AAG NT Division - Outstanding Contribution to Gerontology in the NT -

Aged Care Worker Award

 

Details regarding the 2026 application process will be posted here when available. The 2025 information has been left here for information purposes.

 

The Australian Association of Gerontology (AAG) NT Division is offering a prize of $500 and complimentary membership of AAG for the following year.

Nominations are invited from AAG members, members of the public and the aged care sector to recognise an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to Aged Care in the Northern Territory. 
Examples of criteria for nomination include:

  • Sustained and significant contribution to the study of ageing and/or aged care in the Northern Territory 
  • Outstanding contribution in the practice of aged care (roles can include coordination, managerial, training and caring) 
  • Significant contribution to quality aged care service provision and advocacy 
  • Enhancing understanding of the particular needs of older people in the NT (for example Indigenous, rural and remote, ethnic groups) 
  • Significant contribution to a positive public perception of ageing in the NT


When nominating please address one of the above criteria in a short letter or email to NT AAG Division by: 3rd October 2025
Email your nominations to: [email protected] or [email protected]

Please include name and contact details of person being nominated, nominator and seconder.

 

Previous awardees


The 2025 award was presented to Estelle Carter (Central Desert Regional Council Aged Care Service)

The NT Division Committee would also like to acknowledge the following nominee for her outstanding contribution to Gerontology in NT during 2025:

  • Alana Manhire (Aged Care unit, Memory Service, Darwin Memory Service)

The 2024 award was presented to Vanessa Bathern from Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankuntjatjara Women’s council (NPYWC) - Alice Springs

The NT Division Committee would also like to acknowledge the following nominees for their outstanding contributions to Gerontology in NT during 2024:

  • Michael Hodson - NT Government Community Allied Health Team
  • Melinda Hewitt - NT Government Aged Care Unit
  • Michael Fulton - Alawa Aged Care

There was no award in 2023

The 2022 award was presented to Edna Snape from Central Desert Regional Council Aged Care service – Wilora

The NT Division Committee would also like to acknowledge the following nominees for their outstanding contributions to Gerontology in NT during 2022:

  • Jan Marlborough - Southern Cross Care
  • Darwin Joanne Moody - ARRCS
  • Alice Springs Amanda McInerney - Kalano Aged Care Red X
  • Katherine Selina Muir – ARRCS
  • Darwin Rahul Thakuri – Larrakia Aged Care Darwin

The 2021 award was presented to Jennifer WIlliams of Tangentyere Aged Care Services ,Alice Springs

The NT Division Committee would also like to acknowledge the following nominees for their outstanding contributions to Gerontology in NT during 2021:

  • Annalisa Bawden Vic Daly Shire, Katherine Region
  • Heather King, Team Leader HCP, Team Health, Darwin
  • Janet Marlborough, Southern Cross Care, Darwin