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Lakeside Village, 1/3 Aquila Ct, Mermaid Waters QLD 4218, Australia

BlueCare Lakeside Retirement Village is located at 1-3 Aquila Court, Mermaid Waters, on the Gold Coast, Queensland, and is operated by BlueCare under the UnitingCare umbrella. The village offers affordable one and two-bedroom self-contained units on ground or first floor, each refurbished for quality, safety, and security, set against a peaceful lake frontage. On-site amenities include a heated pool with spa, a community room with a games area and billiard table, an outdoor barbecue area, and fully maintained gardens, along with a 24-hour emergency response system. The location is highly convenient, with public transport 350 metres away, Pacific Fair shopping centre 700 metres away, and pharmacy and medical services nearby. Residents can also access a range of BlueCare home care and allied health services as their needs evolve.

12 Lake St, Varsity Lakes QLD 4227, Australia

Varsity Views Care Community is located at 12 Lake Street, Varsity Lakes on the Gold Coast, Queensland, and is operated by Opal HealthCare. The facility provides residential aged care, palliative care, dementia care, and respite care, supported by 24/7 registered nurses and regular allied health professional visits. A dedicated memory care neighbourhood is custom-designed to support residents living with dementia, while tropical gardens, courtyards, and an in-house café called The Hub offer spaces for relaxation and socialising. Residents enjoy a varied lifestyle programme including a communal edible kitchen garden, group exercise and wellness classes, school and university visits, and outings on a dedicated bus. Companion animals are welcome, and the facility is situated close to public transport and the Gold Coast Hospital.

2424 Gold Coast Hwy, Mermaid Beach QLD 4218, Australia

TriCare Mermaid Beach Aged Care Residence is a modern three-storey facility located at 2424 Gold Coast Highway, Mermaid Beach QLD, with capacity for up to 81 residents. The home provides residential, dementia, and palliative care, with Registered Nurses on duty 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Residents can choose from superior single or companion rooms featuring private ensuites, individual air conditioning, automated king-single beds, and elegant furnishings, with some rooms offering private balconies and Gold Coast city views. Five-star amenities include a beauty salon, café, cinema, private dining room, and alfresco pergola areas for family gatherings. On-site allied health services include a physiotherapist, speech therapist, diversional therapist, podiatrist, and dental practice, complemented by visiting GPs and pharmaceutical services.

Level 2, Suite 201 Varsity One, 1 Lake Orr Dr, Varsity Lakes QLD 4227, Australia

First Choice Care - Gold Coast is not a residential aged care home but a nursing and healthcare staffing agency (formerly Carestaff, and incorporating the merged Network Nursing Agency) headquartered at Eight Mile Plains, Queensland. It supplies casual, short-term and permanent nursing staff — including registered nurses, enrolled nurses, assistants in nursing, personal care workers and clinical nurse facilitators — to healthcare facilities, hospitals and aged care providers across Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. The business focuses on recruitment, shift-filling and clinical facilitation placements with universities, drawing on more than 20 years of experience in the sector. It does not operate accommodation or provide direct residential care to elderly residents itself.

239 Gooding Dr, Merrimac QLD 4226, Australia

HillView Care Merrimac is an architecturally designed 134-bed aged care home situated in an elevated pocket of the Gold Coast, directly behind Broadbeach, with views over Lakelands Golf Course and the city skyline. The facility provides residential, respite, dementia, and palliative care with 24-hour on-site nursing, and offers a range of room types — including single rooms, studios, and couples studios — all featuring private en-suites and outlook windows or verandah access. Residents receive premium hotel-style services including home-cooked meals prepared by resident chefs, daily housekeeping and laundry, and access to an on-site café, hairdressing and beauty salon, and a comprehensive activities and bus-outings programme. The gated, secure community offers underground visitor parking and is conveniently located 10 minutes from Pacific Fair and Robina Town Centre, with M1 access five minutes away.

23 Main St, Varsity Lakes QLD 4227, Australia

Family First Care (also listed as Home Nursing Care Services) is a DVA and Aged Care partner providing in-home nursing and community care services across the Gold Coast and North Lakes in Queensland and Ballina in northern New South Wales. The service delivers personal care, medication prompting, simple and complex wound management, continence assessment, palliative care, post-hospital nursing and companion shifts, all in clients' own homes. It also offers respite to carers of DVA clients so they can take a short break from their caring duties. Founded and run by managing directors Candice and Dani, the organisation focuses on helping clients remain independent at home and pays its nurses above award rates. This is a community nursing agency rather than a residential aged care home.