Bright ideas to better care
Driven by the mission and legacy of HammondCare, Hammond Innovations is shaping better care for people in need.

How we’re transforming care
As a collective of researchers, innovators and care practitioners – from HammondCare and beyond – we turn bright ideas into practical solutions that transform dementia, palliative and complex care, with....
Better
tools
Supporting, not replacing, human connection.
Better
environments
Building digitally enabled spaces, that are deeply personal, too.
Better
connections
Putting the focus where it belongs - on the people we serve.
A new chapter for a new era of care

Uniting three highly-regarded entities – The Dementia Centre, The Palliative Centre, and The Centre for Positive Ageing – into an integrated collective, we're partnering with other organisations as well as the people we serve, to move faster from knowledge to impact.
Innovations that change lives
We’re building on a long history of highly regarded research and successful implementation at HammondCare.
The BPSD Textbook
We wrote the book on dementia symptoms and behaviours.
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International Dementia Conference
We bring the sector together to grow.
#IDC2026
Small households
Our dementia-enabling approach is now the national standard.
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Latest research report
We impact care through research and clinical trials every year.
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The Advance Project
Empowering teams to support people living with dementia.
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The Dementia Centre is now part of Hammond Innovations!
With 30 years of dementia care expertise, we’re ready to help you take a step closer to better dementia care. Talk to us about customisable packages to suit your needs.
Package 1
Strengthening Care
Ready to take your dementia care to the next level, to better engage with and enable the people you serve?
Our Strengthening Care package will upskill your teams, improve your spaces and help bring your service in line with the Australian Strengthened Quality Standards for aged care. It includes:
A tailored environmental review
Face-to-face or online dementia workshops
Onsite modelling and mentoring
A collaborative needs analysis
Package 2
Transforming Care
Looking for a total revamp, setting up your teams and spaces for improved connection with the people in your care?
Through our Transforming Care package, we'll work with you to tailor a plan best suited to your context and that supports your regulatory and compliance activities. This package builds on Strengthening Care with additional services, including:
Full-service review and consulting
Workplace coach and champions
Training and design analysis, and more!
Let's work together towards deeper engagement and more enabling environments for people living with dementia, wherever you care for them.
Invest in the transformation of care
We're powered by philanthropy through The Hammond Foundation.
Meet our
- leaders
- innovators
- researchers
- leaders
- leaders
- innovators
- researchers
- leaders

Dr Anna Barker
Executive General Manager

Prof Chris Poulos
Director, Positive Ageing Research Program

Prof Josephine Clayton
Director, Palliative Care Research & Development

Dr Tom Morris
Director, Dementia Research Program and Data Analytics

A/Prof Steve Macfarlane
Head of Clinical Services

Dr Peter Archer
Head of Pastoral Care – Research

Marie Alford
General Manager, Growth & Innovation National Programs

Stephen Wilkey
Technology Innovation