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Age Concern Pty. Ltd., established in 1986, is one of Australia's oldest private education and training organisations, gazetted as an educational institution in 2005.

Managing Director Prue Mellor is a registered nurse with advanced qualifications in gerontology and dementia (M(Geront), MN(NPrac), MACN). With extensive strategic experience, Prue brings clinical insight and national influence to every program she leads. Her diverse activities include:


  • Introducing the first published person centred dementia care model to Australia
  • Developing a stand alone advanced dementia program for registered nurses recognised by universities

  • Leading organisations toward higher star ratings through person-centred care reform

  • Providing expert consultancy in contemporary dementia care and behaviour support planning

  • Advising on care planning and documentation to safeguard nurses' license to practice

  • Serving as a liaison and assessment nurse with early Victoria’s Psycho-geriatric Services

  • Consulting to a psycho-geriatric hospital in the Netherlands

  • Delivering education and guidance to culturally specific aged care providers

  • Participating in a Trade Mission to Brunei as a health adviser

  • Contributing expert testimony to the House of Representatives Inquiry into Indigenous Health


Prue’s work is supported by highly regarded facilitators and international leaders, including the  Margo McCaffrey (WHO pain management ), the Dr Geri Hall (person centred dementia expert), Emeritus Professor David Ames AO (neuropsychiatry), and Professor Rhonda Nay (aged care reformist).

Working together we are advancing person centred, evidence based dementia and gerontic nursing care across Australia.