Topic - aged care
Rosewood launches 120-bed aged care facility in Leederville – but WA still 3,000 beds short
Sep 05 2017
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The two-storey facility was built by WA property and construction group Pindan at a cost of $40M – that’s around $333K per bed.

Rosewood Chief Executive Officer Mario Zulberti said the facility would help to address the estimated shortage of 3,000 aged care beds.

We would say they still have a way to go.

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