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mecwacare John Atchison Centre - 312 318 Derrimut Road HOPPERS CROSSING 3029
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mecwacare John Atchison Centre
Facilities and Services
mecwacare John Atchison Centre is located in Hoppers Crossing and provides care and accommodation for 100 residents in Melbourne's West.
One and two-bedroom suites are offered, with each featuring access to a garden or balcony. All rooms are single occupancy and include an ensuite bathroom. Two-bedroom suites feature kitchenettes.
Three comfortable dining areas are available for residents to use, along with spacious and relaxing lounge areas. An activities room is used for a variety of lifestyle programs and includes a tea and coffee area for visiting friends and family.
The lifestyle program has a great range of activities on offer for residents including cooking, sewing groups, regular outings, singing, dancing and more.
Other services and amenities at mecwacare John Atchison Centre include:
- 24-hour care and support provided by Registered Nurses, personal care and lifestyle staff
- Full accreditation under the Australian Aged Care Quality Agency
- Secure and protected environment
- Ageing-in-place accommodation
- Respite care when beds are available
- Lounge rooms with tea/coffee making facilities
- Two well-appointed dining rooms
- Private dining room for special celebrations
- Well established landscaped gardens
- Movie theatre
- Hairdressing salon
- Library
- Cafe
All Rooms
Modern furniture is provided in all rooms of the John Atchison Centre, including specialised beds, overhead table, one chair, bedside table and a cupboard.
Residents can bring their own furniture (excluding beds), or use mecwacare-provided designer furniture.
High quality carpet is used throughout the John Atchison Centre, creating a luxurious, at-home environment.
Premium linen and designer fabrics are utilised across the John Atchison Centre.
All rooms have generous storage space, including built-in wardrobes.
All resident room doors are lockable, and each has a lockable cupboard and bedside table drawer. Safes are available on request.
Installation of personal fittings will be carried out by mecwacare’s Maintenance Officer.
The individual climate of each room can be set by the resident through reverse-cycle air-conditioning and heating. Overhead lighting controls are in each room, and sensor lighting is used in all en-suites to enhance safety.
Windows designed to block out harmful UV radiation provide natural light in each room.
All rooms have private ensuites that are fully accessible, including absence of trip hazards on floor, built-in handrails on each toilet and handrails throughout the ensuite bathroom.
All rooms, ensuites and public areas have Nurse Call buttons. All resident rooms have telephones, and connections for free-toair television and Foxtel on connection by resident. Internet connections are installed for access if required.
Superior Room - with balcony
All rooms are private single accommodation with an ensuite bathroom.
Superior room - with garden
All rooms are private single accommodation in a double-room suite with an ensuite bathroom.
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312 318 Derrimut Road , HOPPERS CROSSING , 3029, VIC
Beds: 101
Community Based
Service Provider: MECWA
mecwacare John Atchison Centre
Accreditation Status: Accreditation Report
Source: Aged Care Quality Agency
MPIR reducing to 8.34% pa
The Maximum Permissible Interest Rate (MPIR) will reduce to 8.34% pa from
For a Refundable Accommodation Deposit (RAD) of $550,000 the equivalent Daily Accommodation Payment (DAP) reduces to $125.67 pd ($45,870 pa).
The Reserve Bank has kept the cash rate on hold for a few months, so we are seeing a very small decrease in the MPIR. This could mean that the MPIR has reached its peak and could be on the slide down.
Also from 1st April 2024, the refurbished Daily Accommodation Contribution (DAC) rate of $68.14 means an equivalent Refundable Accommodation Contribution (RAC) of $298,215. In June 2022 the RAC was $544,719, meaning that aged care homes that are “RAD-focused” are now less likely to look at fully supported / partially supported residents if the aged care home has already exceeded their 40% supported ratio, as the RAC has now dropped below $300,000.
The change in the MPIR to 8.34% is welcomed but should have no major impact on residents as they enter an aged care home from
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Interest rate (MPIR) is: 8.34%pa
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