Our timeline shows a daring journey, moving towards improved quality of life for people in need, dealing with more and more complex conditions, building our expertise and understanding of dementia and palliative care, and creating the very best spaces and conditions to support people with compassion and respect as they age, whether at home, in hospital, or in residential care.
Now, Hammond Innovations continues that story, ensuring we – as a health and aged care sector – are equipped to care, to the very best of our ability, for the coming generations.
- 1932 Rev Bob Hammond, the original innovator, launches Hammond's Pioneer Homes - later HammondCare - at Hammondville, Sydney
- 1954 Shaw Nursing Home opens with others to follow, including self-care cottages
- 1995 The first dementia care cottage opens; The Dementia Centre is established; HammondCare pilots the Extended Aged Care at Home (EACH) package
- 1996 Inaugural International Dementia Conference is held; HC publishing arm begins
- 2007 Southwood special care program for people with dementia opens
- 2008 HC purchases Hope Healthcare (Greenwich, Braeside and Neringah Hospitals; Northern Beaches Palliative Care services); HammondCare’s research arm commences
- 2010 Streeton Cottage pilots residential care for younger people living with dementia
- 2011 Specialist palliative care embedded within residential care is piloted at Hammondville at Lavender Suite, with support from Braeside Hospital
- 2014 HammondCare Foundation established as the new fundraising arm
- 2016 Australian Government awards HammondCare the leadership of Dementia Support Australia (DSA)
- 2017 The Advance Project begins with a focus on advance care planning training
- 2020 Aged care home opens in Darlinghurst, Sydney, for older people experiencing or at risk of homelessness
- 2019 A national Specialist Dementia Care Program is launched by the Australian Government after HammondCare piloted Linden Cottage, Southwood from 2010, followed by extensive advocacy
- 2022 Staying at Home respite care program launches; BPSD Textbook and The Cancer Pain Book published
- 2024 HammondCare Foundation launches Care Fund for people in need; National Aged Care Design Principles and Guidelines launched, drawing heavily on HammondCare expertise
- 2025 HammondCare launches Hammond Innovations
In just the last 10 years and across hundreds of HammondCare research projects, we’ve:
- been awarded 97 successful grants
- presented at 824 conferences
- carried out 138 academic supervisions
*Includes journal articles, technical reports, industry publications, books and chapters.
Hammond Innovations is looking forward to taking the next steps in innovation, ready to turn bright ideas into better care.
Right now, we’re looking for:
- Research partners: Organisations and institutions working in the aged care space, or who have the technological and digital capabilities we need, to co-design, test and produce solutions that will lead to better care.
- Donors: People and organisations who want to put their funding where their hearts are and invest in and support this transformation, to help build pathways to better care.
- Bright ideas: What are the problems in your care context, and what do you think we can do to solve them? We know that those working every day in this space have plenty to say and plenty to suggest. We want to take them to the next level.
Get in touch and we’ll talk!