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Polish Retirement Home

3 Percival St, Bayswater VIC 3153, Australia

★★★★★ 5/5 My Aged Care Star 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.

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Type
Residential aged care
Operator
not for profit
Established
1993
Nursing
24/7
  • respite

The Polish Retirement Home is a 30-bed residential aged care facility located at 3 Percival Street, Bayswater, Victoria, nestled at the foothills of the Dandenong Ranges. Opened in 1993 through the generosity of the Polish community in Victoria and the Federal Government, it is operated by the Australian Polish Benevolent Association (APBA), a not-for-profit community organisation established in 1986. The home accommodates 29 permanent residents and one respite resident, with staff providing 24-hour care in English, Polish, Ukrainian, Russian, and other Slavic languages. Polish cuisine, Polish-language activities, and culturally appropriate care are central to the home's philosophy. Respite care is available for short stays of up to 63 days per financial year.

Activities & lifestyle

  • exercise classes

Allied health services

physio

24/7 nursing on-site

Cultural & language fit

Languages
English, Polish, Ukrainian, Russian
Cultural focus
Polish

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

5/5

Staffing

5/5

Quality measures

Care time delivered: 215 minutes per resident per day (target 174), of which 79 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).
Notice of Requirement to Agree

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
Accommodation Bond - RAD $400,000

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

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