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Ryman Charles Brownlow Retirement Village — aged care facility

Ryman Charles Brownlow Retirement Village

1 Vintner Court, Highton VIC 3216, 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.

Google reviewers rate this 4.1★ (15 reviews)

Type
Residential aged care
Operator
for profit
  • respite
  • dementia

Charles Brownlow is a boutique retirement village operated by Ryman Healthcare, located in the leafy suburb of Highton approximately 15 minutes from Geelong city centre. The village offers a continuum of care under one roof, including independent living villas and apartments, assisted living in serviced apartments, residential aged care, specialist dementia care, and respite care. Residents have access to extensive amenities including a heated indoor swimming pool and spa, gym, all-weather bowling green, café, bar, library, hair and beauty salon, workshop, craft room, and billiards room. Ryman's financial model is transparent, with a standard deferred management fee of 30% of the entry price and a choice of fixed or indexed weekly fees set at the time of signing.

Amenities

  • hairdresser
  • cafe
  • gym
  • library
  • pool
  • communal lounge
  • activity room
  • outdoor areas

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).

4/5

Residents' experience

5/5

Compliance

2/5

Staffing

3/5

Quality measures

Care time delivered: 210 minutes per resident per day (target 211), 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.

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