Outgoing Fronditha Care President and Board Chair Jill Taylor-Nikitakis addressed over 40 members attending Fronditha Care’s Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, 29 November.
Ms Taylor-Nikitakis who served her nine-year term, paid tribute to those who supported her journey across the years; thanking the board, executives and members for their support, especially the last two years that she was elected President.
“It’s a great privilege to have been afforded the opportunity to serve and contribute to my community and our members for the best part of a decade. Throughout this year, the COVID-19 pandemic and its human, economic and social consequences continued to present challenges to us all. Despite these difficult times, at Fronditha Care our skilled, passionate and committed people demonstrated resilience and adaptability to ensure they continued to deliver high quality services to support our residents, clients, their families and the broader community,” she said.
Highlighting that the turnaround phase of Fronditha Care is now almost complete, she noted that the organisation now has the right strategy, the right people, and the right culture to achieve even higher goals.
“Every aspect of the business has been strengthened – the board, management, operations and significantly our service delivery through a continuum of care. Fronditha Care’s solid results for the FY22 are testament to the effective and successful implementation of its transformation strategy.”
Ms Taylor-Nikitakis praised the committed leadership of CEO, Faye Spiteri OAM under which the organisation met the commitments it made in FY21 and exceeded FY22 forecasts– a result achieved while navigating the many challenges of the aged care sector reforms.
Despite difficult external factors, the overall results are beyond what the organisation expected to deliver and importantly produced at a time when most providers in the aged care sector are delivering operating losses.
The President presented a detailed report to the members, reflecting on the year, highlighting the achievements of Fronditha Care whilst noting the significant challenges it had to overcome noting the contribution of the 730 strong team.
She underlined some of the most significant moments for Fronditha Care, such as the Bounty of Care Staff Excellence Awards, the successful EOFY campaign for a community garden, the Fronditha Care funding towards dementia research, and $1.5m grant to establish a Fronditha Care Foundation and Centre for Healthy Ageing.
Mr. Kostas Livadaras, Treasurer, provided a comprehensive financial report for members describing the factors which had led to financial turnaround and emphasising the measures in place to ensure Fronditha Care continues to perform well financially and deliver its services efficiently without diminishing the quality of care.
Members congratulated the Board, CEO and Executive team for their hard work and the significant positive turnaround applauding the impressive results delivered.
The CEO of Fronditha Care, Faye Spiteri OAM thanked the outgoing President and Board Chair on behalf of the organisation, and extended Fronditha Care family for her contribution across the years of her tenure, before the Board of Directors unanimously endorsed three candidates who nominated for election.
The 2022 Fronditha Care Board members are: Dr Stella Laletas-President and Board Chair; Nick Giasoumi, Vice- President; Mr Kostas Livadaras, Treasurer; Alex Krassas, Secretary; Dr Paki Rizakis, Director, John Kallistas, Director; Jim Babalis, Director; Jim Karabinis, Director.