Calvary Bethlehem patients, residents and staff have moved safely into their new high rise health, retirement living and residential aged care ‘integrated precinct’.
The $154 million landmark, Calvary Kooyong, is in Melbourne’s Caulfield South. Many years in the planning and two years in construction, the move is a homecoming of sorts for the specialist 32-bed hospital and health service.
Calvary has developed the precinct on the site of the former Calvary Bethlehem. Calvary Bethlehem residents and patients were living in temporary facilities at Parkdale while the new precinct was being built.
Calvary Kooyong General Manager Shannon Thompson said all Calvary Bethlehem services have now relocated following the safe transfer of hospital patients from the service’s temporary home.
“We are very excited to have moved back home to our original site – and into such a wonderful facility that has been designed and built to meet the needs of our patients, their families and to support our staff to provide high quality, compassionate care,” Shannon said.
The precinct contains premium retirement living in the Hyson Apartments (11 floors), contemporary residential aged care in the Huntly Suites (three floors), Calvary in-home care, and GP and other health care services, as well as Calvary Bethlehem’s services (four floors).
As of 1 January 2023, the RAD pricing is between $725,000 and $875,000 and DAP pricing is between $140 and $169 respectively.
Members of the local community, and residents, will be able to access the precinct’s St Michael’s Grove public garden and courtyards, a chapel, reflective space, and café.
