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James Thomas Court — aged care facility

James Thomas Court

117 Morgan St, Sebastopol VIC 3356, 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 5.0★ (6 reviews)

Type
Residential aged care
Operator
government
Nursing
24/7
  • palliative
  • dementia

James Thomas Court is a 34-bed aged care community set on spacious grounds in Sebastopol, Ballarat, operated by Grampians Health. Accommodation options include a self-contained family room with kitchenette, six two-room units (bedroom plus sitting room), and 27 single rooms — 23 with private ensuites and four with a shared bathroom. The home provides long-term residential, palliative, dementia and mental health care, with a registered nurse managing care at all times. Its extensive Meaningful Life program offers leatherwork, cooking, craft and scenic drives, and the outdoor spaces include a dementia-friendly garden, paved courtyard and raised garden beds suitable for all abilities. Fees can be paid by refundable deposit, daily payment or a combination of both.

Amenities

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

Activities & lifestyle

  • cooking
  • art
  • bus outings
  • social events

Allied health services

speech dietitian

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: 236 minutes per resident per day (target 199), of which 67 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.

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