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Kate Purnell Kate is the founder and Managing Director of Personal Space Consulting Pty Ltd. A qualified occupational therapist and interior designer she has over 20 years experience in health promotion, injury management & ergonomics consultancy. The past 5 years Kate has worked closely with the Home Care Industry.
Kate has a
passion for developing better ways to promote health, well-being and
prevent unnecessary dependency as we grow older. Beacon Hill Village is
one model with proven capacity to do this.Kate
is pleased to be working with Dr Jim Breheny and his company Health
Services Strategies in introducing the Beacon Hill Village concept to
Australia. Jim has a unique depth and scope to his work across the health care industry. He is a specialist physician with twenty five years of clinical experience. In parallel with and following that work he has made a significant contribution to top management of public and private hospitals around Australia. He has held office as Medical Director, Chief Executive and Board Chairman of major hospital Groups over the past thirty years. He was CEO of St John of God Health Care prior to 1997 and for the subsequent six years he was Chairman of Austin Health in Victoria. He is currently the Chairman of Vasey RSL Care a large residential aged care provider and is the part time Medical Director of Freemasons Hospital Melbourne. He has vast experience as a consultant to the health sector across Australasia with fifteen years either in his own company Health Service Strategies or as lead partner in Health Economics Consulting for Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.
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