HammondCare’s final transformation of its flagship Hammondville site, 31km southwest of Sydney's CBD, with two new multi-storey aged care homes began on Wednesday with the demolition of the original 93-year-old Bond House nursing home.
The two new aged care homes, designed to meet National Aged Care Design Principles and Guidelines, will provide beds for 90 residents and turn the Hammondville precinct into a contemporary, integrated village.
Each home will have three apartments each with 15 ensuite rooms with a domestic kitchen and laundry based on HammondCare’s cottage model design. The Hammondville site, covering about 12 hectares, is already home to the largest number of dementia-specific residential care beds in Australia.
The new eastern aged care home for residents living with dementia will be named Jones, named after former Director of Care Services Olive Jones. The new western building will provide general aged care services and be called Bond, after former Director of Nursing and HammondCare Board member Rosemary Bond, who attended the announcement.
Michael Cooney, General Manager Property and Capital Works, acknowledged the historic status of Bond House but said “we are glad to see it go” shortly before swinging a sledgehammer.
“This is going to make a huge difference to the people we are serving. It’s why we are doing it,” Michael said. “Inside these old buildings was a lot of double and triple bedrooms and the new building will have single bedroom ensuites that meet best practice cottage-model guidelines.”
Joining Michael with the first sledgehammers were HammondCare executives and a team from contractors Stephen Edwards Constructions led by Director Mathew Edwards.
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