For more than 20 years, James Barker House Aged Care Centre in Footscray has provided aged care services to the local community. James Barker House specialises in providing residential aged care for everyone, with a special focus on those who are marginalised, vulnerable, or who are at risk of becoming homeless. The Centre has developed programs for people whose lifestyles have been adversely impacted by alcohol and tobacco usage to uphold their wellbeing and dignity, and support them in living a healthy and independent life as much as possible.Key services and features: • All levels of care provided including respite care, permanent care, memory support and palliative care
• Behavioural and mental health support are also available
• Fully accredited and government-approved aged care centre
• Person-centred model of care, with personalised care plans based on each resident's needs
• 24-hour onsite nursing and care staff
• NDIS services and support are available to eligible residents of the Centre
• All rooms are single rooms with private ensuites
• Raised garden beds and beautiful gardens
• Outdoor communal living areas
• Seasonally rotating menus and delicious meals freshly prepared by a professional catering team
• Lifestyle, wellbeing and exercise programs, tailored to each resident's needs and preferences
• Pets for residents to enjoy
• Theatre room and hairdressing salon
• Full-time Salvation Army Chaplain onsite for pastoral and spiritual care, if desired
Centrally located in Melbourne’s inner western suburbs, with convenient access to nearby shops and public transport, our aged care residence in Altona North – ‘Marina’ – is a modern and friendly residential aged care home. Marina proudly offers a comprehensive array of senior care services, catering to the diverse needs of older people seeking quality nursing home and aged care options in Altona North.TLC Aged Care Altona North has an extensive range of on site services available making Marina a unique place to live, including a community medical centre, allied health services including a hydrotherapy pool, gym, physiotherapy, dietetics, podiatry, a resident’s sports bar and café, and virtual reality cinema. The design and layout of Marina is bright and airy, providing high calibre care in a contemporary setting. A choice of outdoor areas, combined with open living spaces, gives our home an inviting and sociable atmosphere. You and your family are also welcome to enjoy the sunny courtyards and BBQ facilities.At Marina, we take pride in offering our residents a lifestyle that is supportive of their care requirements, whilst promoting independence and dignity. Our care team incorporates on-site general practitioners, registered nurses on duty 24-hours a day, physiotherapists, dietitians, podiatrists, a psychologist, personal carers and wellbeing coordinators. Together with you, our professional team will develop a care plan specifically tailored to your needs and personal preferences.
In our specially designed memory support environment, our highly trained team applies an innovative approach to meeting the needs of people living with dementia. Marina also offers respite care as an alternative to full-time residential care.Our Resident Liaison is available on 0498 116 653 to discuss your individual needs and provide you with a tour of our home.
Altona Gardens Care Community is located on a quiet street in Altona North, 20 minutes from the Melbourne CBD with easy access from the West Gate Freeway. We are known for our welcoming, vibrant, and inclusive environment, we have a diverse representation of cultural heritage. Residents of our Care Community enjoy our terrace and gardens which offer peaceful spaces to spend time with family and friends or have moments of quiet reflection.
Care at Altona Gardens
We offer a relaxing environment with the compassionate and personalised care of 24/7 registered nurses. Our experienced leadership work alongside a capable and confident team to offer residential aged care, palliative care, dementia care and respite care. Allied health professionals also visit regularly. Our memory care neighbourhood provides an environment custom-designed to support the individual needs of residents who are living with dementia. We recognise that understanding the big and the little details about how you like to live each day is important to us – so that we can help you feel at home, have the right support and live your best life in our care.
Daily Living at Altona Gardens
Our residents enjoy all kinds of creative pursuits, be it singing, music, arts or crafts, or even the occasional game of bocce. Our gardens are a source of pleasure for many, and our elevated vegetable patch is nurtured by residents in our gardening club, who enjoy harvesting fresh produce for our in-home chef to cook up at mealtimes.
With us, you’re free to enjoy your interests, independently or with others, continue to learn and try new things, and participate in Altona Gardens life – so you can enjoy your day, your way.
Keilor East Manor Care Community offers beautiful living spaces in a modern yet homely environment with spacious single and companion rooms. We are located 13km north-west of Melbourne CBD so our residents and their families can enjoy being conveniently close to local cafes, restaurants, Milleara and Highpoint Shopping Centres and transportation.
Care at Keilor East Manor
We offer a relaxing environment with the compassionate and personalised care of 24/7 registered nurses. Our experienced leadership work alongside a capable and confident team to offer residential aged care with palliative care, dementia care and respite care services. Allied health professionals also visit regularly. We recognise that understanding the big and the little details about how you like to live each day is important to us – so that we can help you feel at home, have the right support and live your best life in our care.
Daily living at Keilor East Manor
We’re a happy and inclusive care community where everyone is welcome. When the sun’s out you’ll see residents enjoying our light filled courtyard - ideal for spending time with family and friends or having quiet moments of reflection. We’re a pet friendly community and our team members’ pets are regular visitors, providing delight and companionship to our residents. It’s an environment where you’re free to enjoy your interests, independently or with others, continue to learn and try new things, and participate in Keilor East Manor life – so you can enjoy your day, your way.
Located just two kilometers from Melbourne’s CBD, Rathdowne Place Aged Care is a stylish and beautifully appointed residence that will help you enjoy a unique modern lifestyle at whatever pace you choose.
Our private rooms and suites have been designed to support your comfort and independence, with our expert staff on-hand to respond when you need them. Your room offers you a place to relax, have your own space, add your personal touch and host visitors.
On every residential floor, indoor and outdoor social spaces and lounge areas are yours to enjoy. Spacious garden courtyards and balconies connect to living areas, allowing life to spill out into the fresh air.
The best way to know if a place feels like home is to come and take a personal tour. Please contact us to arrange yours. We’d love to show you around. Types of care available
Permanent residential careRespite careMemory supportAllied healthPalliative care
Be part of a community where your needs are front and centre. At The Alba, we have designed a residential aged care community in which the highest clinical standards are matched by a warm, personal touch. Our team members are highly experienced, and they take the time to get to know you.
The Alba has been designed with you in mind delivering the perfect balance of style, elegance, and comfort across eleven levels. Our Better Together design principles ensure that your wellbeing and quality of life remain our core focus. This focus is central to every element of design throughout the building and the way in which we provide services.
Your suite is your own private haven where you can relax, read, spend time with visitors or catch up on your favourite television shows. We’ve designed each suite to provide the comforts of home while maximising space and mobility, accommodating your changing needs, and ensuring your privacy and independence. Make it your own by personalising it with treasured belongings, photos, artwork and mementos.
Suites at The Alba are visionary in design featuring the small household model to make you feel right at home. Each self-contained household has its own kitchen, dining room and living room. Comforting, familiar spaces like those you’d find in any home. This model of care enables you to participate in household life and allows for you to make decisions on the rhythms of your daily routine.
We have a range of innovative, bespoke services that ensure you are supported and cared for according to what you want. Our vision is to provide older people with accommodation and care that promotes dignity, independence, confidence and safety, while bringing joy to residents and their families. We call this person-centred approach our Better Together model and this lies at the very heart of The Alba.
Community is paramount, with opportunities for companionship and connection in a stimulating environment. You will always feel safe and secure, with discreet security measures in place. Our innovative and forward-thinking design harnesses new technologies that will benefit you, while incorporating sustainable solutions that allow us to work towards a better future.
Invite your friends and family to your home at The Alba to enjoy a meal at our rooftop restaurant. Located on Level 15, the views are as sensational as the food, which is prepared by our in-house executive chef and team. You can also meet at the ground floor café for morning or afternoon tea, the perfect place to spend time with your family and soak up the lakeside atmosphere.
We work hard to make sure you receive the highest quality care and allied health support, while nurturing your needs and providing you with a sense of belonging.
Our goal for The Alba is to be a safe and supportive place for you to call home. Our care and clinical teams are here when you need them, and they’re trained to notice the little changes that can make a big difference to your wellbeing. We know that there may be a period of adjustment as you make the transition to your new home, so we’ll work closely with you and your loved ones to navigate this change.
Located in the heart of Fitzroy North is our iconic aged care residence – ‘Clifton Views’ – Melbourne’s first high-rise residential aged care home. TLC Clifton Views is a chic and sophisticated residential aged care home centrally located to Queens Parade shops and public transport. Clifton Views proudly offers a comprehensive array of senior care services, catering to the diverse needs of older people seeking quality nursing home and aged care options in Fitzroy North. Clifton Views is located within a short distance of public transport, the Eastern Freeway and Melbourne’s major hospitals.The design and decor of Clifton Views reflect its inner-city location and the vibrant local community. The design of this welcoming aged care home promotes a sense of style, sophistication and urban living. Natural light floods into the living areas from the floor to ceiling windows, allowing residents living with limited mobility the opportunity to enjoy the magnificent views from the internal spaces.TLC Aged Care Fitzroy North has an extensive range of on site services available making Clifton Views a unique place to live, including a community medical centre, allied health services, gym, physiotherapy, dietetics and podiatry, a resident’s sports bar and café, and virtual reality cinema.Each of the nine accommodation levels at Clifton Views is independent with its own lounge and dining areas. With a limited number of rooms and dedicated staff on each level, Clifton Views provides you with the privacy and personalised care you deserve.In our specially designed memory support environment, our highly trained team applies an innovative approach to meeting the needs of people living with dementia. Clifton Views also offers respite care as an alternative to full-time residential care.
Our Resident Liaison is available on 0429 807 227 to discuss your individual needs, and to provide you with a tour of our home.
Our newest purpose-built Aged Care residence is now officially openWith around the clock staff, social activities and easy access to a range of health practitioners, BSL Aged Care Clifton Hill is an enjoyable space and home. Located opposite the Darling Gardens, BSL Aged Care Clifton Hill is right on the city’s doorstep.
Our architecturally designed four-storey building boasts spacious individual rooms with ensuite bathrooms, individually controlled heating and cooling, light-filled communal areas and strong connections with the local community. The building has many sustainability features and has access to gardens and parklands across the road.
We offer quality care and friendship in a warm and welcoming environment. Here, we take the time to get to know you well, and will work with you to tailor a plan to suit your individual preferences and circumstances.
Your independence and right to choose how you live is important, which is why at BSL Aged Care Clifton Hill you are involved in all of the decision-making about your care.
You can choose from a wide range activities from our lifestyle program. We will also assist you in pursuing the interests and activities you enjoyed before moving in.
Our qualified staff are present around the clock, and you have access to visiting doctors and other health practitioners including physiotherapists, podiatrists, dieticians and psychologists. We also provide specialised care and tailored activities for residents with dementia.Whatever your needs, our experts can talk you through all of your options. Get in touch today and we'll help find a solution that's right for you. Call 1300 148 148 or email ResidentialAgedCare@bsl.org.au
Welcome to the charming Bupa Windsor aged care, set in a beautiful inner-city suburb close to Albert Park Lake, Prahran market and the St Kilda foreshore. This modern home is just a short walk from the vibrant shops and café culture of Chapel Street, public transport and the Melbourne Bowling Club.Outdoors, you’ll discover a beautiful retreat, with covered and open courtyards packed with native Australian and Mediterranean plants. For those who like to keep busy, there’s a men’s shed and raised garden beds. Inside you’ll find a range of cosy lounges, dining and sitting rooms, all tastefully decorated to make you feel at home.There are also quiet spaces to enjoy a cuppa with your loved ones. If you like pets, you can look forward to a friendly welcome from the resident canary and fish who call Bupa Windsor home too!Your activities and programsYour passionate lifestyle team are committed to providing you with a range of activities for you to get involved with. Some activities that you will have the opportunity to get involved with include: cultural and spiritual activities, cognitive activities including puzzles, exercise sessions, community events, in-home entertainment, and movies.Care features:Respite short-stay careDementia carePalliative and end-of-life carePersonalised care plansRegistered nurse available 24/7Assistance with daily living and clinic careNurse Practitioner and Clinical Leader connecting you with a team of healthcare professionals
Close to Yarraville's vibrant shopping village, Yarraville Village places you near this suburb's famous café scene, historic 'The Sun' picture theatre and tended gardens.
Designed to blend into the local neighbourhood streetscape, Yarraville's beautiful courtyard gardens even include a thriving vegetable patch.
Yarraville Village provides high and low care services as well as respite care. The centre accommodates 45 beds in single bedrooms with ensuite bathrooms.
Yarraville's nurses and carers design a flexible lifestyle program that incorporates resident activities on-site as well as regular bus outings.
With an abundance of transport options right on the doorstep, Yarraville residents are just a few minutes from the city centre. People of all backgrounds will feel welcome in Yarraville.
Doutta Galla is a well managed aged care provider employing an experienced, enthusiastic team of nurses and carers.
We deliver consistent, high quality care and offer a broad range of accommodation options designed with resident comfort and individual needs in mind.
Recognised for our diverse lifestyle activities, we listen to residents and families, providing welcome support, advice and opportunities to get the most out of life.
Maribyrnong's most advanced and community minded home for the elderly, Doutta Galla Footscray combines state of-the-art accommodation and a full range of residential and respite care options.
Ideally situated minutes from Footscray's famous markets, Docklands and Melbourne CBD, this brand new facility delivers high quality of life in the city centre.
Doutta Galla Footscray houses 88 beds in single and double rooms with spacious ensuites as well as personal telephone and high speed internet access.
We also offer extra service status places for people who seek more choices and premier accommodation.
Divided into four linked sections, each with its own courtyard, boutique hotel-styled accommodation incorporates environmental design philosophies and makes the most of natural light.
A range of communal and private areas throughout the facility offer comfortable spaces, outside of resident rooms, in which to relax or catch up with family and friends.
Our team of Registered Nurses and Carers delivers consistent and personalised care 24 hours a day. Dining menus are developed by nutritionists and fresh, delicious meals are prepared onsite.
Maintaining strong links to ethnic community groups and employing multilingual carers, we shape our services so that residents can express themselves in the manner to which they are accustomed.
Doutta Galla is a well managed aged care provider employing an experienced, enthusiastic team of nurses and carers. We deliver consistent, high quality care and offer a broad range of accommodation options designed with resident comfort and individual needs in mind.
Recognised for our diverse lifestyle activities, we listen to residents and families, providing welcome support, advice and opportunities to get the most out of life.
Royal Freemasons Footscray is a residential aged care facility conveniently located just moments away from the bustling city of Melbourne. Nestled in tranquil and well-established gardens, this facility offers a serene and peaceful living environment and a welcoming, multicultural community.Providing specialised care to 60 residents, Footscray features a broad range of different rooming configurations to accommodate all types of preferences and budgets, with additional features such as ensuite access and direct garden/courtyard access to choose from.With a team of experienced multilingual staff, Footscray also offers specialised, high needs care for members of the Vietnamese and Chinese communities.
At Westgate Aged Care Facility, we understand how difficult and confusing it can be when you are looking for residential care for a loved one.
Westgate is a fully accredited 90 bed facility offering nursing care and accommodation to the frail aged, and has been a proud part of the Newport community since 1981. With our local knowledge and years of experience, we can help alleviate some of the stress involved with placing a loved one in residential care.
Westgate promotes a positive attitude in caring for the residents. We encourage independence and personal choice whenever possible, and our aim is to assist residents to attain and maintain a quality of life.
We believe residents are entitled to the highest standard of care and we recognise the rights, dignity and needs of the individual. Our qualified and competent staff are employed 24 hours a day, seven days a week to care for our residents’ every need.
Westgate Aged Care Facility is determined to provide high quality residential care through a partnership of residents and their representatives, employees, suppliers, the proprietor and the community.
A Physiotherapist offers assistance and education to residents, staff and families.
Our Activities Coordinator and Assistants offer a varied program suited to the abilities and interests of residents.
Level of care you require
Westgate Aged Care Facility offers a high level of care. To be eligible for admission, it is important to make an appointment to view the facility and meet with the Director of Nursing/Manager. You will need to have an assessment from the Aged Care Assessment Service.
Fees and charges
The fees & charges are set by the Commonwealth Government. Daily care fees and any accommodation charges depend on your pension status, and are all determined by the Department of Social Services. An additional income test may be required of some residents.
We are happy to assist with information if you are not sure where to begin.
Our facility offers:
Single rooms with private ensuite.
Couples room with private ensuite.
Respite care (by arrangement.)
Year round temperature control.
Personal telephone and TV ports to all rooms.
Wardrobe and chest of drawers with lockable compartment in all rooms.
Around the clock registered nursing care.
Secure rooms.
Therapy services (podiatrist, dietitian, speech therapist, optometrist and dentist.)
Residents’ choice of doctors and specialists.
Resident care plans developed in conjunction with resident, family and doctor.
A range of activities and social events.
Beautiful home-made meals.
A four-weekly rotating menu, considering special dietary requirements and cultural specific requirements.
Lounges with entertainment facilities.
Fully equipped hairdressing room.
Multi-purpose large activity rooms (religious services, meetings, social activities etc.)
Secure central courtyards with BBQ facility.
On site library
Private, secure “Peace Garden” courtyard.
State of the art Hydraulic Spa Bath.
Tea and coffee facilities for families.