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Respect - Tongala Memorial — aged care facility

Respect - Tongala Memorial

18 Purdey St, Tongala VIC 3621, 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 4.3★ (16 reviews)

Type
Residential aged care
Operator
not for profit
Established
1925
Nursing
24/7
  • respite
  • dementia
  • palliative

Tongala Memorial is a 70-bed residential aged care home established in 1925 in Tongala, Victoria. The facility provides residential, respite, palliative, and secure dementia care with 24-hour registered nursing and allied health support including physiotherapy, speech therapy, and dietetics. Modern rooms feature private ensuites, WiFi, and air conditioning, with access to recreational amenities including a chapel, library, gardens, and the world's first Men's Shed. Residents enjoy a comprehensive activity programme with community outings, visits available in-person or by video call, and fresh meals prepared daily on-site.

Amenities

  • ✓ chapel
  • ✓ library
  • ✓ garden
  • ✓ hairdresser
  • ✓ communal lounge
  • ✓ activity room

Activities & lifestyle

  • ✓ social events
  • ✓ bus outings

Allied health services

physio speech dietitian other

✓ 24/7 nursing on-site

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

2/5

Quality measures

Care time delivered: 244 minutes per resident per day (target 221), of which 56 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.

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