To Information Healthcare managing director Simon Kerrigan, constructive ageing is about supporting and empowering older adults in residential aged care and group settings to have a superb high quality of life and obtain their objectives.
“And to have a nice expertise inside their aged care setting,” Mr Kerrigan informed Australian Ageing Agenda.
In Could, Mr Kerrigan was named one of three finalists of the inaugural Paul Johnson Positive Ageing Award, which is an initiative of the Optimistic Ageing Summit.
Named in honour of the late Paul Johnson, the award features a prize sponsored by not-for-profit aged care supplier BallyCara, the place Mr Johnson spent over a decade pursuing wholesome lively ageing.
“I’m extremely grateful, and appreciative to be a finalist,” Mr Kerrigan informed AAA on the sidelines of the summit, the place he was awarded a certificates for the honour by BallyCara govt chairman Marcus Riley.
Chatting with AAA earlier within the day, beneath Mr Kerrigan discusses the award and his ardour and work associated to constructive ageing and older individuals:
Optimistic Ageing Summit is an initiative of Australian Ageing Agenda and Group Care Assessment – learn our protection of the occasion here and discover out extra on the Positive Ageing Summit 2025 website