Aged Care Ratings

Whiddon Kelso

Kelso, New South Wales

The Frank Whiddon Masonic Homes of New South Wales · Large home · Not for Profit

Overall Star Rating

Ranked 19 of 25 in Central West

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 Good
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 220 target 216 +4 min
Registered nurse minutes 49 target 44 +5 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" — 86% across all twelve questions.

Staff treat me with respect 100%
I feel safe here 86%
Staff are kind and caring 95%
I get the care I need 95%
Staff know what they are doing 86%
Staff follow up when I raise things 81%
Staff explain things to me 76%
I have a say in my daily activities 91%
I am encouraged to do things for myself 95%
This place is well run 72%
This place feels like home 91%
I like the food here 67%

Clinical quality measures

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

Pressure injuries 0%
Restrictive practices 20%
Unplanned weight loss 25%
Falls 34%
Major injury from a fall 3%
Polypharmacy 47%
Antipsychotic medication 10%

Compliance record

Current decision: Notice to Remedy (NTR)

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

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