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Eldercare The Lodge — aged care facility

Eldercare The Lodge

14-24 King William Rd, Wayville SA 5034, Australia

★★★☆☆ 3/5 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 3.4★ (15 reviews)

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

The Lodge is a premium aged care facility in Wayville, Adelaide, offering 127 single en-suite rooms set within a historic grand building with recent extensive renovations. It provides permanent residential care, respite care, specialist dementia care through a dedicated memory support unit, and palliative care, all situated in landscaped gardens with views of the Adelaide parklands and CBD. Health services include on-site physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech pathologists, podiatrists, and visiting dentists, complemented by an on-site gymnasium, chef-prepared meals, and a hairdressing salon. The facility features a comprehensive lifestyle program with activities including gardening, crafts, pet therapy, and outdoor walks, plus family visiting without limitations. As a not-for-profit operator, Eldercare has over 35 years of experience providing quality aged care across South Australia.

Amenities

  • gym
  • hairdresser
  • garden

Activities & lifestyle

  • gardening
  • exercise classes
  • art
  • social events

Allied health services

physio ot speech podiatry

24/7 nursing on-site

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

4/5

Compliance

3/5

Staffing

3/5

Quality measures

Care time delivered: 214 minutes per resident per day (target 212), of which 46 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).
Directions - To revise Plans for Continuous Improvements (PCI)

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
Deluxe Room Private ensuite · Contemporary timber bed furnishings · Electric adjustable high/low bed · Built-in wardrobe · Reverse-cycle heating and cooling · Portable call bell $739,000 $170.68 27 m²
Premium Room Private ensuite · Kitchenette · Pleasant outlook · Contemporary timber bed furnishings · Electric adjustable high/low bed · Built-in wardrobe · Reverse-cycle heating and cooling · Portable call bell $789,000 $182.23 27 m²

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

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