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mecwacare Vincent House — aged care facility

mecwacare Vincent House

125-135 Kenny St, Westmeadows VIC 3049, Australia

Run by mecwacare · 22 homes

My Aged Care government rating The Star Rating is the Australian Government's overall quality rating for residential aged care, from 1 star (significant improvement needed) to 5 stars (excellent). It is calculated from the four areas shown under Quality & compliance below: residents' experience, compliance, staffing and quality measures.

Google reviewers rate this 4.4★ (21 reviews)

Type
Residential aged care
Operator
not for profit
Nursing
24/7
  • respite
  • dementia
  • palliative

mecwacare Vincent House is a boutique aged care home located in Westmeadows in Melbourne's north, offering permanent residential, respite, dementia, and palliative care. The home features bright rooms overlooking well-established landscaped gardens, with easy access to public transport, a nearby family park, cafés, and local shops. Registered Nurses are rostered on every shift, providing 24-hour clinical support in a safe and secure environment with ageing-in-place accommodation. Residents enjoy a vibrant lifestyle programme including gardening groups, cooking and sewing classes, sing-a-longs, dancing, and weekly bus outings to local clubs and places of interest. The home is operated by mecwacare, a not-for-profit organisation running 22 aged care homes across metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria.

Amenities

  • ✓ hairdresser
  • ✓ garden
  • ✓ library
  • ✓ private dining
  • ✓ communal lounge

Activities & lifestyle

  • ✓ gardening
  • ✓ cooking
  • ✓ music
  • ✓ dance
  • ✓ bus outings
  • ✓ social events

Quality & compliance

My Aged Care sub-ratings

The star rating, broken down (May 2026 extract): The four areas the Australian Government scores every home on each quarter — the overall Star Rating is calculated from them. Source: the Department of Health and Aged Care's Star Ratings quarterly data extract (May 2026).

5/5

Residents' experience

5/5

Compliance

3/5

Staffing

5/5

Quality measures

Care time delivered: 237 minutes per resident per day (target 234), of which 50 from a registered nurse.

Compliance action The regulator (the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission) can take formal action when a home falls short of the standards — from a direction to improve, up to a Notice of Non-Compliance or sanctions. "None current" means no action was recorded against this home in the Government's latest quarterly extract (May 2026).
None current

Fees

Room Max RAD Refundable Accommodation Deposit — a lump sum paid on entry and refunded when the resident leaves. The published figure is the maximum; the agreed price can be lower. Max DAP / day Daily Accommodation Payment — the pay-as-you-go alternative to the lump sum, charged per day. Residents choose a RAD, a DAP, or a mix of both. Size
Standard room private single accommodation · ensuite bathroom · garden views · electronic high/low beds · bedside cabinets · built in wardrobes · nurse call buttons · centrally heated $525,000 $121.25 11.5 m²

Maximum published prices — means-tested government support can reduce what you actually pay. Source: the provider's published pricing.

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