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Uniting Caroona Goonellabah — aged care facility

Uniting Caroona Goonellabah

65 Rous Rd, Goonellabah NSW 2480, 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.
Type
Residential aged care
Operator
not for profit
Nursing
24/7
  • dementia

Uniting Caroona Marima Goonellabah is a purpose-built residential aged care home located at 65–101 Rous Road, Goonellabah NSW 2480, operated by Uniting (the social services arm of the Uniting Church). The facility uses a pioneering 'Household Living' model with four separate households, each housing 18–22 residents, designed to replicate a family-home environment supported by a dedicated Uniting Homemaker. A Registered Nurse is on site 24/7, and allied health professionals including physiotherapists and a dietitian are available to address residents' specific needs. The home includes dedicated secure dementia support rooms alongside standard single and companion double rooms, with options ranging from shared bathrooms to private ensuites. Accommodation is priced at a Refundable Accommodation Deposit (RAD) of $550,000 or a Daily Accommodation Payment of $119.95 per day (prices current 15 May – 30 June 2026).

Amenities

  • hairdresser
  • cafe
  • chapel
  • library

Allied health services

physio dietitian other

24/7 nursing on-site

Cultural & language fit

Languages
English
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

4/5

Staffing

2/5

Quality measures

Care time delivered: 224 minutes per resident per day (target 221), of which 49 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).
Directions - To revise Plans for Continuous Improvements (PCI)

Fees

This provider publishes fee information on their website.

RAD range: $550,000