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mecwacare O'Mara House — aged care facility

mecwacare O'Mara House

15 Hunter Rd, Traralgon VIC 3844, 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 4.4★ (19 reviews)

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

mecwacare O'Mara House is a recently renovated residential aged care home located on a tree-lined street at 15 Hunter Road, Traralgon, Victoria, set among lush landscaped gardens with a striking central courtyard. Residents live in fresh, bright private rooms with ensuite bathrooms, large windows and garden views, just minutes from the town centre, shops and cafes. The home offers permanent residential care, respite care, dementia care and palliative care, with registered nurses rostered on every shift. Lifestyle features include a vibrant activities programme, well-appointed dining rooms with meals cooked fresh by on-site chefs, a chapel and pastoral care. A mini-bus is available for resident outings and shopping trips, and the local public bus stops right outside the home. mecwacare is a not-for-profit operator running 22 aged care homes across metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria.

Amenities

  • chapel
  • garden
  • outdoor areas
  • communal lounge

Activities & lifestyle

  • bus outings
  • social events

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

4/5

Quality measures

Care time delivered: 205 minutes per resident per day (target 203), 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).
None current

Fees

This provider publishes fee information on their website.

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