Lynden Aged Care

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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.”