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Topic - Aged Care

ThomsonAdsett’s David Lane takes out 2018 Global Ageing Influencer award

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ThomsonAdsett Seniors Living Group Director David Lane (pictured third from the left) with the other award winners

The Group Director of Seniors Living was recognised alongside a number of key figures in the sector at the recent 6th Asia Pacific Eldercare Innovation Awards 2018 in Singapore.

Mr Lane is widely regarded as Australia’s best-known village and aged care architect, having directed over 500 projects in Australia and internationally.

Pioneering the first Australian small house model in the early 1990s, he has also been an advocate for moving away from traditional institutional models of care both here and in Asia.

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