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Whiddon Narrabri Jessie Hunt — aged care facility

Whiddon Narrabri Jessie Hunt

84 Gibbons St, Narrabri NSW 2390, 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.
Type
Residential aged care
Operator
not for profit
Established
1948
Nursing
24/7
  • respite
  • dementia

This is a smaller, homely aged care home located in a rural community in North Western NSW, offering residential, respite, and dementia care for up to 45 residents. The atmosphere is warm and community-focused, built around a relationship-based care model that values empathy and connection. Residents can enjoy expansive, award-winning gardens and participate in a variety of creative ageing programs, including art, music, cooking, and pet therapy. Operated by Whiddon, a not-for-profit organisation with over 75 years of experience in regional and rural areas, the home fosters a vibrant environment with a focus on individual wellbeing and community connections.

Amenities

  • ✓ hairdresser
  • ✓ garden
  • ✓ cafe
  • ✓ library
  • ✓ in room television
  • ✓ beauty salon
  • ✓ outdoor patio

Activities & lifestyle

  • ✓ music therapy
  • ✓ gardening
  • ✓ exercise
  • ✓ art
  • ✓ cooking
  • ✓ outings
  • ✓ pet therapy
  • ✓ community activities
  • ✓ inter generational programs
  • ✓ memory support programs
  • ✓ craft
  • ✓ men's groups
  • ✓ ladies' groups

Allied health services

physio ot speech podiatry dietitian other

✓ 24/7 nursing on-site

Cultural & language fit

Cultural focus
First Nations, multicultural Australian society

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

4/5

Staffing

3/5

Quality measures

Care time delivered: 233 minutes per resident per day (target 229), of which 62 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: $380,000 – $420,000

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