Southern Cross Care Miles - Carinya
6 Wallen St, Miles QLD 4415, Australia
Google reviewers rate this 5.0★ (2 reviews)
- Type
- Residential aged care
- Operator
- not for profit
- Established
- 1979
- respite
- dementia
- palliative
Carinya (Miles) is a small residential aged care home operated by Southern Cross Care Queensland, offering accommodation for up to 17 residents in the rural town of Miles in Queensland's Western Downs, around four hours west of Brisbane and half an hour west of Chinchilla. The home provides personalised, person-centred care under its 'Every person matters' ethos, with professionally trained nurses and carers, access to visiting doctors, allied health professionals and pastoral care services. Specialised care is available for chronic disease management, dementia, and palliative and end-of-life care, alongside respite accommodation. Meals are cooked fresh on site daily and residents enjoy landscaped gardens and a regular programme of activities and social events. Southern Cross Care is a Catholic, not-for-profit organisation founded in 1979 by the Knights of the Southern Cross, today operating 17 residential aged care homes across Queensland and regional NSW and Victoria.
Amenities
- ✓ garden
- ✓ activity room
Activities & lifestyle
- ✓ exercise classes
- ✓ dance
- ✓ social events
Allied health services
Cultural & language fit
- Affiliation
- Catholic
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).
4/5
Residents' experience
5/5
Compliance
5/5
Staffing
4/5
Quality measures
Care time delivered: 232 minutes per resident per day (target 209), of which 85 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
Fees not publicly disclosed by this provider.
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