★ Aged Care Ratings

Simpkin House Nursing Home

Bendigo, Victoria

BENDIGO HEALTH · Small home · Government

Overall Star Rating

Ranked 45 of 64 in Loddon-Mallee

The five ratings

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

Overall Good
Residents’ experience Acceptable
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 352 target 229 +123 min
Registered nurse minutes 174 target 46 +128 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" — 76% across all twelve questions.

Staff treat me with respect 87%
I feel safe here 87%
Staff are kind and caring 87%
I get the care I need 87%
Staff know what they are doing 87%
Staff follow up when I raise things 76%
Staff explain things to me 74%
I have a say in my daily activities 50%
I am encouraged to do things for myself 62%
This place is well run 76%
This place feels like home 75%
I like the food here 63%

Clinical quality measures

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

Pressure injuries 0%
Restrictive practices 91%
Unplanned weight loss 8%
Falls 55%
Major injury from a fall 5%
Polypharmacy 66%
Antipsychotic medication 51%

Compliance record

Current decision: Notice of Non-Compliance (NCN)

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