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About Us


Prom Country Aged Care is a community-based residential aged care service, which was established in 1985 to meet the needs of people in the Prom Coast district.

At any time, up to sixty people from Welshpool, Port Franklin, Toora, Foster, Fish Creek, Hedley, Sandy Point, Waratah Bay and even further a-field, call Prom Country Aged Care ‘home’.

Not all aged care residents, however, are drawn from this immediate catchment area. Many people who had moved away from the district in their younger years have returned after long absences to be near family and friends, and take up residence at Prom Country Aged Care. Others move to the district for the first time, drawn by Prom Country Aged Care’s good reputation and the shortage of places in metropolitan areas.

Formerly known as the Corner Inlet Community Care Association, Prom Country Aged Care is registered as an incorporated association in accordance with RHE Associations Incorporation Act 1981 and The Associations Incorporations (Amendment) Act 1997.

Our voluntary Board of Management is drawn from the organisation’s membership base, which represents a cross-section of the community.

Our Services

We provide residential care services at two well equipped facilities in FOSTER and TOORA. Both hostels are fully licensed and accredited to stringent Government standards.

  • Low Care Needs residents are provided for in a delightful 30-bed hostel called Banksia Lodge in Foster. Short-term respite care as well as permanent residential accommodation is available.
  • High Level Needs residents are cared for in a comfortable nursing home called Prom View Lodge in Toora. Short-term respite care as well as permanent residential accommodation is also available.
  • Short-Term Respite Care (which gives a carer or a care recipient a short-term break from their usual care arrangement) is available at both Prom View Lodge in Toora and Banksia Lodge in Foster.

Locations

Banksia Lodgebanksia lodge FOSTER
2 Jones Street
Foster, Victoria 3960
Phone: (03) 5683 9600
Fax: (03) 5682 1906

Prom View Lodgeprom view TOORA
25 Welshpool Road
Toora, Victoria 3962
Phone: (03) 5686 2585
Fax: (03) 5686 2508

History

  • Toora Bush Nursing Hospital closed in January 1985 but on the same day re-opened as Toora Nursing Home.
  • By May that year, the Home had 14 residents.
  • At Foster, Banksia Lodge was officially opened on 2 March 1986 and was operating with full residency by June.
  • By 1990, Banksia Lodge Hostel had commissioned a new five bed facility with a craft room and separate lounge, to be known as the Jim Berry Wing in memory of a major donor.
  • Corner Inlet Community Care Association was registered as an Incorporated Association in 1990 to oversee the management of both Toora Nursing Home and Banksia Lodge Hostel.
  • An eight bed extension was built and furnished at Banksia Lodge in 1992. it was named the Norm Jones Wing in recognition of a considerable bequest from the late Mr Jones.
  • In 2007, it was decided to change the name of the organisation to Prom Country Aged Care Inc, to better reflect the wonderful location of the aged care facilities.

More Information

If you would like to know more, you are welcome to take a look through our GENERAL INFORMATION or view the SITEMAP.

For all enquiries, please phone Joanne Stringer (General Manager Prom Country Aged Care) on (03) 5683 9613 or use our convenient CONTACT form.