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Wenonah Lodge & Wenonah Community Care

27-31 Mayne St, Gulgong NSW 2852, Australia

★★★★★ 5/5 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
Established
1991
Nursing
24/7
  • respite
  • palliative

Wenonah Lodge is a small, community-owned, not-for-profit residential aged care facility in Gulgong, NSW, established in 1991 and the only facility in the Mid-Western Regional Council and Dubbo Council areas to achieve a 5-star rating in the 2024 Australian Government Star Ratings System. The facility has 25 private ensuite rooms — 24 for permanent residents and one dedicated to short-term respite care — with a Registered Nurse available 24 hours a day either on-site or on call. Freshly prepared meals are a highlight, with the kitchen team participating in the Maggie Beer Foundation Trainer Mentor Program, and a monthly activities calendar includes gentle exercise classes, painting, bingo, movie nights, and regular bus outings. The RAD is $400,000, inclusive of care, meals, laundry, and activities with no extra service fees. Companion organisation Wenonah Community Care supports over 86 home care participants and 70-plus Commonwealth Home Support Programme clients in the surrounding community.

Amenities

  • hairdresser
  • communal lounge
  • outdoor areas

Activities & lifestyle

  • exercise classes
  • art
  • bingo
  • movie nights
  • bus outings
  • social events
  • cultural activities

Allied health services

dietitian

24/7 nursing on-site

Cultural & language fit

Languages
English

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).

5/5

Residents' experience

5/5

Compliance

5/5

Staffing

5/5

Quality measures

Care time delivered: 230 minutes per resident per day (target 205), of which 53 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: $400,000