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Respect - Yallambee Lodge — aged care facility

Respect - Yallambee Lodge

1 Binalong St, Cooma NSW 2630, 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.
Type
Residential aged care
Operator
not for profit
Established
1995
Nursing
24/7
  • respite
  • palliative

Yallambee Lodge is a 40-bed residential aged care home located at 1 Binalong Street, Cooma NSW, operated by Respect Aged Care since April 2024 after previously being run by Snowy Monaro Regional Council. Originally built and opened in 1995, the home is arranged across five separate houses, each accommodating eight residents and featuring its own lounge room, dining room, and kitchen. All 40 rooms are private with ensuites, comprising 24 standard rooms (approximately 12m²) and 16 superior rooms (approximately 14m²), with features including underfloor heating, built-in wardrobes, and a lockable safe. The facility offers residential aged care, palliative care, and booked respite, supported by 24/7 registered nursing and a dedicated lifestyle team delivering a varied activities calendar including community outings. The home also has live-in pets and accessible raised garden beds.

Amenities

  • garden
  • communal lounge
  • activity room
  • outdoor areas

Activities & lifestyle

  • bus outings
  • social events

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

4/5

Compliance

2/5

Staffing

4/5

Quality measures

Care time delivered: 197 minutes per resident per day (target 212), 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).
None current

Fees

Fees not publicly disclosed by this provider.

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