Anne Kelly is a registered nurse and a subject matter expert on the application of Montessori principles for Aged Care and Dementia. She is currently the Managing Director of Montessori Consulting Australia. Anne Kelly 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 the past 38 years and she is the current chair of the Association Montessori Internationale, Montessori for Aging and Dementia Advisory Group.
Her work takes her across Australia and the world, providing training, mentoring and consultation to care communities developing Montessori Environments.
Anne is considered an Australian and world leader in Montessori Methods for aged care and dementia. She published her first book in 2017, Forgetfulness, Feelings and Farnarkling, a book that examines where aged care has come from, where we are now and where we need to be.
