Eldercare The Lodge
14-24 King William Rd, Wayville SA 5034, Australia
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
✓ 24/7 nursing on-site
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).
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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