Park Lane Croydon
Park Lane Croydon
295 299 Maroondah Highway CROYDON 3136
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Facilities and Services
Park Lane Croydon is a Registered and Accredited Comonwealth Aged Care Facility that is managed by the Willoughby family to help support your family. Norsan Pty Ltd is a privately owned and operated family company that provides the day to day "hands on" management of Park Lane Croydon Residential Aged Care and has provided care and support to the elderly since 1988.
The Willoughby family are justifiably proud to be recognised by our local Maroondah community as a provider of exceptional care and service.
Being family owned and operated, Park lane provides traditional and long standing family values, personal relationships and they understand the value of good service.
Park Lane Croydon supports each Resident’s physical, emotional and spiritual care needs by employing qualified, skilled and caring staff who apply a holistic approach to each Resident’s individual needs.
Care services available at Park Lane Croydon include:
- 24 Hour Nursing Care
- Dietician
- Diversional Therapy
- Physiotherapy
- Speech Pathology
- Palliative Care
- Choice of Doctor
- Dental
- Optical
- Wound Specialist
- Audiology
- Pathology
- Podiatry
- Pharmacy
- Occupational Therapist
Residents Rooms
Resident rooms are beautifully furnished and provide a warm and comfortable living environment with window views overlooking water features, formal gardens, themed court yards or open park views. Each room incorporates appropriate privacy and safety measures including nurse-call, slip resistant flooring and individual ensuite bathrooms.
Common areas include spacious lounge rooms, elegant dining rooms, comfortable sitting rooms with tea making facilities, Chapel, activities room, café, hair dressing salon, spa room and physiotherapy room.
Outdoors
Beautifully landscaped gardens surround the many courtyards which provide a lovely setting for Residents to relax and enjoy the surrounds of the water features, the rose arbour and alfresco café area. Outdoor activities include lawn bowls, golf (on the putting green), gardening in the raised planter gardens or a stroll along the board walk amongst the gum trees.
The rear of the Park Lane home provides access to Warrien Reserve, a beautiful native bush parkland reserve, complete with children’s playground and undercover BBQ facilities – ideal for family visits and picnics.
Lifestyle Program
The Lifestyle Program ensures that each Resident has the opportunity to participate in meaningful social activities, to form friendships, enjoy visiting entertainers and involve themselves with various other social and individual personalised activities. Whether it is a sing along during Happy Hour, participation in our crafts programs, Bingo, Church services or outings, the Lifestyle staff ensure a wide range of activities so that each Resident can have an enjoyable time.
Quiet areas are also available throughout the facility for Residents to organise and participate in their own social activities such as cards or board games with other Residents, family and friends. The Men’s group program includes activities such as wood working, gardening, talks by guest speakers and outings to places of interest.
At Park Lane Croydon, Residents are encouraged and supported to maintain existing social and community interests.
Meals
Delicious meals are prepared from fresh produce and are cooked daily on site by our qualified Chef and catering staff. Our menu, created in consultation with our residents and dietician, is planned to provide a balanced diet while offering a wide variety with an emphasis on home style cooking.
Park Lane are also able to cater for special diets for cultural, religious or medical reasons should they be required. Along with main meals, morning tea, afternoon tea and supper are also catered for with an emphasis on fresh home baking
Other Features
- Spacious Lounge Rooms
- Elegant Dining Rooms
- Comfortable Sitting Rooms with Tea Making Facilities
- Single Rooms with Private Ensuite
- Private Dining Room
- Physiotherapy Room
- Activities Room
- Boardwalk
- Activities Room
- Cafe / Alfresco
- Art Studio
- Chapel
- Feature Courtyards
- Function Room
- Golf Putting Green
- Hair Dressing Salon
- In room Wifi
- Landscaped Gardens
- Lawn Bowls
- Library
- Raised Planter Gardens
- Theatre
Park Lane Croydon is committed to providing quality care in a supportive, safe and homelike environment while maintaining individual privacy, dignity, choice and independence.
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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Location
295 299 Maroondah Highway , CROYDON , 3136, VIC
Residents: 104
Type: Private Incorporated Body
Provider:
Norsan Pty Ltd
Park Lane Croydon
Accreditation Status: Accreditation Report
Source: Aged Care Quality and Safety Agency
RAD/DAP Conversion
Select RAD Amount: $
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Lump Sum RAD Paid : $
DAP :$20.20 per day
Interest rate (MPIR) is: 8.34%pa
(effective 1st April 2024)