You are ACE! nominations can be made throughout the year. Nominations received from 1 July to 30 June will be considered for the ACCPA You are ACE! Awards, with the winners announced on Aged Care Employee Day, 7 August, each year.
Find out more about You are ACE! campaign.
Find out more about Aged Care Employee Day.
Download the You are ACE! toolkit and resources to support the campaign and your nomination.
View below winners and finalists from the 2023 ACCPA Excellence Awards (now ACCPA You are ACE! Awards)
We are pleased to announce the 15 winners of the inaugural ACCPA Excellence Awards.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNERS!
Individual category winners
Consumer focus and care
Curt Schmeissing, Aged Care Assistant
Country To Coast Home Care Services, VIC
Innovation
Julie Roppola, Lifestyle Services Coordinator
Bolton Clarke Montclaire Brighton, VIC
Leadership
Peter Williams, CEO
OneCare Limited, TAS
Rising Star
Melissa Taylor, Lifestyle Manager
Oryx Communities, WA
Volunteer
Nickolas Makrynakis
Fronditha Care, Volunteer
Team category
winners
Consumer focus and care
Barossa Village graduate enrolled nursing team, SA
Innovation
KinCare team, NSW
Making a Difference
Akooramak Aged Care lifestyle team, QLD
Project
Burnie Brae respite team, QLD
Teamwork
Elderbloom Community Care Centres – Jacaranda and Wanneroo team, WA
Organisation category
winners
Consumer focus and care
Gratis Home Care, SA
Excellence
Greek Orthodox Community Home for the Aged, NSW
Innovation
Inasmuch Community Ltd, NSW
Making a Difference
Fronditha Care, VIC
Rural & Remote
Care In Motion – Community Care and Transport, SA
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Video message from Tom Symondson, ACCPA CEO
2024 ACCPA Excellence Awards finalists
These 48 finalists have been selected from the strongest You are ACE! nominations across 15 categories. ACCPA’s You are ACE! campaign is an industry recognition program that celebrates excellence in as it happens across residential aged care, home and community care, retirement living and seniors housing.
Congratulations to all the finalists!
This ACCPA Excellence Awards communications toolkit offers resources to help promote your organisation and team as a finalist and/or winner in the 2024 ACCPA Excellence Awards for your specific category.
Individual Category finalists
Individual Category
Leadership
Merle Simms, Clinical Nurse Manager – Ech Inc., SA
Peter Williams, CEO – OneCare Limited, TAS
Thuy Nguyen, Aged & Disability Services Manager – Australian Vietnamese Women’s Association Inc., VIC
Individual Category
Consumer Focus and Care
Arna Dinham – Nurse, Resthaven, SA
Ben (fu To) Wong, Home Support Worker – Accept Care, SA
Cathy Buick, Enrolled Nurse – Coolibah Care, WA
Curt Schmeissing, Aged Care Assistant – Country To Coast Home Care Services, VIC
Individual Category
Rising Star
Ahmed Loze – Banksia Lodge, Broulee, NSW
Jo Garrett, Receptionist – Just Better Care Mid North Coast, NSW
Kelly Roberts, Service Manager – Palm Lake Care, Deception Bay, QLD
Melissa Taylor, Lifestyle Manager – Oryx Communities, WA
Virginia Savva, Lifestyle Team Leader – Greek Orthodox Community Home For The Aged, NSW
Individual Category
Innovation
Andrew Curle, CEO – Warrina Homes Inc., SA
Brendon Gakowski, Hotel Services Specialist – Uniting, NSW
Julie Roppola, Lifestyle Services Coordinator – Bolton Clarke, VIC
Individual Category
Volunteer
Anne O’Connor, Volunteer – Mary Potter Nursing Home, NSW
Julie Garamy, Volunteer Administration And Service Coordinator – BCR Communities, NSW
Nickolas Makrynakis, Volunteer – Fronditha Care, VIC
Team Category finalists
Team Category
Making a Difference
Banksia Village team – Banksia Villages Ltd., NSW
Hoarding & Squalor team – Footprints Community, QLD
Lifestyle team – Akooramak Aged Care, QLD
Team Category
Consumer Focus and Care
Gocha Kitchen team – Greek Orthodox Community Home For The Aged, NSW
Graduate Enrolled Nurses: Deb, Mal, Bonnie and Romelyn – Barossa Village, SA
Residential Care team – Anglicare Sydney, NSW
Team Category
Project
Burnie Brae Respite team – Burnie Brae, QLD
Strategic Projects team – Comlink Australia, QLD
Team Category
Innovation
Team Category
Teamwork
Jacaranda & Wanneroo team – Elderbloom Community Care Centres, WA
Kirami Intergenerational Playgroup – Anglicare Southern Queensland, QLD
Residential Care team – Anglicare Sydney, NSW
Organisation Category finalists
Organisation Category
Innovation
Organisation Category
Consumer Focus and Care
Gallipoli Home, NSW
Gratis Home Care, SA
Inasmuch Community Ltd, NSW
Organisation Category
Making a Difference
Brotherhood Of St Laurence, VIC
Fronditha Care, VIC
Home Instead Central Coast & Newcastle, NSW
Resthaven Paradise, SA
Organisation Category
Excellence
Banksia Village, NSW
Greek Orthodox Community Home For The Aged, NSW
Organisation Category
Rural & Remote
Aged Care Deloraine, TAS
Care In Motion, Community Care And Transport, SA
Murray Mallee Aged Care Group Inc., SA
Tenterfield Care Centre, NSW
2024 ACCPA Excellence Awards finalists gallery
