HammondCare to fund Chair of Positive Ageing and Care at UNSW

Oct 14 2010 Updated July 4, 2023

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HammondCare has announced funding for a Chair of Positive Ageing and Care which will be established under an agreement with the University of NSW School of Public Health and Community Medicine. The Chair will be known as The Hammond Chair of Positive Ageing and Care and will be based at the new Clinical Training Centre being built at HammondCares Hammondville, Sydney facility where clinical training placements will be provided for more than 100 medical, nursing and allied health students in 2011.

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