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Wintringham Hostel – Port Melbourne — aged care facility

Wintringham Hostel – Port Melbourne

79 Swallow St, Port Melbourne VIC 3207, 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★ (9 reviews)

Type
Residential aged care
Operator
not for profit

Wintringham Port Melbourne Hostel is located at 79 Swallow Street, Port Melbourne, offering affordable, high-quality full care accommodation for up to 35 men and women aged 50 years and over. The facility comprises six houses, each shared by five to seven residents, with individual fully-furnished bungalow-style rooms featuring a private shower, toilet, and verandah. Operated by Wintringham, a not-for-profit organisation focused on supporting disadvantaged older Australians, the hostel emphasises a flexible, family-style environment with minimal rules and strong respect for residents' independence and chosen lifestyle. A structured recreation programme caters to the individual wishes of each resident, and the award-winning buildings are set in landscaped surroundings.

Amenities

  • garden
  • communal lounge
  • 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

4/5

Quality measures

Care time delivered: 194 minutes per resident per day (target 188), of which 17 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.