Over Sue Mann’s 50-year career as a registered nurse, she and her team have cared for thousands of older Australians with dignity and respect in the comfort of their own homes.
Sue’s vision for quality patient care started when, as a trainee nurse, she was reprimanded for sitting with an anxious patient to talk to them about an impending operation instead of tidying the ward.
The experience motivated Sue to start her own private nursing service, so she could treat each patient with the compassion they deserved. Sue started out in 1984 with just a car, a phone, an address book and the respect of the local doctors. Her clientele grew rapidly, mainly consisting of war veterans requiring in-home nursing care.
A pioneer in the homecare industry, Sue Mann’s Nursing Service, later myHomecare, became the largest homecare provider in Australia, caring for 20,000 older Australians in their homes each year.