Aged Care Ratings

Helping Hand Aged Care - Mawson Lakes Facility

Mawson Lakes, South Australia

Helping Hand Aged Care Inc · Medium home · Not for Profit

Overall Star Rating

Ranked 7 of 41 in Metropolitan North

The five ratings

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

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

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 213 target 216 -3 min
Registered nurse minutes 43 target 43 +0 min
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What residents said

An independent surveyor interviewed residents here face to face in 2026. These are the shares who answered "always" or "most of the time" — 87% across all twelve questions.

Staff treat me with respect 95%
I feel safe here 100%
Staff are kind and caring 95%
I get the care I need 95%
Staff know what they are doing 90%
Staff follow up when I raise things 75%
Staff explain things to me 70%
I have a say in my daily activities 90%
I am encouraged to do things for myself 75%
This place is well run 95%
This place feels like home 100%
I like the food here 60%

Clinical quality measures

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

Pressure injuries 0%
Restrictive practices 16%
Unplanned weight loss 8%
Falls 14%
Major injury from a fall 1%
Polypharmacy 28%
Antipsychotic medication 8%

Compliance record

Current decision: Notice of Non-Compliance (NCN)

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

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