Mary Guthrie House Nursing Home

Gold Coast Aged Care welcomes Mary Guthrie House Nursing Home in Kew, VIC 3101 residents are encouraged to personalise their rooms by bringing items from their previous home.

Mary Guthrie House is a 30 bed inpatient unit for persons aged 16-64 who suffer from severe cognitive and psychiatric disability and/or major neurocognitive disorder as currently defined in DSM-V.Given the diverse problems faced by this client group the unit is split into two areas that provide different focus and expertise. This is a 10 bed secure ward for persons who need preferrential focus on their psychiatric or behavioural disability rather than their physical disability. It is approved for involuntary psychiatric treatment and staffing includes psychiatry nursing allied health recreation and PSO's (psychiatric service officers). Clients who have additional funding packages may also receive input from external providers so long as these providers have honorary approval and comply with workforce requirements of Austin Health.