Aged Care Ratings

Garrawarra Centre

Waterfall, New South Wales

MINISTRY OF HEALTH · Medium home · Government

Overall Star Rating

Ranked 93 of 98 in South East Sydney

The five ratings

Four measures combine into the overall rating. Residents' experience is worth a third of it.

Overall Acceptable
Residents’ experience Improvement needed
Compliance Excellent
Staffing Excellent
Quality measures Significant improvement needed

Worth knowing: no home in Australia holds an overall rating below 3 stars, and 69% sit on exactly 4 — so the overall star is a weak way to tell homes apart. The individual measures above, and the numbers below, do the real work.

Staffing

Every home has a mandated minimum of care minutes per resident per day. This is what it actually delivered.

Total care minutes per day 286 target 231 +55 min
Registered nurse minutes 70 target 46 +24 min
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What residents said

An independent surveyor interviewed residents here face to face in 2025. These are the shares who answered "always" or "most of the time" — 65% across all twelve questions.

Staff treat me with respect 83%
I feel safe here 64%
Staff are kind and caring 70%
I get the care I need 76%
Staff know what they are doing 58%
Staff follow up when I raise things 53%
Staff explain things to me 70%
I have a say in my daily activities 64%
I am encouraged to do things for myself 59%
This place is well run 71%
This place feels like home 53%
I like the food here 53%

Clinical quality measures

Reported by the home each quarter. Lower is better on every one of these.

Pressure injuries 3%
Restrictive practices 82%
Unplanned weight loss 11%
Falls 37%
Major injury from a fall 2%
Polypharmacy 20%
Antipsychotic medication 25%

Compliance record

Current decision: Directions - To revise Plans for Continuous Improvements (PCI)

No current regulatory decisions and no Quality Standards grades recorded, whilst operating continuously for over 3 years

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