Nurse practitioner receives aged care award

Nurse practitioner Ms Claire Abbott from Peninsula Villages has received an individual award during the inaugural Leading Age Services Australia Awards held in Sydney on June 7.

Ms Abbott was the sole recipient of the Individual Award which recognises the extraordinary achievement, dedication and contribution of an individual practitioner to the wellbeing of older people in their care.

The award recognised that, through her role at Peninsula Villages, Ms Abbott provided village residents with one-off or ongoing care in the fields of chronic, palliative care and gerontological assessment.

Ms Abbott's expertise had resulted in a 42 per cent reduction in Peninsula Village transfers to hospital over the last three years of her tenure.

Ms Abbott also supported local general practitioners through informal and formal collaborative agreements to ensure that village residents were receiving timely and high quality care, which in turn freed up highly-sought-after doctors in the area.

Earlier this year, the Rotary Club of Umina Beach donated a bladder scanner to Peninsula Villages to support Ms Abbott's work.

"As Peninsula Village's nurse practitioner, Claire has greatly improved the lives and health of older Australians in the village.

"Peninsula Villages and Umina Beach Rotary Club are very proud of Claire and her well deserved award," said club publicity officer Mr Geoff Melville.

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Newsletter, 11 Jun 2018

Geoff Melville, Rotary Club of Umina Beach