Holy Spirit Croydon

 6 Brighton Street
Croydon NSW 2132
Tel: 02 8741 2900

60 High care places
67 Low care places

Opened in late 2004, Holy Spirit Croydon provides low and high care accommodation for older men and women, including dementia-specific care. It is a 127-place residential aged care community including 27 extra service places.

Holy Spirit Croydon is specially designed to provide a homelike environment, emotional security, the availability of spiritual care and quality care. Set among landscaped gardens, Holy Spirit Croydon comprises nine houses that incorporate the latest in 'ageing in place' design principles.

Each house has a servery, dining, lounge and sitting area, reflecting a homelike setting. With 24-hour nursing and personal care, residents at Holy Spirit Croydon enjoy spacious, high-quality and modern self-contained rooms with ensuites. Residents can entertain family and friends in the large communal lounges and dining rooms in each of the houses.

Holy Spirit's holistic care model focuses on respecting the spirituality and dignity of each individual. This is achieved by providing opportunities and relationships that enrich the physical, psychological, spiritual and social needs of residents.

Holy Spirit Croydon is accredited by the Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency.

History

Holy Spirit Croydon was officially opened on in December 2004 by Premier Bob Carr, NSW Health Minister Morris Iemma and blessed by His Eminence George Cardinal Pell, Archbishop of Sydney.

A $24 million development on the former Western Suburbs Hospital site, Holy Spirit Croydon was Catholic Healthcare's first residential aged care community built on a greenfield site.

The former Western Suburbs Hospital site was decommissioned in 1994 and redeveloped through what was then the NSW's largest public/private health initiative. The partnership was between Catholic Healthcare, Central Sydney Area Health Services (CSAHS) and Bovis Lend Lease.

Under the partnership, Catholic Healthcare provides aged care services through Holy Spirit Croydon and CSAHS provides community services through its new purpose-built Croydon Health Centre. CSAHS contributed $7.5 million to the development of three Holy Spirit Croydon high care houses. These houses were built to cater to the psycho-geriatric and dementia -specific needs of CSAHS' patients.

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Transport

Street parking is available in Brighton Street. Holy Spirit can be entered via a gate at #6 Brighton Street. A Reception area lies within the internal courtyard.

Bus routes 480 and 483 run between Strathfield Station (south side) and Town Hall (George St) every 20 minutes.

Bus routes 492, 494 and 499 run between Burwood Station (Burwood Rd) and Campsie Station (Beamish St) every 20 minutes.

These bus routes stop on Liverpool Rd, in front of the Croydon Health Centre.

Trains stopping at Croydon station depart from Central and Strathfield Stations every 15 - 20 minutes. Croydon Railway station is approx 15 mins walk away.

Taxis may drop passengers at the date near 6 Brighton Street.

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List of on-site services

Residents at Holy Spirit Croydon benefit from the following services:

  • Library
  • Shopping
  • Hairdressing
  • Physiotherapy
  • Podiatry
  • Chapel
  • Hydrotherapy bathing
  • Pay-TV
  • Broadband Internet services
  • Personalised spiritual care provided by a spiritual care co-ordinator
  • Full-time diversional therapist and a lifestyle co-ordinator who organise social, physical and recreational activities
  • Exercise and activities programs including tai chi, balloon tennis, art and craft, book readings, crosswords, bingo, scrabble, movies on the big screen and twice-weekly happy hour.
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Testimonials

"The focus of spiritual care is to affirm the value of each person, regardless of their religious experience. We have residents and staff from a great variety of backgrounds so we want to maintain and develop all those things that add meaning and purpose to their lives."
- Holy Spirit Croydon's Spiritual Care Co-Ordinator

"It's marvellous here and very homely. Having a nurse on duty 24 hours gives me peace of mind and it's wonderful that my family can come in and out all day long."
- Holy Spirit resident