picked up two Australian Aged Care Quality Agency (AACQA) Better Practice Awards for our approach to building capacity for residents to remain engaged in life and for a connecting with community through nature initiative.
  • Quality project officer Lai Woon Kong received a scholarship to attend a SAGE study tour to Europe

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Good Lives

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🐾 In case you didn't know, Sunday 4 June marks 'Hug Your Cat' Day!

Join us in celebrating this feline-filled occasion by taking a moment to appreciate the pawsome happy snaps shared by Gemma, Jade, and Shani from ACH Group’s Welcome Team.

Get ready to be smitten as you flick through the snapshots of Gemma's cats, Otis and Frankie (pictured with Gemma's son Charlie); Jade's beloved feline companions, Merlin and Captain Jack, and Shani's adorable kitties, Nahla and Maurice. They are all enjoying the moment.

Take a break and indulge in the cuteness. 😻📸
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🐾 In case you didnt know, Sunday 4 June marks Hug Your Cat Day!  

Join us in celebrating this feline-filled occasion by taking a moment to appreciate the pawsome happy snaps shared by Gemma, Jade, and Shani from ACH Group’s Welcome Team.
 
Get ready to be smitten as you flick through the snapshots of Gemmas cats, Otis and Frankie (pictured with Gemmas son Charlie); Jades beloved feline companions, Merlin and Captain Jack, and Shanis adorable kitties, Nahla and Maurice. They are all enjoying the moment.
 
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