1. convictions and holding close their vision,
working with a project team that took
carriage of their goals, and seamlessly
delivered a high quality Kerrisdale
Gardens under time and on budget. n
For more information contact Paynter
Dixon, Level 3, 299 Coronation Drive,
Milton QLD 4064, phone 07 3368 5500, fax
07 3368 2549, email info@paynter.com.au,
website www.paynter.com.au
The Care Model encourages residents to
access food and drinks when they want
them, rather than at a pre determined
time, better suited to an institutional
model rather than to residents’ life style.
In the main building, the first floor
consists of single bed aged care rooms,
each with their own ensuites. A variety
of sitting and activity areas, and beautiful
generous outdoor patios, means that
residents have options about how to enjoy
their day. Back-of-house services such as
waste management, deliveries and food
and laundry services, are quite separate
from the resident areas such as living
rooms and bedrooms. The main building’s
second level is a hybrid of traditional
single aged-care rooms and another
wing consisting of large one-bedroom
“studio” rooms and apartments. The
client will be able to provide both high
and low levels of care with a diversity of
accommodation options that are highly
desirable. Five apartments are designated
for independent or partially independent
residents so that care can be delivered
into something that is more their home
than just a bedroom. Level three consists
of one and two-bedroom apartments,
which have an additional flexi-room off
the lounge that can be set up as a dining
space, study or spare room. The aim of
level three is to provide “city style” private
apartments with flexibility of spaces
allowing residents to modify as their living
requirement change.
The unique KG model is the result
of a client having the courage of their
I
n 2010 the Board and Senior
Management Team at Good
Shepherd Lodge in Mackay,
Queensland, began to develop
their vision for a new facility on
a beautiful site in North Mackay. From
their vision - to align a highly flexible,
integrated approach, focusing on
welllness and life engagement, with their
long standing organizational mission
– emerged Kerrisdale Gardens. This
recently completed ‘community within a
community’ embodies many distinctive
features to which older people in Mackay
have positively responded. The facility is
nearly fully occupied with planning for
Stage 2 anticipated early in 2016.
The client’s healthy ageing perspective
for this development project underpinned
their projected model of care and
service. Preliminary planning which
was coordinated by the Paynter Dixon
Qld (PDQ) Community, Health and
Aged Care Team, was comprehensive
and thorough and involved site visits to
over 22 different sites, in Australia and
New Zealand, facilitated by a process of
broader international interrogation prior
to commencing design. The project and
client team have recently reflected that
this initial analysis has been one of the key
drivers of exceeding the desired outcomes.
The Kerrisdale Gardens Stage 1
development, completed in July 2015,
consists of contemporary supported
living villas and apartments, residential
aged care and a beautiful wellness and
medical centre . Beautiful landscaping,
to enhance a high indoor - outdoor
interface, use of colour and different
materials’ selections and careful spatial
planning mean that the immediate sense
when visitng Kerrisdale Gardens is one of
welcome to a world of fun, engagement
and life, with this reinforced by a culture
that embodies respect and dignity for
older people and their families from
every person within the team.
“This is not an institutional building.
In fact, it is more resort like, and the
fact that people from the surrounding
community are actively engaging with the
facilities offered, reflects the attraction
of this development . Cyclists, young
mothers with their infants,, the local
craft group meet at the café at Kerrisdale
Gardens – this is the essence of what we
were trying to achieve – a social vibe with
intergenerational community engagement..
There are no massive grand spaces, it’s
about down scaling to more intimate zones
which can be used flexibly – overall the
feeling is that this is an extension of ‘home’
and a wonderful place to be”, said Paynter
Dixon designer, Chris Jacobson.
Care and services are delivered into
all levels of accommodation by the KG
Team, with the flexibility for residents in
an apartment to truly age in place and
receive high care as their needs increase.
Subtle wayfinding cues within the building
and across the site and design legibility
were key considerations to support
residents with physical and cognitive
challenges and to enhance and retain
remaining abilities.
PDQ’s multidisciplinary team which
includes aged care specialists, worked
with the client from the project’s
inception to completion, In collaboration
with the CEO, Raelene Phillips and the
Board Chair, John Tait, business and
service planning was comprehensively
integrated with design planning guided
by a Project Operational Implement Plan
(OIP) This process included a Sales and
Marketing Plan amongst others . The
OIP tool proved a valuable management
strategy to guide the complexities of
commissioning the operations of the
building during the construction process
and facilitated the articulation and
successful implementation of the service
and delivery models
Paynter Dixon Qld’s approach is all
inclusive and different to a traditional
builder. “Kerrisdale was a unique project
because it is a truly integrated aging
in place community development,”
said Paynter Dixon’s Erica Lambert.
“Our focus was to align a construction
solution with the client’s business
and service model. That’s our point
of difference – understanding and
translating into design exactly what is
needed operationally.”
The Stage 1 four level building includes
a ground floor designed to be a communal
space, opening into garden spaces to the
rear. Across the front is the colonnade
which forms a central spine for the entire
master plan. The Health precinct is
accessed from the main front entrance as
well as the beautiful resident communal
areas. The front entrance is one of
welcoming contemporary sophistication,
without being over whelming in terms of
size, space and orientation.
The commercial kitchen and laundry
on the ground floor created by Paynter
Dixon’s kitchen and laundry specialist
are equipped with the latest technology
to provide residents with flexible and
adaptable food and laundry services.
Within the residential aged care units,
the communal areas of living and dining
spaces include a hotel like breakfast bar
that supports resident choice of when
to have their breakfast and what to eat.
Kerrisdale Gardens:
A Supportive
Living Community
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