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BallyCara Residential Aged Care, Retirement Village, Home Care & Wellness Program — aged care facility

BallyCara Residential Aged Care, Retirement Village, Home Care & Wellness Program

16B Oyster Point Esplanade, Scarborough QLD 4020, 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★ (42 reviews)

Type
Residential aged care
Operator
not for profit
Established
1983
Nursing
24/7
  • respite
  • dementia
  • palliative

BallyCara is a not-for-profit charitable organisation providing residential aged care, respite, memory support, retirement village living, and home care from its base in Scarborough, Queensland, overlooking Moreton Bay. The award-winning residential facility offers 24-hour nursing and personal care across two ground-level buildings, with room sizes ranging from 17.6–25 m² and Maximum Refundable Deposits from $422,000 to $620,000 (rates as of April 2026). Care is delivered by a multidisciplinary team including Registered Nurses, Allied Health Professionals, and Lifestyle Coordinators, with a dedicated memory support unit (Sunnyside Villa) available for residents living with dementia. Founded in 1983, BallyCara also operates a Wellness Program and Commonwealth Home Support Program across multiple locations including Brisbane North, Logan, Gold Coast, and Melbourne.

Amenities

  • garden
  • communal lounge
  • activity room
  • outdoor areas

Activities & lifestyle

  • exercise classes
  • social events
  • art

Allied health services

physio ot

24/7 nursing on-site

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

5/5

Staffing

3/5

Quality measures

Care time delivered: 235 minutes per resident per day (target 213), of which 54 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: $422,000 – $620,000