The Lodge, a renovated aged care home in Adelaide, features updated resident rooms and common areas. It includes a specialised Memory Support Unit for residents with dementia. Located in the heritage-listed White House, it offers communal living and dining spaces. The grounds boast rose gardens, a historic fountain, and seasonal garden beds.
The home supports a person-centred care approach, providing varied social activities such as crafts and trips. Meals are prepared on-site by a chef, and health professionals visit regularly to ensure comprehensive care for residents.
Eldercare The Lodge Rating
Based on resident reviews and Government service audits.
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The Residents Experience rating shows what current residents at Eldercare The Lodge think of the food, staff, care and more. These ratings are from the 2024 Aged Care Quality Commission Survey.
Visiting my mother, and the care is superb.
Dont be fooled by nice surroundings and up market area. Lack of staff, especially on weekends. Lack of basic cares. Lack of experienced carers, especially regarding confused residents. Second rate meals. All this for the bargain price of $475,000 for a small room and $2000 per month in fees!! I had several meetings with incidents that had occurred with my dad. Nothing ever changed. My dad is now in a lovely facility where there are adequate staff who are genuinely caring. It all starts at management and Eldercare is severly lacking in that department also.
Some nurses run the place like a prison, my family members have been spoken to like criminals, especially when there was miscommunication with visiting hours can be very unprofessional.
I had a wonderful experience with my Mum at The Lodge. The staff were friendly to all residents and interactions were caring and compassionate. The rooms and facilities were all up to date and they are offer a wide range of activities for residents. Nothing was too much trouble and a carer always came within 10mins after using the call bell. The other residents were happy and friendly and interacted with each other too. I highly recommend The Lodge.
I promised my father I would find a good place for him. I failed him. Our family was very disappointed. Poor communication and handovers between staff - and also with the family, with the same issues being brought up over and over. Although there was a handful of wonderful staff, generally below-par care due to chronic understaffing, bells that were never answered.
No Accommodation fee for respite
You will only pay the Basic daily fee and may pay an additional services fee.
Concessional residents welcome
Eldercare The Lodge supports eligible government funded residents with subsidised fees.
Instead of paying a RAD you can choose to pay a Daily Accommodation Payment (DAP) which is a non-refundable daily fee, based on the room price and the maximum permissable interest rate set by the Department of Health and Aged Care.
Residents at Eldercare The Lodge on average received 208 minutes of total daily care (103% target) from a combination of support workers, enrolled and registered nurses. In October 2024, a Registered Nurse was on site 24:00 hours per day.
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What is the ACQSC star rating of Eldercare The Lodge?
This home has an overall ACQSC star rating of Acceptable.
What is the price range of residential aged care at Eldercare The Lodge?
Eldercare The Lodge has 3 different types of rooms which range in price between $600,000 and $700,000 maximum refundable accommodation deposit.
Updated: 30 November 2024