Anne Kelly
Anne Kelly is a registered nurse and Head of Montessori for Dementia, Disability and Ageing for the Association Montessori Internationale. She is also the Director of Montessori Consulting in Australia. Anne also holds qualifications in Post Graduate Dementia Management, Assessment and Workplace Training and Dementia Care Mapping. She has worked extensively in aged and dementia care both residential and community for over 40 years. In 2009 she was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to further study Montessori methods for Dementia Care. Anne is considered an Australian and World leader in Montessori Methods for aged care and dementia. She is the chair of the Association of Montessori Internationale Scientific Pedagogical Committee on Montessori for Dementia and Ageing. Her training is motivational, inspiring and she has been asked to speak about Montessori and the potential it has to change the lives of elderly people including those people living with dementia at many organisations and conferences both in Australia and across the world. In 2017, she published "Forgetfulness, Feelings and Farnarkling", a book that examines where aged care has come from, where we are now and where we need to be.