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Aged Care, an 80 bed community
owned organisation, have the benefit
of living in idyllic surroundings
where they are taken care of by
highly trained staff who show
genuine warmth and compassion
as they go about their duties.
The facilities are divided into high
care, low care and extra services and
each category provides older people
an unsurpassed level of support,
while maintaining the dignity of each
individual. Residents are treatedwith the
greatest degree of kindness and every
effort is made to meet their individual
physical, mental and spiritual needs.
Lynden Aged Care has the distinction
of having a very favourable staff to
resident ratio with one carer for every
ten residents in low care and one carer
for every five residents in high care.
Ann Turnbull, CEO of Lynden Aged
Care, describes the strengths of
the facility, “The facility here has all
single rooms which are much bigger
than in a lot of other places and we
also have a higher staff to resident
ratio than in other places. The staff
have time to spend with the residents
because a lot of people just want to
sit down and have a chat for a few
minutes. So we have more hours of
care, with the result that staff spend
more time with the residents. We
really do try and make it a home
away from home. You know, you bring
your furniture, you set it up as you
want to, come and go as you please.
Proximity counts, so visitors can
come and go whenever it suits them.”
The facility is located amidst beautiful
gardens and each of the rooms is
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