Location
75 Thames Street , BOX HILL , 3128, VIC
Beds: 120
Category: Religious
Provider: Uniting Agewell Limited
Uniting AgeWell Box Hill
Accreditation Status: Accreditation Report
Source: Aged Care Quality Agency
Uniting AgeWell Box Hill
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Facilities and Services
The well-established residence next to parklands in central Box Hill offers high quality, flexible care in a comfortable and welcoming environment.
Uniting Agewell Box Hill recognises that everyone’s needs are different. The focus is on supporting you to experience a sense of wellbeing, choice and independence at every age and stage of life, to feel a valued member of your community and to have easy access to the services you need to live the life you want.
Whether you need a little help with everyday living or more intensive support, the flexible and responsive services ensure you can get the most out of life, no matter where you are on your ageing journey.
Uniting Agewell Box Hill offer:
- 120 beds in eight cottages overlooking landscaped gardens and parklands
- Ensuite bathrooms and generous built-in wardrobes
- 24-hour, high-level clinical care delivered with dignity and respect by qualified and experienced staff
- Specialist dementia care and support
- Palliative care
- Dedicated chaplain on site to provide pastoral and spiritual care
- Access to allied health services including podiatry, physiotherapy and speech therapy
- Comfortable and spacious lounge rooms with cosy fireplaces and televisions
- Chapel area for worship and celebration times
- Couples accommodation
- Beautifully landscaped gardens including courtyards where residents can sit and enjoy their day
- Sensory garden
- Dynamic and engaging lifestyle and activities program based on the Montessori Method, including in-house activities and social outings, themed days and guest entertainers
- A quality dining experience, with well appointed tables and choices of food and drinks that cater for individual needs and preferences, cooked fresh by our qualified chefs
- On-site hairdresser
Uniting AgeWell Box Hill also offers social support and leisure activities through its adjoining Kangerong Day Centre, so no matter what your care needs are, they can assist you to get the most out of life.
Uniting AgeWell Box Hill is a fully accredited, experienced aged care provider committed to its values of respect, partnership, wisdom, fairness and stewardship.
To find out how we can support you or to arrange a personal tour, contact the team at Uniting AgeWell today.
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)