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Karana is a particularly warm and vibrant community that is centrally located in leafy Kew. A majority of rooms have garden views and excellent proportions.
Baptcare Karana Community - Kew
Since 1959, Karana has been home to a strong and supportive community. From the moment you walk through the door, you’ll notice the warm and homely atmosphere. We pride ourselves on our community spirit and we encourage our residents to get involved in group activities. Our impressive lifestyle program has been curated to ensure a varied and exciting range of activities for all residents to enjoy.
Medical care
Our qualified and experienced staff provide the highest quality of nursing-led care, with Registered Nurses on-site 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Many of our nurses and personal carers are multi-lingual, with current staff members fluent in Italian, Russian, Nepalese, Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Hindi. Team members are assigned to a specific group of residents to enable continuity of care and ensure staff represent a constant, familiar presence in our residents’ lives.
Beyond 24/7 nursing care, other health services available on-site at Karana include:
- Foot care and podiatry
- Physiotherapy
- Speech therapy
- Diversional therapy
- GP home visits.
The Director of Nursing attends to all acute clinical care issues, ensuring prompt consultation with the appropriate healthcare professional and community health services, if required.
- Highlights
- A rich and varied lifestyle program
- Bright and fresh single rooms with ensuite
- Independent living apartments are also available
- Landscaped courtyards and gardens
- Onsite hairdresser and kiosk
- Strong volunteer and community network
- Home features
- Alcohol served
- BBQ area
- Beauty services
- Church services
- Computer and internet access
- Courtyard
- Dining room
- Emergency call service
- Fireplace
- Foxtel
- Gardens
- Hairdressing
- In-home chef
- Kitchen on-site
- Laundry on-site
- Library
- Lift
- Menu choices
- Newspaper
- Outdoor dining
- Pet(s) live on site
- Pets can visit
- Pharmacy services
- Phone in-room
- Resident buddy program
- Shop
- TV
- Vegetable garden
- Visitor parking
- Wi-Fi
- Activities
- Art therapy
- Arts and crafts
- Cooking classes
- Exercise classes
- Group games
- Music therapy
- Outings and excursions
- Pet therapy
- Social activities
- Cultures
- Anglo-Indian
- British
- Chinese
- Eastern European
- Greek
- Italian
- Jewish
- Northern European
- Polish
Location
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Rooms and pricing
Residential accommodation create their fees based on a RAD (Refundable Accommodation Deposit) and a daily rate. Many facilities will negotiate these fees. Use the calculator below to see how a lower RAD can be offset by a highly daily rate
How much have you got for a RAD payment?
Drag the slide to calculate accurate room costs in the table below.
| Room type | Cost | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Wattle shared room Shared room with Shared ensuite 18m2 | $275,000
maximum RAD | or | $62.84
maximum Daily rate | |
Wattle room Single room with Private ensuite 30m2 | $550,000
maximum RAD | or | $125.67
maximum Daily rate | |
Huon room Single room with Private ensuite 22.5m2 | $750,000
maximum RAD | or | $171.37
maximum Daily rate | |
Disclaimer
The information which is summarised herein does not constitute financial or other professional advice and is general in nature.
It does not take into account specific circumstances and should not be acted on without full understanding of your current situation.
Any objectives should be discussed with an Aged Care Financial Advisor.
Brochures for Baptcare Karana Community - Kew
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