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Uniting McKay House Tamworth — aged care facility

Uniting McKay House Tamworth

Cnr Tribe Street &, Manilla Rd, Tamworth NSW 2340, Australia

★★★★☆ 4/5 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.

Google reviewers rate this 3.9★ (17 reviews)

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

Uniting McKay House Tamworth is a residential aged care facility situated on the corner of Tribe Street and Manilla Road in Tamworth, NSW, operated by Uniting (the social services arm of the Uniting Church). The home is structured around an innovative 'Household Living' model comprising three separate households of up to 20 residents each, designed to replicate everyday family life. Residents receive round-the-clock personal care, with a Registered Nurse on site daily and access to a range of allied health professionals including a physiotherapist. The facility offers specialist dementia support in secure single and companion rooms, alongside standard single rooms with private or shared ensuites and companion (double) rooms. Accommodation RAD pricing starts at $450,000 for a Comfort Living single room with private ensuite.

Amenities

  • hairdresser
  • communal lounge

Allied health services

physio other

24/7 nursing on-site

Cultural & language fit

Affiliation
Uniting

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).

3/5

Residents' experience

5/5

Compliance

5/5

Staffing

3/5

Quality measures

Care time delivered: 239 minutes per resident per day (target 217), of which 49 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 Non-Compliance (NCN)

Fees

This provider publishes fee information on their website.

RAD range: $450,000

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