Salem Aged Care
280 Hume St, South Toowoomba QLD 4350, Australia
Google reviewers rate this 4.1★ (7 reviews)
- Type
- Residential aged care
- Operator
- not for profit
- Established
- 1935
- Nursing
- 24/7
- respite
- dementia
- palliative
Salem Aged Care is a not-for-profit residential aged care home run by Lutheran Services on tree-lined Hume Street in South Toowoomba, Queensland, and has been part of the Toowoomba community since 1935. It offers permanent residential care, respite, specialist memory and dementia support, and palliative care, with 24/7 registered nursing on site. Residents live in comfortable single rooms with shared or private ensuites (including couples rooms) and enjoy a recent vintage-inspired refurbishment featuring a games room, retro café, cinema, chapel and barbershop. Lifestyle offerings include visiting performers, arts and craft workshops, happy hours, high teas and destination bus outings. As part of the Lutheran Church of Australia Queensland District, the home reflects a Lutheran Christian identity while welcoming everyone.
Amenities
- ✓ hairdresser
- ✓ cafe
- ✓ chapel
- ✓ cinema
- ✓ activity room
- ✓ private dining
Activities & lifestyle
- ✓ music
- ✓ art
- ✓ bus outings
- ✓ social events
Allied health services
✓ 24/7 nursing on-site
Cultural & language fit
- Affiliation
- Lutheran
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
2/5
Staffing
5/5
Quality measures
Care time delivered: 205 minutes per resident per day (target 213), of which 48 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).
- Notice of Non-Compliance (NCN)
Fees
Fees not publicly disclosed by this provider.
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