Topic - Aged Care

Signature Care gets green light for Wagga Wagga expansion wing

Nov 23 2022 Updated May 3, 2023

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Signature Care’s $35 million aged care facility under construction in Wagga Wagga, NSW, has been given permission for its additional $4.6 million wing.

The wing on the south side – which has received the thumbs up from Wagga City Council – will add 36 beds, bringing the total at the Turvey Park development to 180, as well as amenities such as offices, meeting rooms, staff accommodation, and a formal dining room.

Scheduled to open in January 2023, the home has been under construction since last October on a former Air Force base that once housed dormitories for Charles Sturt University.

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