Bethel Aged Care - Anzac Lodge

Snapshot

• Fully accredited, residential aged offering a homely, inviting environment.
• A large number of our residents are from an Italian speaking background with a multi cultural mix of staff with several Italian speaking staff as carers, lifestyle and administration.
• Anzac Lodge is a led by a General Manager and Care Manager who are both Registered Nurses DIV 1. The owner / director trained as a doctor through Melbourne University then worked at the Austin Hospital in Heidelberg.
• We do not necessarily require accommodation bonds (RADs) and you don't have to sell your home. We welcome applicants who have little to no assets.
  

Care Services

• We offer Respite Care, Day Care, Ageing in Place (Low to High Care, Dementia Care), Palliative Care.
• Registered Nurse Division 1 onsite 24/7 with a generous level of staffing. We already exceed the Royal Commission's target level of care minutes which takes effect in Oct 2023.
• Many of our staff have been with us for greater than 5 years.
• We embrace the use of technology to help deliver the best care possible - from using electronic systems to do most of our documentation to administering medications to dementia friendly robotic pets. 
• We rapid test all staff at least every 48 hrs and provide enhanced PPE (P2/N95 masks) to all who enter. We comply with vaccination requirements for staff. 

Accommodation

• We offer a range of rooms : spacious single rooms with private ensuite, some with interconnecting doors between adjacent rooms for couples and large single or twin share rooms in our memory support unit. Many of the rooms look out onto our beautifully landscaped courtyards.
• All rooms have the latest nurse call system, ample secure storage for personal belongings as well as the option of a private telephone.
• Foxtel is available in some wings as well as RAI (Italian) TV throughout the facility.
• Movie screening in our cinema room.
• Spacious courtyards with fountains, ponds, barbecue facilities, vegetable gardens and fruit trees (for residents who have a green thumb).

Meals

• Delicious meals are freshly cooked on site by our Italian Chefs. The menu offers Italian and non Italian main meal options daily and is created in consultation with our residents and Dietitian.
• We are able to cater for various needs including residents with diabetes or those who require vitamised meals.

Lifestyle and Leisure

• Anzac Lodge has a team of lifestyle and activities staff who work to tailor a lifestyle program for each resident to keep them engaged and connected with loved ones and the wider community.
• We provide a mix of virtual and onsite programs in a Covid safe manner in accordance with restrictions. 
• We have a pet budgie in a mobile aviary to visit residents in each wing.

Hairdressing

• Available to all residents, we have a dedicated purpose-built Hairdressing Salon staffed by a visiting hairdresser, where residents can continue to experience the pleasure of a visit to the hairdresser and look their Sunday best.
  

Security

• Anzac Lodge is protected by automatic security gates and doors, keypads & card readers, allowing access to authorised persons only. The key areas of the facility are monitored by video surveillance.

Laundry

• Anzac Lodge has an onsite commercial laundry, able to cater for most laundry needs. We also have a clothes labeling facility.

Contact details

• Please contact us by telephone, email or by visiting our website.