Topic - Aged Care

Construction begins on new $31 million Opal aged care home in Treeby (WA)

Jun 04 2019 Updated May 3, 2023

The Weekly Source

1 min read

Daymon Joseph (Opal Aged Care Regional WA General Manager), Cockburn Mayor Logan Howlett & Jandakot MLA Yaz Mubarakai. Image by Jon Hewson / Community News.

Opal Aged Care representatives (pictured) attended the official sod turning ceremony for the new 120-bed facility in Treeby, 25 kilometres south of Perth, earlier this month.

The facility will feature single rooms with ensuites, a Wellness Centre providing individual resident ‘reablement’ programs, and a dementia memory support unit.

Opal currently operates nine other aged care homes in WA and over 70 total homes across WA, NSW, VIC and QLD.

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