Wantirna residential aged care facility

251 Mountain Highway, Wantirna, Victoria, 3152, Australia

The Victorian Government is investing $81.58 million to build the new Wantirna residential aged care facility.

This 120-bed development will improve resident privacy, dignity and independence while delivering best-practice care in a home-like environment.

When complete, the facility will support a range of resident care needs and contemporary models of care to provide a dementia-friendly environment. The design aims to optimise physical and mental wellbeing through access to natural light, fresh air and views of the Dandenong Ranges.

The Wantirna residential aged care facility will be completed in the second half of 2022. It will form part of the Wantirna Health Precinct, a community-focused neighbourhood that provides integrated health and wellbeing services.

The development represents stage two of the Modernisation of metropolitan Melbourne public sector residential aged care strategy. This strategy aims to develop larger scale services that better meet community expectations. It will enable contemporary models of aged care that are dementia friendly, support mental health and suited to the needs of people with complex care needs.

$81.58M

INVESTMENT IN AGED CARE

120

RESIDENTIAL AGED CARE BEDS

SINGLE

ROOMS WITH PRIVATE ENSUITES

EXPANDED

HEALTH PRECINCT

Scope

The Wantirna residential aged care development will provide:

a 120-bed four level residential aged care accommodation
single rooms with private ensuites, grouped into pods of seven or eight to facilitate a home-like environment
a community room, café, sacred space and common areas
a new basement level, including back of house services, loading dock, kitchen and laundry
features to support a range of complex care needs and mobility, including those living with dementia
a connection to the existing Wantirna Health development for efficiency, safety and convenience, making it a community-focused neighborhood providing integrated health and wellbeing services.

Benefits

The Wantirna residential aged care development aims to provide the following benefits:

Specialist care

The 120-bed four level residential aged care facility will provide residents with high quality facilities and care. It will meet a range of complex needs including limited mobility and dementia.

A home-like environment

Residents will have improved privacy and dignity with single rooms and ensuites.

Enhanced community connection

Multipurpose common areas will support residents to provide meaningful engagement in activities and maintain family and community connections. The facility will also include a café and sacred space.

Healthy design

The architecture of the new facility seeks to improve the physical and mental wellbeing of residents and staff. Natural light-filled spaces and views out have been integrated into the design to increase the sense of connection to the natural environment.

Sustainability

Environmentally sustainable design features, including energy efficiency, are a key design consideration with this development.

Accessibility

The building will connect to the existing Wantirna Health facility for efficiency, safety and convenience. Wantirna Health will continue to provide palliative aged care, geriatric evaluation and management, allied health and support services.

Accommodating future need

The development has been designed to facilitate a future expansion to the south west corner of the Wantirna Health precinct if required. Consideration has been given to connection points to the reception, lifts and front of house spaces.

Partners

This project is being delivered by the Victorian Health and Human Services Building Authority in partnership with:

Eastern Health
Silver Thomas Hanley (architect)
ADCO Constructions (builder)
DHHS Public Service Residential Aged Care Services (PSRACS) Operations and Development team.