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VMCH St Bernadette's Aged Care Residence — aged care facility

VMCH St Bernadette's Aged Care Residence

17 Park Dr, Sunshine North VIC 3020, 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 3.8★ (40 reviews)

Type
Residential aged care
Operator
not for profit
  • respite
  • dementia
  • palliative

St Bernadette's Aged Care Residence is located on a peaceful residential street at 17 Park Drive, Sunshine North, in Melbourne's west, offering 81 rooms plus a dedicated 9-room Memory Support Unit (MSU) for specialised dementia care. The facility has a vibrant Maltese and Italian community with a strong Catholic presence, though individuals of all faiths, cultures, and backgrounds are warmly welcomed. Care options include permanent residential care, respite, specialised dementia care via the government-funded Specialist Dementia Care Program (SDCP) in the purpose-built Lady Lourdes House, and end-of-life palliative care. On-site allied health services include physiotherapy, podiatry, nutrition counselling, and massage therapy, complemented by a hair and nail salon and an on-site chapel. The home is fully accredited by the Aged Care Quality Standards.

Amenities

  • hairdresser
  • chapel
  • garden
  • activity room

Activities & lifestyle

  • music
  • gardening
  • exercise classes
  • art
  • bingo
  • cooking
  • bus outings

Allied health services

physio podiatry dietitian other

Cultural & language fit

Cultural focus
Italian, Maltese
Affiliation
Catholic

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).

3/5

Residents' experience

5/5

Compliance

3/5

Staffing

3/5

Quality measures

Care time delivered: 232 minutes per resident per day (target 222), of which 46 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

Fees not publicly disclosed by this provider.