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Whiddon Bourke (Rivergum Lodge) — aged care facility

Whiddon Bourke (Rivergum Lodge)

29 Darling St, Bourke NSW 2840, 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
Nursing
24/7
  • respite

Whiddon Bourke (Rivergum Lodge) is a small residential aged care home located at 29 Darling Street, Bourke NSW 2840, operated by the not-for-profit Whiddon group. The home offers an intimate, family-like environment with just 12 private rooms, each featuring an ensuite bathroom and direct patio or garden access. It provides 24-hour care and support, physiotherapy, podiatry, and speech therapy on-site, along with a Creative Ageing and HenPower programme. The home was a NSW State Winner in the 2015 Aged Care Hospitality Awards for its food and dining programmes, with all meals cooked fresh daily using seasonal and local produce.

Amenities

  • garden
  • outdoor areas
  • communal lounge

Activities & lifestyle

  • music
  • social events
  • bus outings

Allied health services

physio speech podiatry

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).

4/5

Residents' experience

5/5

Compliance

5/5

Staffing

5/5

Quality measures

Care time delivered: 218 minutes per resident per day (target 178), of which 44 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: $340,000