Location
54 Queens Parade , ASHWOOD , 3147, VIC
Beds: 90
Category: Charitable
Provider: Cabrini Health Limited
Cabrini Residential Care Ashwood
Accreditation Status: Accreditation Report
Source: Aged Care Quality Agency
Cabrini Residential Care Ashwood
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Facilites and Services
A 90 bed residential aged care home where residents’ well-being and quality of life are enhanced by a range of social, recreational, spiritual and emotional support and activities.
Home is where everyone wants to live, but when home is no longer an option Cabrini Residential Aged Care is the next best thing. They will welcome you and your family with warmth and respect into the Cabrini Ashwood community. The staff are kind, happy and qualified and will provide you with compassionate and competent care.
Cabrini Ashwood offers private and shared accommodation all with their own ensuite and individual cooling and heating systems. The facility has numerous shared lounges, quiet spaces and recreational areas including beautiful gardens, an onsite chapel and a café. They provide high quality hospitality and food services to residents catering for individual dietary preferences.
Cabrini Residential Aged Care Ashwood offers:
- 24 hour nursing and personal care
- Choice of a local doctor
- Comprehensive, 7 days a week lifestyle and leisure program
- DVA liaison
- High quality hospitality and catering services with choice of menu
- Individualised care plan tailored to each resident's needs and preferences
- Special needs secure unit
- Specialised palliative and end of life care
- Specialised high level care for residents with complex care needs
- Strength and mobility program
- Visiting allied health care professionals
- Weekly religious services and access to dedicated pastoral care practitioners
Health care services
Cabrini Ashwood has podiatry, dental, optometry and audiology practitioners visit on a regular basis. In addition, they can arrange access to allied health professionals including occupational therapists, physiotherapists, speech pathologists and social workers on request or on referral. The residents are also welcome to continue to attend health practitioners of their choice in the community.
Lifestyle program
The weekly lifestyle program includes craft, knitting, cooking, book group, creative writing and poetry, carpet bowls, men’s group, happy hour, quizzes, board games, exercise groups, gardening, and bingo. They also organise regular bus outings, in house concerts and social events. Family and friends are always welcome to visit and join in the daily activities.
Some of the key programs include:
- Bus outings
- Chaperone Service
- Contemplation through music
- Facility pets and pet therapy
- Family buddy program
- Feel good services (hairdressing, beauty therapy, massage and reflexology)
- Religious services
- Volunteer support
Other Services
- Café
- Chapel
- Visitor meals (charges apply)
- WiFi
What benefits will an Aged Care Placement service provide to you?
The benefits of using an aged care placement service include:
- Guidance and support - An aged care placement service can provide expert guidance and support to help older adults and their families navigate the complex and often overwhelming process of finding and selecting appropriate long-term care options.
- Access to information - These services often have access to a wide range of information on available care options, including details on services, amenities, and costs.
- Advocacy - Aged care placement services can act as an advocate for older adults and their families, helping them to navigate the application and admissions process, and ensuring that their rights and preferences are respected.
- Coordination - They can help with coordinating the transition to a new care setting, including arranging for necessary medical evaluations, transferring personal belongings, and helping with other logistics.
- Time-saving - They can save a lot of time and effort for the older adults and their families in finding and selecting the appropriate care options.
- Cost-effective - It can be cost-effective as some agencies may have a contract with facilities to offer discounted rates.
- Tailored solutions - They can provide tailored solutions to the unique needs of older adults and their families.
MPIR reducing to 8.34% pa
The Maximum Permissible Interest Rate (MPIR) will reduce to 8.34% pa from
For a Refundable Accommodation Deposit (RAD) of $550,000 the equivalent Daily Accommodation Payment (DAP) reduces to $125.67 pd ($45,870 pa).
The Reserve Bank has kept the cash rate on hold for a few months, so we are seeing a very small decrease in the MPIR. This could mean that the MPIR has reached its peak and could be on the slide down.
Also from 1st April 2024, the refurbished Daily Accommodation Contribution (DAC) rate of $68.14 means an equivalent Refundable Accommodation Contribution (RAC) of $298,215. In June 2022 the RAC was $544,719, meaning that aged care homes that are “RAD-focused” are now less likely to look at fully supported / partially supported residents if the aged care home has already exceeded their 40% supported ratio, as the RAC has now dropped below $300,000.
The change in the MPIR to 8.34% is welcomed but should have no major impact on residents as they enter an aged care home from
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Simple RAD to DAP Conversion
Select RAD Amount: $
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Lump Sum of RAD Paid : $
DAP :$20.20 pd
Interest rate (MPIR) is: 8.34%pa
(effective 1/04/2024)