Wesley Rayward Carlingford

Gold Coast Aged Care welcomes Wesley Rayward Carlingford in Carlingford, NSW 2118 residents are encouraged to personalise their rooms by bringing items from their previous homes.

Wesley Rayward Carlingford features 74 boutique single accommodation rooms, 14 of which are in a dedicated dementia unit. The development also includes 16 new independent living units at the adjacent Alan Walker Village, bringing the total there to 220 ILUs.

It is a hotel/resort type facility with high-tech monitoring and 24-hour nursing care. All rooms have an ensuite, emergency call button, hi-lo adjustable bed and plasma television. The fully air conditioned facility has an interactive communications system via residents' television screens. Services include a hairdressing salon, internet café, cinema, kiosk, coffee shop, therapy rooms for allied health professionals, chapel and lounge and relaxation areas for residents to mingle.

Activities on the menu include games, crafts, concerts, movie afternoons and bus trips. The dementia unit has a purpose designed indoor area and outdoor courtyard. The courtyard includes unencumbered circular pathways, an immobilised car on blocks, clothes hoist and laundry, raised garden bed and potting shed, and a bus stop and post box. There is a fireplace and hearth indoors plus a retro style working kitchen with adjustable bench heights and a typewriter.

The facility, which is named after the late Rev Dr Frank Rayward, who was the Superintendent of Wesley Mission from 1938 to 1957, was officially opened on 1st March, 2013.