Meadow Heights Care Community
90 Lightwood Cres, Meadow Heights VIC 3048, Australia
Run by Opal HealthCare · 147 homes
Google reviewers rate this 4.3★ (28 reviews)
- Type
- Residential aged care
- Operator
- for profit
- Nursing
- 24/7
- respite
- dementia
- palliative
- day therapy
Meadow Heights Care Community is located at 90 Lightwood Crescent, Meadow Heights, Melbourne, VIC 3048, approximately 30 minutes north of the Melbourne CBD, set among parkland and the Greenvale Reservoir. Operated by Opal HealthCare, the facility offers residential aged care, respite care, palliative care, and dedicated dementia care through a purpose-built memory care neighbourhood. Care is provided by 24/7 registered nurses alongside allied health professionals who visit regularly. The community features a central courtyard, raised garden beds, an on-site hairdressing salon, and a chapel, with a resident-run Hands of Friendship programme to help new residents settle in. The facility reports 97.9% customer satisfaction from 296 survey responses and celebrates a diverse cultural heritage among residents and staff.
Amenities
- ✓ hairdresser
- ✓ chapel
- ✓ garden
- ✓ communal lounge
- ✓ outdoor areas
- ✓ activity room
Activities & lifestyle
- ✓ art
- ✓ music
- ✓ gardening
- ✓ bus outings
- ✓ social events
- ✓ cooking
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
5/5
Compliance
—/5
Staffing
4/5
Quality measures
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Room Ensuite · 2 beds | $350,000 | $80.84 | 24 m² |
| Superior Room Ensuite · Single bed | $455,000 | $105.09 | 14 m² |
Maximum published prices — means-tested government support can reduce what you actually pay. Source: the provider's published pricing.
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