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Angela Malseed – bringing light, love & laughter to a new chapter of AQ client lives

In 2020, Brisbane-based globetrotter, and mother-to-three, Angela Malseed, joined our AQ team. After surrendering her full-time nursing home position in 2020 to assume an administrative role with AQ, Angela soon climbed the ranks. In July, 2022, she was promoted to Client Service Coordinator for our AQ Garden City Multiservice Centre in South Brisbane, which is …

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Nancy Scott – committed to making every day special for AQ Gordon Park clients and carers

Six years ago, Brisbane-based trivia enthusiast, mother-to-two, and grandmother-to-two, Nancy Scott, joined our AQ team. After surrendering her fast-paced, full-time hospitality position in 2016 to assume a quieter, part-time Case Manager role with AQ, Nancy soon climbed the ranks. In February 2021, she was promoted to Manager of our AQ Gordon Park Multiservice Centre, operating …

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Alzheimer’s-friendly renovations keeping loved ones at home for longer

One of the main concerns for those living with the most common form of dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, is whether or not they are able to continue to live in their own home with the progressive, degenerative brain disease that currently has no cure. For many, their home is the only place where they still feel …

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The Ipswich Multi-Service Centre’s ‘Working Carer’s Program’ – Nicole & Dudley’s story

Community Support Coordinator, Nicole, 50, Ipswich, has been serving as her Uncle Dudley’s primary carer for more than a decade. When her Uncle Dudley, 96, Ipswich, who served in the Papua New Guinean airforce during World War II, was diagnosed with the progressive neurological disease, Parkinson’s disease, Nicole invited him to move in with her …

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The Ipswich Multi-Service Centre’s ‘Working Carer’s Program’ – Ken & Kathleen’s story

Fruit farmer, father to four, and grandfather to five, Ken, 69, Ipswich, has been married to the love of his life, Kathleen, 70, for the past 44 years. In March 2018 however, their world was turned upside down when Kathleen received a diagnosis of dementia – a group of thinking and social symptoms that interfere …

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Living with early onset dementia – Juanita’s story

Juanita Hughes, 55,  is a strong advocate for early onset dementia, following her diagnosis with the disease at 53 years of age. Yesterday (Thursday, July 15, 2021) she shared her inspiring story with ABC Radio Brisbane, on the ‘Mornings with Rebecca Levingston’ show. Throughout her life, Juanita has experienced the loss of her grandfather, an …

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Nursing museum visit sparks fond memories for retired RN

Our much-loved Toowoomba Multi Service Centre client, Heather Chisholm, was recently granted the opportunity to visit the Royal Brisbane Women’s Hospital nursing museum with a group of friends. The former Registered Nurse (RN) began her career in the 1950’s at Canberra Hospital, where she was charged with training the newly appointed nurses. According to Heather, …

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