Past. Present. Forward.

Our story began in 1996, when three local registered nurses from the greater Hobart region began working together as Care Coordinators for the Southern Tasmanian Coordinated Care Trial, Careworks.


Careworks was one of a series of 3-year trials across Australia to test a brand-new approach to the coordination of care for older people with complex health care and service needs across general practice, home and hospital settings.


The Careworks model used health professionals as independent, dedicated Care Coordinators working closely with GPs in multidisciplinary teams to perform comprehensive assessment, care planning, service brokerage, care monitoring and review of client care provision.


Inspired by this approach, Merryl Lane, Judy Aldridge and Robyn Hawson founded Care Assessment Consultants Pty Ltd in 1999, which later began trading as Care Forward.


Since its inception Care Forward has continued to grow in size, reach and service.


We have evolved from care coordinators into a unique blend of service provision, information and coordination, with the aim of maximising each persons' independence, wellbeing and confidence at home. We don't just provide and coordinate care and services, we empower our clients to take control of their own health and wellbeing.


Care Forward is a local! Native to Tasmania, we have been enabling more and more Tasmanians to live well at home since 1999.

Care Forward is the separate, grant-funded division of Care Assessment Consultants Pty Ltd, providing services across Tasmania under programs subsidised by the Australian or Tasmanian governments or other funding bodies, such as the Tasmanian Primary Health Network.

Working toward your wellness, Care Forward delivers services that maximise your independence and keep up with your changing needs and desires. We don't aim to merely ‘care for' you; we aim to fully involve you at the centre of decision-making, empowering you to move your care forward in the direction you want and need it to go.

Care Forward is a specialist in the provision of:

- services to increase your wellbeing at home.
- services to increase your wellness
- enablement and reablement services, including restorative care
- care coordination for clients requiring home care.
- health professionals for clients requiring home health services, including chronic diseases management, exercise - physiology and occupational therapy.