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Preferred Vendors

Cura Health:

curahealth.com.au

Time Target:

timetarget.com

which is our supplier and we have a good

relationship with them. If they want to try

a new component to their software we

are always happy to try it out for them.”

Independent living units

Six two-bedroom units are available

for independent living. This upscale

development has a host of facilities

including

carpeted

lounge

and

bedrooms, hydronic heating and split

system air-conditioning, basement

parking with security key lift access and

a 24/7 nurse call button. A weekly fee

provides gardening services, property

maintenance and unit cleaning.

Laundry,

podiatry,

physiotherapy,

meal services and hairdressing

services are available at an extra cost.

In the event that occupants need

greater care, priority access to the

Lynden Aged Care facility is provided.

“Individual units are at 51, Lynden

Street, so they are quite separate and

distinct and not connected at all to the

residential aged care facility,” points

out Ann Turnbull, “The idea is if people

are downsizing, they might move into

one of these independent living units,

knowing that in the future they might

need to come into care. But when they

are in the independent living units, they

can buy services like food or laundry

or care from the residential facility, to

help them stay in their independent

living units as long as they can.”

Future plans

A $20 million refurbishment and

expansion plan is under way at Lynden

Aged Care and 20 beds will be added

to the facility by March, 2017, making

for a total of 100 beds. Currently

the residential facility runs at full

capacity and there is a long waiting list.

Ann Turnbull clarifies the plans of

Lynden Aged Care, “The main objective

is to maintain our waiting list so that

when a room becomes vacant there

is somebody else waiting to come in.

We would like to be able to plough our

profitsback into thebusiness to increase

lifestyle activities. It would also be nice to

haveaconciergepersonwhowouldmake

sure that the residents are happy and

that theresident’s familiesaregettingthe

support that they need. We really don’t

see a future where we will be expanding

and growing and we think that once we

are at 100 beds, that’s all we want to be

and any profits then will go back into the

business, making the services better.”