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ARRCS Katherine Hostel — aged care facility

ARRCS Katherine Hostel

31 Harrod St, Katherine South NT 0850, 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.

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

ARRCS Katherine Hostel is a 30-bed residential aged care facility located in Katherine, NT, alongside the Katherine River in a peaceful, open-plan environment. Each resident has their own ensuite room with fresh meals prepared on site daily. The facility provides residential care, respite care, and palliative care services, with 24-hour staff access for resident safety. Residents have access to allied health services including physiotherapy, occupational therapy, podiatry, and speech pathology, with planned activities available seven days a week.

Amenities

  • garden
  • outdoor areas

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).

2/5

Residents' experience

5/5

Compliance

5/5

Staffing

2/5

Quality measures

Care time delivered: 262 minutes per resident per day (target 200), of which 58 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
Room with two beds private ensuite · cooling and heating · staff call system · premium quality · fair condition $300,000 $69.29 17.5 m²
Room with one bed private ensuite · cooling and heating · staff call system · premium quality · fair condition $340,000 $78.53 17.5 m²

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