Our Lady Aged Care Centre at Harris Park, in the Our Lady of Lebanon precinct, 19km west of Sydney’s CBD, was blessed by Patriarch for Antioch Bechara Boutros Cardinal Rai on Monday and is expected to welcome its first residents late next month or early November.

There are 85 single rooms with ensuites over four storeys, two group dining rooms, activity and leisure rooms, an outdoor rooftop area, along with health, physio, hair and beauty therapies at the facility, paid for by the previous State and Federal Liberal Governments.

The site is being operated by Mercy Health and the Maronite community.

“In our community it was brought to our attention that there are first and second generation Lebanese, particularly Maronites, who live around the corner from the church, which is their life,’’ Our Lady Aged Care Centre chairman Barry Barakat said.

“While their families were very willing to look after the elderly – particularly for those who required high care – it became impossible to do and they preferred to go to aged care centres that have a cultural focus.”

As soon as construction began in 2020, Barry said 65 names were signed on the waiting list ahead of the formal advertising process.

The SOURCE: With a ready-made pool of residents, this facility should see considerable demand.