Churchill winner
A South Australian aged care leader has been awarded a prestigious fellowship to conduct overseas research.
It has been a big month for Ian Hardy. Three weeks after he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia on the Queen’s Birthday holiday, the CEO of Helping Hand Aged Care has been awarded a Churchill Fellowship.
Established in 1965, the fellowship gives selected Australians the chance to travel overseas and undertake a project or investigation in their chosen field.
Mr Hardy will use his fellowship to research and study consumer-directed aged care policy in the UK, Germany, Austria and Japan.
“Consumer-directed aged care is an approach which gives the consumer more control over the services they receive and how they are provided,” said Mr Hardy.
“This opportunity to undertake a study tour will provide the chance to see and experience first-hand the benefits and challenges of a consumer-directed approach to aged care.”
Mr Hardy was awarded his AM for “service to the community, particularly in the area of aged care as a leading contributor to the development of better services…”.
For an insight into Mr Hardy’s thoughts on consumer-directed care, read the feature entitled ‘A flexible future’ on page 22 of the July/August print edition of Australian Ageing Agenda.
