Planning Report

4.3.9 Residential Aged Care Facility

It is important to note that the Aged Care Facility has already been approved as part of the previous
application. Furthermore, the nature and scale of the proposal that forms part of the current
application is unchanged. That is, the Facility consists of 120 aged care beds, comprising low, high
and dementia care. However, changes have been made to improve the layout, design and function
including:

-   Building organisation is based on a linear model with centrally located services and lineal
    residential wings;
-   Car parking has been configured to allow for more efficient use of the site. And access egress has
    been simplified;
-   The separation of the dementia wing provides for greater amenity, privacy and sensitivity in the
    delivery of specialised 24h care;
-   The use of veranda’s and covered walkways are included to improve the pedestrian experience
    and general amenity experience of residences; and
-   The low and high care wings have been separated by a central multi use zone. Resident dining
    and socialisation areas are centralised for ease of supervision and service provision.




     Approved Aged Care                                           Proposed Aged Care
Please refer to appendix B for plans of the Aged Care Facility.




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