Dougherty Apartments
1 Victor St, Chatswood NSW 2067, Australia
Google reviewers rate this 4.1★ (13 reviews)
- Type
- Residential aged care
- Operator
- not for profit
- Established
- 1989
- Nursing
- 24/7
- dementia
Dougherty Apartments is a retirement village and aged care facility located at 1 Victor Street, Chatswood NSW 2067, providing quality accommodation and care for people over 55 since 1989. The facility was established as a joint venture between Willoughby City Council and the NSW Department of Housing and operates as a company limited by guarantee. It offers 70 residential care rooms with 24/7 care staff, 84 self-care retirement living units, and a dedicated 14-bed dementia care wing called the Palmer Wing, which opened in September 2006 and is designed to combine the intimacy of home life with individualised care. On-site services include physiotherapy, a gymnasium, hairdressing salon, beauty therapy, and a comprehensive lifestyle programme featuring music therapy, art, cooking, bus outings, and more.
Amenities
- ✓ hairdresser
- ✓ gym
- ✓ garden
- ✓ library
- ✓ communal lounge
- ✓ outdoor areas
- ✓ activity room
Activities & lifestyle
- ✓ music
- ✓ music therapy
- ✓ gardening
- ✓ exercise classes
- ✓ art
- ✓ bus outings
- ✓ social events
- ✓ bingo
- ✓ reminiscence therapy
- ✓ cooking
- ✓ technology classes
- ✓ cultural activities
Allied health services
✓ 24/7 nursing on-site
Quality & compliance
- My Aged Care sub-ratings
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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
3/5
Staffing
1/5
Quality measures
Care time delivered: 218 minutes per resident per day (target 209), 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).
- Notice of Non-Compliance (NCN)
Fees
Fees not publicly disclosed by this provider.
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