Location
40 Central Road , BLACKBURN , 3130, VIC
Beds: 202
Category: Private Incorporated Body
Provider: Regis Aged Care Pty Ltd
Regis Blackburn
Accreditation Status: Accreditation Report
Source: Aged Care Quality Agency
Regis Blackburn
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Facilities and Services
Located in the leafy natural bushland suburb of Blackburn, in close proximity to shops and public transport and right next to the renowned Blackburn Lake Sanctuary, Regis Blackburn (originally called Regis Lake Park) offers the best in contemporary aged care design.
Regis Blackburn’s gardens blend with the sanctuary’s bushland which is an oasis of wildlife and native birds. This blurring of boundaries enables Regis Ringwood residents to enjoy a feeling of space whilst enjoying the glorious cacophony of bird song.
Regis Blackburn offers high quality, personalised care and services for respite and permanent residential aged care, including single rooms, shared rooms and suites. They also have dedicated wings that specialise in care for the hearing impaired and dementia specific care.
Residents and families can enjoy the walking track that winds its way around the internal grounds next to the parkland. Within the home they provide premium services and amenities, including café spaces, lounge areas with gas fireplaces, private dining rooms, a cinema, and beautiful hairdressing salon.
As a Regis Club Services home, Regis Blackburn offers hotel-style services, a range of Club Services rooms and first class amenities. The 202 beds are spread across luxury suites, single rooms, a few shared or couples rooms and feature en suites and contemporary furnishings and finishes.
Dedicated Unit for Hearing Impaired Residents
Regis Blackburn has a dedicated wing to provide care and services to hearing impaired residents. Some of the care staff in this wing are deaf themselves, with others Auslan trained. Residents in the hearing wing benefit from interpreters to support delivery of high quality care, as well as a tailored lifestyle program. Regis Ringwood is built on the ground of a past Victorian deaf facility. The beautiful living environment includes direct access to a garden area, which features a resident veggie garden.
Regis
With over 25 years’ experience, Regis Aged Care is proud to provide residents with the support they need to live life on their terms.
Lifestyle
Regis believe it is vitally important to stay engaged with life, to stay involved with current interests and develop new ones. This is why at Regis they create a personalised lifestyle program for each resident and encourage the whole family to be involved.
Food
Regis understand how important nutritious and wholesome food is – that’s why they have qualified chefs, cooks and catering teams in all of their homes who cook on-site from scratch to deliver quality meals to each and every one of the residents.
Dementia Specific Services
Regis provides targeted services, specialised staff and facilities to support residents living with dementia. The dementia focused programs include PARO Therapy, Activity Stations, Table Top Activities, Music Memories, Resi @ Home and the Sundowners Program.
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)