Topic - Aged Care

Thompson Health Care plans big $50M 240-bed aged care facility for Sydney’s southwest

Nov 12 2018 Updated May 3, 2023

The Weekly Source

1 min read

An artist’s impression of the new facility. Credit: The Daily Telegraph.

The family-owned provider wants to develop the three-storey facility in Oran Park, 60km from the Sydney CBD – its first in the area – and says it will generate over 300 jobs.

Founded in 1965, Thompson Health Care has 13 aged care homes across Sydney, the Southern Highlands and the Mid-North Coast.

The Macarthur region is proving an attractive location for village and aged care developers.

Anglicare is currently expanding its 87-unit Oran Park village with 67 new units and an 80-bed aged care facility, while land owned by the Franciscans and Poor Clare nuns in Campbelltown has been rezoned for up to 500 retirement living units and a 100-bed aged care facility.

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