St Margaret's Community Retirement Village

1428 Plenty Rd, Bundoora VIC 3083, Australia

VMCH Bundoora Aged Care Residence is a single-storey, 91-room facility located on Plenty Road in Bundoora, Victoria, comprising four units connected by glass hallways with garden views and ample visitor parking. The home is a culturally diverse community with many residents and staff from Croatian, Macedonian, Serbian, Greek, and Italian backgrounds, and its lifestyle programme is tailored to these cultures. It offers permanent residential care, respite care, specialised dementia care (including a 13-room Memory Support Unit), and palliative care, and is fully accredited by the Aged Care Quality Standards. On-site allied health services include physiotherapy, podiatry, nutrition counselling, and massage therapy, alongside a hair and nail salon and a large chapel offering ecumenical and pastoral care services.

24-36 Lorne St, Fawkner VIC 3060, Australia

St. Basil's Victoria is a not-for-profit aged care facility located at 24-36 Lorne Street, Fawkner VIC 3060, operating under the auspice of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia. The facility offers residential aged care, dementia-specific care in a secure dedicated unit, and short-term respite care with private ensuite rooms. Residents enjoy fresh Mediterranean cuisine, nursing care, personal care, and social programmes in light-filled surroundings. The dementia unit provides 24-hour supervision and specialised clinical care for residents with challenging behaviours, with an ageing-in-place approach. St. Basil's has served the Fawkner community for 26 years, with linguistically diverse staff catering particularly to Greek-speaking residents.

2/6 Lower Plenty Rd, Heidelberg VIC 3084, Australia

Benetas The Views at Heidelberg is a 103-resident aged care home at 2/6 Lower Plenty Rd, Heidelberg VIC 3084, recognised as best practice under the National Aged Care Design Principles and Guidelines. The facility offers apartment-style living with private ensuite rooms featuring built-in cabinetry and air conditioning, with Deluxe rooms adding private balconies, and all apartments accessing a rooftop terrace with panoramic views of the Dandenong Ranges. A Registered Nurse is on duty at all times, and services include palliative care, respite care, and allied health support. Residents enjoy daily meals prepared by in-house chefs, a café (Chocolate Lilies Café), library, wellness centre, hairdressing salon, activity room, and vegetable garden. Classic room accommodation is priced at a $650,000 RAD or $141.75 per day DAP.

827-867 Sydney Rd, Coburg North VIC 3058, Australia

Northern Gardens Aged Care is located at 827–867 Sydney Road, Coburg North VIC 3058, operated by MACG (Melbourne Aged Care Group) as one of their 11 homes across Victoria. The home offers residential, respite (including dementia respite), and palliative care in a smaller, close-knit environment designed to foster community connections. Room options include companion (shared) rooms from $350,000 RAD, standard single rooms from $400,000 RAD, and premium single rooms with balcony access from $500,000 RAD, all featuring ensuites and nurse call bell systems. Lifestyle programmes encompass physiotherapy exercise classes, seated Tai Chi, arts and crafts, music, cooking, reminiscence therapy, and regular outings. On-site amenities include a hairdresser salon, quiet gardens, barbecue facilities, and secure lift access between floors.

250 Waterdale Rd, Ivanhoe VIC 3079, Australia

Ivanhoe Grand Care Community is a purpose-built luxury residential aged care facility at 250 Waterdale Road, Ivanhoe, in Melbourne's northeast, operated by Opal HealthCare. The community centres around a grand three-storey glass atrium designed to bring in natural light, and features modern single suites each with a private ensuite as well as apartment-style suites with a bedroom, lounge, and kitchenette. Residents enjoy a café, piano lounge, hair and beauty salon, club lounge with happy hour, private dining room, gym, library, multimedia room, and landscaped courtyards. The experienced team delivers 24/7 nursing care across permanent, respite, dementia, and palliative care needs, with a dedicated memory care neighbourhood supporting residents living with dementia. Accommodation RAD prices range from $758,000 for a Classic suite to at least $825,000 for a Premium suite, with daily accommodation payment options also available.

226/230 Elder St, Greensborough VIC 3088, Australia

Trinity Manor Aged Care operates residential facilities in Greensborough and Balwyn, Melbourne, offering both respite and permanent residential care. The home emphasises a warm, family-like environment, with testimonials consistently praising staff compassion, responsiveness, and personalised attention. Residents are described as engaged in daily activities and community life, with meals and room comfort highlighted positively. Private suites are available, with the facility likened to a 'first class cruise ship' in terms of service quality. The provider markets itself as redefining standards in elder care across its two Melbourne locations.