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Meracare — aged care facility

Meracare

Carrum Downs VIC 3201, 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.

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Type
Residential aged care
Operator
for profit
Established
1996
Nursing
24/7
  • respite
  • dementia
  • palliative
  • day therapy

Meracare is a family-founded aged care provider established in 1996 by George and Lizzie, operating three residential nursing homes in Carrum Downs, Frankston, and Wangaratta, Victoria, as well as managing two retirement villages. The facilities offer permanent residential care, short and long-stay respite, DVA care, complex health care, dementia care planning, and palliative care, with a Registered Nurse on-site 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Meracare emphasises a small, homely environment with freshly cooked meals prepared daily on-site and a 7-day lifestyle programme. Rooms include private ensuites, shared rooms, and couple rooms with ensuites, and residents are encouraged to personalise their space.

Amenities

  • hairdresser
  • garden
  • communal lounge
  • activity room
  • outdoor areas

Activities & lifestyle

  • music
  • gardening
  • exercise classes
  • art
  • bus outings
  • social events
  • bingo
  • movie nights

Allied health services

physio podiatry speech dietitian other

24/7 nursing on-site

Quality & compliance

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.
Not available for this home

Fees

Fees not publicly disclosed by this provider.