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Mount Esk Residential Care Home - Southern Cross Care (Tas) Inc

38 Station Rd, St Leonards TAS 7250, 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 3.0★ (5 reviews)

Type
Residential aged care
Operator
not for profit
Nursing
24/7
  • respite
  • dementia
  • palliative

Mount Esk is a residential aged care home in rural Launceston, Northern Tasmania, operated by Southern Cross Care Tasmania—a leading not-for-profit aged care provider with over 50 years of experience. The facility offers residential and respite care with on-site 24/7 nursing, allied health services including physiotherapy and podiatry, and specialised Montessori-based dementia care. Accommodation ranges from 15–29m² ensuite rooms with rural or garden views, supported by amenities including multiple lounges, dining rooms, chapel, activity room, hairdressing salon, café, and scenic gardens. The facility provides full palliative and dementia support alongside standard residential care. Accommodation pricing is available through the facility.

Amenities

  • hairdresser
  • cafe
  • chapel
  • garden
  • BBQ area
  • communal lounge
  • activity room
  • outdoor areas

Allied health services

physio podiatry

24/7 nursing on-site

Cultural & language fit

Affiliation
Catholic

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

5/5

Staffing

4/5

Quality measures

Care time delivered: 236 minutes per resident per day (target 221), of which 50 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.