Seniors' lifestyle and care provider IRT Group has won three Australian Business Awards 2016.
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The large home grown community-based provider of aged care, home care and lifestyle communities took out two Community Contribution awards and an Employer of Choice award.
Chief executive Nieves Murray said the Community Contribution awards were a wonderful recognition of the work IRT does enriching the lives of older Australians through the IRT Foundation and innovative lifestyle community knowns as Kemira at IRT William Beach Gardens.
Ms Murray said the IRT Foundation was helping to make Australian communities more age-friendly by empowering and enabling older people.
“We do this by arming them with better information from new research, supporting age-friendly community groups, addressing barriers to workforce participation and shifting perceptions of ageing through our YouTube channel The Good Life and Speaker Series," she said.
“Kemira at IRT William Beach Gardens, Kanahooka was IRT's second Community Contribution award winner. It is a special community where ageing people with intellectual disability and their primary carers can age together in a supportive environment. Kemira features 12 universally designed villas, a community centre and respite centre that were co-designed with local disability service providers and is a great example of social innovation to address an unmet need”.
Ms Murray said being an Employer of Choice was part of the secret to IRT's success.
“Attracting and retaining the right people helps enable us to deliver on our commitment to give back to the community," she said.
“This is the third year running IRT has won an Employer of Choice award and it's a testament to the value we place on our employees. We pride ourselves on customer service and we support our employees to do the best job they can.”