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St Josephs Nursing Home

20 Dalley St, East Lismore NSW 2480, Australia

My Aged Care government 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

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