Southern Cross Care Allora
29 Darling St, Allora QLD 4362, Australia
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- Type
- Residential aged care
- Operator
- not for profit
- dementia
- palliative
Allora (Nursing Home) is a small residential aged care home run by Southern Cross Care Queensland at 29 Darling Street, Allora, in the Southern Downs region of Queensland's Darling Downs. The home's small scale allows for personal, specialised care, with meals cooked fresh onsite, shared activity spaces, landscaped gardens and country views. Professional staff provide specialised care including chronic disease management, dementia care, and palliative and end-of-life care. Southern Cross Care is a Catholic, not-for-profit organisation founded in 1979 by the Knights of the Southern Cross, today operating 17 residential aged care homes across Queensland, regional New South Wales and Victoria. Pastoral care, social activities and alfresco dining with BBQ facilities are also offered.
Amenities
- ✓ garden
- ✓ BBQ area
- ✓ activity room
- ✓ outdoor areas
Activities & lifestyle
- ✓ social events
- ✓ exercise classes
- ✓ dance
Cultural & language fit
- Affiliation
- Catholic
Quality & compliance
- My Aged Care sub-ratings
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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: 235 minutes per resident per day (target 221), 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).
- 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 Shared no ensuite | $300,000 | $69.29 | 20.1 m² |
| Standard Single no ensuite | $320,000 | $73.91 | 9.24 m² |
Maximum published prices — means-tested government support can reduce what you actually pay. Source: the provider's published pricing.
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