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Winter 2018

COLOURS OF
CRANBROOK

Compliance, Dementia Care Specialist and Operations.
Lee’s role is to operationally support our Director of
Care Services, focusing on the care and services we
provide our residents.

Lisa Forbes has joined us in the role of Clinical
Hello Compliance & Education Manager, I’m sure you have
seen Lisa around. More about Lisa is on the back page
of this newsletter.
From Kerry Mann
Jackie Goss joined Lansdowne Gardens as the new
Director of Care Services in April 2018. Jackie’s
I was fortunate to be asked to talk on local Hills Radio background is vast and varied, with her prior nursing
90.5FM recently about all the wonderful things we offer experience including Cardiothoracic Intensive Care
in the aged care and retirement space. I was very proud at Royal Prince Alfred hospital and work in remote
to talk about our staff and the excellence in care we Indigenous community (nursing) before committing her
provide our residents, about how we grow and develop passion to aged care.
our staff throughout and how respect is one of the
most important values we can have with our colleagues More recently we welcomed Eva Ballai, who joined
and our residents. As the radio show progressed I us officially on 12 June as the new Director of Care
reflected on all the fantastic support we provide our Services at Bayswater Gardens. Eva has twenty years’
local communities. In the Hills we are sponsoring the experience in the healthcare industry in different roles
Maroota Muster, Rotary and I’m a member of the local including as Director of Nursing. Eva is also a Lieutenant
BNI. In the Inner West we are sponsoring Rotary and Nurse in the Australian Defence Force and has had
the local Ferrogosto festival. In Wyong and the lower Directorship roles in healthcare organisations and
North Shore we have become “institutions” in the Rotary. We would like to thank Lisa Forbes for taking on
positive sense. Our reputation for providing the best in the Director of Care role during the transition period.
care and services in idyllic locations precedes us, and we Lee will work with Eva to ensure a smooth transition.
should all be proud of our achievements.

I hope you enjoy hearing all the latest news.
On a staff level, congratulations to Lee Marriott who Once again thank you for all that you do for the
has been promoted to Group Care & Services Manager. residents in our care and the support you give to
Lee is a Registered Nurse and has worked in the aged their families and each other.
care industry for over 25 years. She has held various
positions from Personal Care Assistant, Registered
Nurse, Director of Care, Educational and Clinical With warm wishes