Grant boost for Deloraine Aged Care

Residents’ rooms at Kanangra and Grenoch aged care facilities will be upgraded with a $2.4m federal grant.

Deloraine Aged Care CEO Nadine Ozols said the funding was a welcome boost, with Grenoch to receive $1m and Kanangra $1.36m.

‘At Grenoch we will upgrade the rooms with shared ensuites so that fewer residents share, and we’ll make some rooms bigger,’ she said.

‘At Kanangra we want to upgrade some of the older rooms to increase their size and allow more natural light in.’

Ms Ozols said that at Kanangra in particular, the small room size made ageing in place challenging because it was difficult to get equipment into them.

In addition, Aged Care Deloraine will install ceiling hoists in the renovated rooms, reducing the heavy machinery being moved by staff.

The capital grant is from the Federal Department of Health; $150m was available Australia-wide.

‘We couldn’t have afforded to make these changes without the grant,’ Ms Ozols said.