Southport Nursing Centre

Gold Coast Aged Care welcomes Southport Nursing Centre in Southport, TAS 7109 residents are encouraged to personalise their rooms by bringing items from their previous home.

Southport Nursing Centre is a 60 bed facility situated beside the beautiful winding Lotus Creek with its quiet banks of native bush. The new facility is light and airy, painted in tropical colours and includes a beautiful, fully enclosed central courtyard shaded in "sea blue" sails.

The building was renovated internally and fully refurbished at a cost of $2 million to be fully compliant with Commonwealth New Building Standards and is fully accredited.

Southport also provides an 11 bed dementia specific secure unit - 'Acacia'. It boasts a lifestyle and recreation program that is based on everyday home life - promoting a calm comforting settled environment for our Gold Coast residents.

Facilities:

49 high care beds

11 secure dementia care beds

Single level, light, bright décor throughout, happy and peaceful

24 hour nursing care and support

On-site cook providing nutritious meals and catering for special dietary requirements

On-site laundry service

Separate dining room, lounge and recreation areas

Physiotherapist and Mobility Therapists to assess, promote and improve mobility

Hairdressing salon, beauty therapy, podiatry

Recreation Activities Officers organises regular outings/special events (Melbourne Cup, St Patrick's Day) including bus trips, trivia, music quizzes, themed dinners, music and dance

Happy Hour

Regular BBQs for residents and their families

Church services and pastoral carer visits

Monthly residents and relatives meeting

Quarterly newsletter.