Mercy Health, Our Lady Aged Care Centre to open a new site at Harris Park

Our Lady Mercy Place Harris Park in Alfred Street will offer a fresh approach to residential aged care and wellness facilities for older people, employing Mercy Health's own style of balancing care for each person's individual physical, mental, social and spiritual needs.

It is expected to open in April.

Funding was made possible through combined federal and state grants, the support of the Maronite Eparchy of Australia and the wider community who contributed both financially and in-kind to help deliver this much-needed service for the area's growing population of older people.

The 85-room residential aged care home will include a range of private rooms with ensuites, westerly views to Our Lady of Lebanon Co-Cathedral and east to the picturesque and historic Elizabeth Farm Estate.

Set across four levels, it has lifestyle activity spaces, an open-air rooftop patio and entertainment area, health, wellness and beauty services, along with clinical and medical consulting spaces, a dedicated chapel and cafe.

Mercy Health Group chief executive Angela Nolan said the community has already shown strong interest in the home, with many people registering their names in anticipation of securing a room when it opens.

"We want to bring the innovation of a healthy ageing approach and our focus on care for the whole person along with our reputation as a provider of the best possible health and aged care in Our Lady Mercy Place Harris Park," she said.

Mercy Health chair Virginia Bourke is thrilled and said the organisation is delighted to be working with the Maronite Catholic community "to realise the dream of providing the very best care for older people locally".

Bishop Antoine-Charbel Tarabay said the church has a welcoming community.

"The residents who will live at Our Lady Mercy Place Harris Park will become part of a warm and caring neighbourhood."

The home is expected to employ more than 100 staff across care, clinical, hospitality and lifestyle roles. Mercy Health is recruiting staff for all roles.

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