Today the 14th of September 2005 this was achieved

Dutch Care of Victoria Australia was awarded 2 National Aged Care Excellence awards:

1: For excellence in Residential Aged Care  

2: Inovation in Staff Training

The Aged and Community Services Awards ACSA were presented to the CEO Petra Neeleman at the ACSA National Conference in Canberra on the 14 September 2005.

Petra Presented a paper at this conference which was attended by over 800 people.

A personal comment from me,  having worked in aged care in Australia, I know how hard it is to even recieve a good level of accreditation, much less achieve such a high award as these from ACSA.

Now I'm sure you would like to have a look at the site for this excellent Aged Care Facility it can be found at www.dutchcare.com.au  DutchCare is situated in the outer Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and I have found that the staff  speak Dutch so that the elderly residents can talk in the language that comes easiest to them.

Petra Neeleman is the second cousin of Els and you will find them both in the Neeleman family tree Els1939 FAMILY TREES

Congratulations to Petra and her staff on achieving such a high achievement award, this would have taken many years of hard work and a genuine dedication to the people that you care for.

Well done from the Managers, Assistant Managers and Members of Genpals2003.