Gordonvale Nursing Home Pyramid Residential Care Centre

Pyramid Residential Care Centre is a custom designed and built facility, offering 76 high care needs beds for residents. Located in Gordonvale, the centre is set amongst 7 acres of lush gardens and manicured lawns, providing each of the rooms and buildings with plenty of open space and fresh air. It’s a feeling of home away from home.

The buildings are designed for wheelchair access, as are the garden pathways. There are various outdoor spaces for the residents to enjoy, including two pergolas, shaded undercover seating, sunny courtyards and garden spaces.

Most of the centre’s interior is air conditioned for resident comfort. There are various buildings, connected by undercover pathways, containing numerous communal social spaces. These include dining areas, a television watching area and recreation hall. We provide our residents with access to a range of facilities. Pyramid Residential Care Centre is a high care facility. We also cater for residents with dementia. Registered nursing staff and care staff are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Additional information can be found in our Residents Information Book and Conditions of Residence.

Our Accommodation

We provide residents with sole occupancy of a bed sitting room, with private en suite and courtyard. Each room has a wardrobe and single-bed with mattress, desk, chair, bedside table and reading lamps. The rooms are inclusive of linen, blankets, quilt and pillows, an easy chair, outside chair, phone socket and curtains. The bath / toilet areas have ceramic floor tiling, shower recess with special accessories, wash basin and toilet. Residents are encouraged to decorate their living space to suit their own personal taste, within reason. For more information on this, contact the Facility Manager Jennie Cotterill on 07 4056 1454 or info@pyramidresidentialcare.com.au There are three (3) couples rooms at the centre. A nurse call button is installed in every room, en suite and all communal areas, with 24/7 response.

Daily and Personal Care

Pyramid Residential Care Centre provides daily and personal care to all residents, including residential aged care, palliative care, non-dedicated respite care and secure dementia care. We encourage residents to live as independently as possible and assist with daily and personal care as and when needed. This includes bathing, toileting, dressing, grooming, room cleanliness, mobility around the centre, laundry and meal assistance.

Australian Government Approved Aged Care Home

We strive for continuous improvement in all areas of operation, with an underpinning commitment to always provide our residents with maximum quality of life, in a homelike environment. Our residents have a Charter of Rights and Responsibilities which they must adhere too. It forms part of the Residential Agreement and includes some of the below. The Charter has been developed by the Government and full details can be found on the Department of Health website.

Charter of Aged Care Rights

All people receiving Australian Government funded residential care, home care or other aged services in the community have rights. They have the right to:

  1. Safe and high-quality care and services
  2. Be treated with dignity and respect
  3. Have my identity, culture and diversity valued and supported
  4. Live without abuse and neglect
  5. Be informed about my care and services in a way I understand
  6. Access all information about myself, including information about my rights, care and services
  7. Have control over and make choices about my care, and personal and social life, including where the choices involve personal risk
  8. Have control over, and make decisions about, the personal aspects of my daily life, financial affairs and possessions
  9. My independance
  10. Be listened to and understood
  11. Have a person of my choice, including an aged care advocate, support me or speak on my behalf
  12. Complain free from reprisal, and to have my complaints dealt with fairly and promptly
  13. Personal privacy and to have my personal information protected
  14. Exercise my rights without it adversely affecting the way I am treated

For more information on the Aged Care Standards please call our Quality & Clinical Manager Shamma Arora.

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