Location
125 Golf Links Road
Frankston VIC 3199
Contact Details
Tel: (03) 9783 7277
Fax: (03) 9783 7515
About Carinya Residential Aged Care Service
Carinya is a 30-bed purpose built Aged Persons Mental Health Residential Care Facility designed to provide high level nursing care to residents who are unable to be managed effectively in a generic high level care facility. It is an interim care facility which provides specialist care until a resident no longer requires this level of care and is able to move to alternative accommodation that meets the resident’s need at that time.
Carinya is fully accredited with the Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency. Accreditation reports are available on the Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency website.
Accomodation
Carinya consists of three houses each catering for 10 residents. Each house contains a lounge room, dining room, sitting room, kitchen, laundry and shared shower/toilet facilities. Meals are served in the dining room of each house.
All houses are furnished but residents are able to furnish their rooms with some personal items. All communal areas of the Facility are available to residents and visitors. These communal areas can be used for formal and informal social gatherings, meetings, services and entertainment. There is also access to garden areas.
Clinical Services
Nursing Staff
Carinya is staffed with a combination of Division One/Three Registered Nurses, and Division Two Registered Nurses, both of whom cover all shifts 24 hours per day. Other clinical expertise is available through Peninsula Health and these include Diabetes Nurse Consultant, Skin Integrity Consultant, Continence Nurse Consultant, Cognition Nurse Consultant, Infection Control Consultant, Falls Prevention Consultant and Palliative Care Consultant.
Medical Staff
A Consultant Psychiatrist attends Carinya weekly.
General Practitioner: Residents are able to choose their own General Practitioner and need to ensure that the Doctor will visit this Facility.
Allied Health Staff
There is a team of Allied Health staff employed at Carinya and these include Physiotherapist / Occupational Therapist, Dietitian, Activities Worker, Allied Health Assistant, Community Development Worker, and Podiatrist. Speech Pathology is available on referral.
Visiting Hours
There are no set visiting hours. Carinya is regarded as the resident’s home and visitors are welcome at the times it suits the individual resident with consideration for other residents in the Facility.
Information required on admission
We will require the following information:
•Current family contact details
•Financial Power of Attorney
•Medical Power of Attorney
•Pension Number (if applicable)
•Medicare Number
•Department of Veteran Affairs number (if applicable)
•Pharmaceutical number
•State Trustees number (if applicable)
•Disability number (if applicable)
•Ambulance number (if applicable)
•Private Health Insurance details (if applicable)
Fees
There are two parts to the fees that are charged for Residential Aged Care, being a daily care fee and an accommodation payment.
• The Basic Daily Care Fee is paid by all residents and is their contribution towards the cost of providing care. This figure is based on a person’s income and is adjusted by the Commonwealth Government in line with the pension. It is means tested, and an additional income-tested fee can be levied by the Commonwealth Government for residents who have a higher income.
• Potential residents are assessed by Centrelink for their ability to pay an Accommodation Charge. This calculation is based on a person’s assets. This amount is in addition to the basic daily care fee and any income tested fee.
Information on current fees can be supplied at the time of enquiry.
Links
Resident Handbook – Carinya (PDF 33kb)
