Uniting NSW.ACT has announced it will spend $150 million turning its Uniting Kingscliff residential aged care home on NSW’s Far North Coast into an integrated site featuring about 235 independent retirement living apartments and 120 residential aged care beds, including dementia care places.
“Uniting is responding to the care needs of the community by bringing together uses that provide a continuum of care,” Uniting’s Head of Property Development Adrian Ciano said.
The new Uniting Kingscliff will include facilities such as an outdoor pool, function and activity spaces, seniors’ gym, hairdressing salon, café, day spa, consultation rooms for medical and allied health professionals, cinema and chapel.
The plans, still to be approved, also feature a central village hub, open green spaces, landscaped gardens and rooftop gardens.
“We are looking to build services that encourage a socially inclusive community where people feel they are active members, regardless of age and the level of support they need,” Uniting Director of Property and Housing Simon Furness (pictured) said.
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Uniting NSW.ACT met last week with current Uniting Kingscliff residents and their families to discuss the redevelopment and how they would be supported through the process.
The Not For Profit is inviting the community to have its say on the plans via its project website www.uniting.org/unitingkingscliff.
