Design to promote dignity, privacy and independence

A new $57.11 million project will see Victoria's Glenview Community Care Nursing Home relocated to Rutherglen.

The project is part of the Regional and Rural Public Sector Residential Aged Care Services Revitalisation Strategy to modernise aging facilities with purpose-built facilities that better meet community expectations. The Victorian Budget 2022/23 invested a further $142 million to redevelop and upgrade public sector residential aged care services across Victoria as part of this strategy.

The new 50-bed aged care Rutherglen facility will feature a single bedroom and private ensuite for each resident, promoting dignity, privacy and independence.

Delivered in partnership with Indigo North and architect ClarkeHopkinsClarke, the new facility will feature a community room, sacred space and other common areas for residents to interact with each other as well as with family and friends.

Victorian Minister for Disability, Ageing and Carers Anthony Carbines recently released a first look at the new facility, which will give residents a place that feels like home.

“We’re upgrading our aged care services to provide modern, purpose-built facilities — and most importantly, deliver the care older Victorians deserve,” Carbines said.

“The new facilities in Rutherglen will meet a range of complex care needs — meaning locals won’t have to move away to access care and can stay connected to family and community.”

The project embeds an amalgamation of research and design to create an environment that is dementia-friendly, connected to the community, universally accessible and enables contemporary models of care focused on resident and staff wellbeing, according to ClarkeHopkinsClarke.

The facility’s facade and internal fit-outs have been designed to provide residents with a modern, safe and comfortable place to call home as well as a safe and efficient workplace for staff.

Early works are expected to commence in late 2022 with the project completed by mid-2025.

Member for Northern Victoria Jaclyn Symes said, “This new and bigger facility will mean our hardworking healthcare workers can continue to give older Victorians in the North East the best possible care in the best possible environment.”

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