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St Josephs Nursing Home

20 Dalley St, East Lismore NSW 2480, 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
Established
1936
Nursing
24/7
  • respite
  • dementia
  • palliative

St Joseph's Nursing Home is a not-for-profit residential aged care facility located at 20 Dalley Street, Lismore NSW, established by the Catholic Diocese of Lismore in 1936. The home offers residential and respite care, including a specialist Dementia Care Unit with Registered Nurses on duty 24/7. A standout feature is the on-site St Vincent's Private Hospital, providing residents with direct access to surgery, rehabilitation, palliative care, pharmacy, radiology, and specialist medical practitioners. Accommodation spans four wings with single, double, and four-bed room options, all fitted with nurse-call systems. Residents enjoy a rich activity programme, a Friends Coffee Lounge, weekly hairdressing, library service, and beautiful garden courtyards.

Amenities

  • hairdresser
  • chapel
  • garden
  • library
  • communal lounge
  • BBQ area
  • outdoor areas

Activities & lifestyle

  • music
  • exercise classes
  • cooking
  • bingo
  • bus outings
  • social events
  • art

Allied health services

physio podiatry speech dietitian other

24/7 nursing on-site

Cultural & language fit

Languages
English
Affiliation
Catholic

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: 270 minutes per resident per day (target 203), of which 45 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

Fees not publicly disclosed by this provider.