Goodwin Retirement Living

About

Goodwin Aged Care Services (Goodwin) has been supporting seniors with quality care and accommodation for more than 60 years. We are not-for-profit, and the largest and longest standing aged care provider in the ACT. We believe that every person should have quality of life and the opportunity to stay productive in their community. Our company has its roots in a meeting called by the National Council of Women in 1954, where these forward-thinking ladies proposed establishing a housing settlement for Canberra’s older people. Twelve community leaders formed a committee to pursue this ambitious idea, including the well-known political scholar Professor L.F. Crisp and the founding editor of the Canberra Times, A.T. Shakespeare. The group decided to call itself the Goodwin Centre Development Committee in honour of Lt Col John Goodwin, who was a renowned public servant and tireless advocate for the needs of the growing Canberra community.