RESIDENTS from the Calvary Bonbeach aged care centre will move to the company’s George Vowell centre, Mount Eliza and other Victorian centres.
There are 49 residents at Bonbeach and the Mount Eliza centre has been expanded to include an extra 19 beds.
“Clinically suitable” residents from Bonbeach will get priority to live in the new wing at Mount Eliza which has bedrooms with private bathrooms “among contemporary living spaces indoors and outdoors to support ageing in comfort”.
The company says the Bonbeach building mostly had shared bathrooms and bedrooms and was “unable to meet the expectations of contemporary age care services into the future”.
Calvary says Bonbeach will “cease operations” by 31 May and support the transition of staff and residents to one of its 30 other Victorian centres or another aged care provider.
The Station Street site of Calvary Bonbeach will be sold.
“Closing Bonbeach has been a very difficult decision,” Calvary’s acting regional chief executive for Victoria Bryan McLoughlin said.
“At Calvary we are committed to our mission to serve our communities through modern and high quality care services, and we will be supporting our Bonbeach residents and staff to ensure a smooth transition to a new home offering more suitable and contemporary amenities.”
Calvary’s history in Australia dates back to 1885, when six sisters sailed into Sydney to continue the mission of Venerable Mary Potter and the Sisters of the Little Company of Mary.
Today, Calvary has hospitals, home and virtual care services, retirement living and residential aged care homes in five states and two territories.
Details: calvarycare.org.au
First published in the Mornington News – 27 February 2024
