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mecwacare Ballan Aged Care

Ballan and District Soldiers, 33 Cowie St, Ballan VIC 3342, 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
  • dementia
  • palliative

mecwacare Ballan Aged Care is a residential aged care home opening in 2026 within the township of Ballan, on the banks of the Werribee River in regional Victoria. The centrally located facility offers a person-centred, supported living environment with permanent aged care, respite and palliative care, plus dementia-friendly care. Residents have access to a large day room with lounge and dining areas, well-established gardens, and a vibrant lifestyle program of activities and outings shaped by resident input, with registered nurses rostered on every shift. Accommodation is offered across Basic, Standard, Standard Plus and Superior room categories, with a Refundable Accommodation Deposit (RAD) of $400,000, and on-site access to general practitioners and allied health services.

Amenities

  • ✓ garden
  • ✓ communal lounge

Activities & lifestyle

  • ✓ social events
  • ✓ bus outings

Allied health services

other

✓ 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).

3/5

Residents' experience

5/5

Compliance

3/5

Staffing

3/5

Quality measures

Care time delivered: 217 minutes per resident per day (target 214), of which 46 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).
None current

Fees

This provider publishes fee information on their website.

RAD range: $400,000