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Uniting AgeWell Preston Community — aged care facility

Uniting AgeWell Preston Community

78 Bruce St, Preston VIC 3072, 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 4.6★ (23 reviews)

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

Uniting AgeWell Preston Community is a residential aged care facility located in the heart of Preston, Victoria, operated by Uniting AgeWell, an organisation of the Uniting Church in Australia. The facility features studio suites with ensuite bedrooms, separate light-filled sitting rooms, and kitchenettes, with views of the Melbourne skyline from rooms and communal balconies. Registered nurses are on-site 24 hours a day, supported by allied health professionals including physiotherapists, podiatrists, speech therapists, and dietitians. A dedicated memory support unit provides specialised, dementia-friendly care guided by the Uniting AgeWell Dementia Framework, and palliative care is also delivered within a supportive environment. Residents enjoy an on-site café, a generous courtyard, cosy lounge spaces with a fireplace, and a dynamic lifestyle programme including art and music activities.

Amenities

  • ✓ cafe
  • ✓ garden
  • ✓ communal lounge
  • ✓ outdoor areas

Activities & lifestyle

  • ✓ art
  • ✓ music therapy

Allied health services

physio podiatry speech dietitian

✓ 24/7 nursing on-site

Cultural & language fit

Affiliation
Uniting

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

3/5

Staffing

3/5

Quality measures

Care time delivered: 224 minutes per resident per day (target 220), 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

Fees not publicly disclosed by this provider.

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