Aged care homes in Greater Dandenong with a dementia area
3 homes in Greater Dandenong with a dementia area. 2 publish room prices, read from each operator's own page.
Rooms start lowest at Calvary Scottvale, from $325k; the highest top price is $750k at Calvary Kingston Gardens.
Paid as a daily payment instead, rooms start at $75.77 a day at Calvary Scottvale and $116.58 a day at Calvary Kingston Gardens.
The cheapest single room with its own ensuite is $500,000 (Single room with private ensuite) at Calvary Kingston Gardens.
Prices checked 7 Nov 2026 on each operator's page. Homes and places from the government's list of 30 June 2026. Rebuilt every week from the newest data.
- Lowest room price
- $325k
- Calvary Scottvale
- Highest room price
- $750k
- Calvary Kingston Gardens
- Lowest daily payment
- $75.77 a day
- Calvary Scottvale
- Cheapest single with ensuite
- $500k
- Calvary Kingston Gardens
Lowest marks the lowest price in a row; Nearest and Quickest do the same for distances and travel. Swipe the table sideways to see every home.
Calvary Kingston GardensSpringvale South VIC $500k to $750k Read by AI |
Calvary ScottvaleDandenong VIC $325k to $550k Read by AI |
Mercy Place DandenongDandenong VIC Ask the operator for prices |
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| Costs | |||
| Room pricerefundable lump sum (RAD) | $500,000 to $750,000 | Lowest$325,000 to $550,000 | Ask the operator for pricesOperator's page |
| Daily payment insteadfor the room, instead of the lump sum | $116.58 to $174.86 a day | Lowest$75.77 to $128.23 a day | Ask the operator |
| Each month, cheapest roomall by daily payment, plus fees | $5,643 to $9,645 with the most the means test adds Work it out | Lowest$4,401 to $8,404 with the most the means test adds Work it out | Needs a room price |
| Price list date | Prices from 1 Oct 2026 checked 7 Nov 2026 | Prices from 1 Oct 2026 checked 7 Nov 2026 | None read |
| Where the prices come from | Operator's price page | Operator's price page | Operator's website |
| Rooms | |||
| Cheapest single room with its own ensuite | Lowest$500,000 or $116.58 a day Single room with private ensuite | $550,000 or $128.23 a day Single room with private ensuite | Ask the operator |
| Cheapest single room | Lowest$500,000 or $116.58 a day Single room with private ensuite | $550,000 or $128.23 a day Single room with private ensuite | Ask the operator |
| Cheapest shared room | The price list has no room named as shared. | $325,000 or $75.77 a day Shared room with shared ensuite | Ask the operator |
| Room types on the price list | 4 4 single, 0 shared, 0 name does not say | 2 1 single, 1 shared, 0 name does not say | None published that we could read |
| Rooms by lump sum | Under $500k0 $500k to $749k3 $750k and over1 |
Under $500k1 $500k to $749k1 $750k and over0 |
Ask the operator |
| Bathrooms | Every room listed has its own ensuite | Some rooms have their own ensuite, some share | Not stated. Ask the home. |
| Care and specialties | |||
| Dementia care | A dedicated dementia area: Memory Support Unit | A dedicated dementia area: Memory Support Unit | A dedicated dementia area: memory unit |
| Languages and culturesnamed on the home's website | Vietnamese residents | None named | None named |
| Places | 128 | 110 | 120 |
| Run by | Calvary Charity | Calvary Charity | Mercy Health Charity |
| In briefwritten by AI from our facts | Calvary Kingston Gardens is in Springvale South, Victoria, and has 128 places. It is operated by Calvary, a charity, and is in a major city. | Calvary Scottvale is in Dandenong, in a major city, and has 110 places. | Mercy Place Dandenong is in Dandenong, Victoria, and has 120 beds. It is run by Mercy Health, a charity, and families should ask the operator for prices. |
| Facilities | |||
| Photos from the operator | 3 photos | 2 photos | 3 photos |
| Outdoorsseen in the operator's photos | Outdoor seating and a walking path | Garden beds, a lawn, outdoor seating and a veranda or pergola | Garden beds, outdoor seating and a veranda or pergola |
| Shared spacesseen in the operator's photos | A lounge | Not in the photos we read | A chapel or quiet room and a lounge |
| Rooms and outlookseen in the operator's photos | Not in the photos we read | Large windows | Not in the photos we read |
| Everyday life and visiting | |||
| Nearest supermarketas recorded in OpenStreetMap | 8 min walk 3 within 1 km | 7 min walk 15 within 1 km | Nearest5 min walk 17 within 1 km |
| Nearest pharmacyas recorded in OpenStreetMap | 7 min walk 1 within 1 km | Nearest6 min walk 6 within 1 km | 7 min walk 6 within 1 km |
| Nearest GP or clinicas recorded in OpenStreetMap | 9 min walk 1 within 1 km | Nearest6 min walk 4 within 1 km | 6 min walk 3 within 1 km |
| Public transport from the citydoor to door, weekday and Sunday | 61 min 66 min on a Sunday from Melbourne Town Hall | Quickest57 min 57 min on a Sunday from Melbourne Town Hall | 59 min 62 min on a Sunday from Melbourne Town Hall |
| Visiting and carein the operator's words | Nursing or care staff 24/7 (registered nurse not stated). | Not stated; ask the home | Pets case by case. |
Nearby places from OpenStreetMap; public transport from the state timetables. Credits and licences are at the foot of this page. | |||
| Quality and licence status | |||
| Official recordsstar rating, care minutes, audits | Search the Commission My Aged Care search "Calvary Kingston Gardens" | Search the Commission My Aged Care search "Calvary Scottvale" | Search the Commission My Aged Care search "Mercy Place Dandenong" |
We hold star ratings, care minutes and Commission records but may not show them until their publishers agree, so each home links to its official pages instead. | |||
| Contact | |||
| Phone | 1800 527 272 operator's central line | 1800 527 272 operator's central line | 03 9791 2777 |
| Address | 173-213 Clarke Road, Springvale South 3172 | 71 Scott Street, Dandenong 3175 | 82 McCrae Street, Dandenong 3175 |
| Ask about a room | Enquire | Enquire | Enquire |
Every row reads the same for these homes.
Prices are each operator's published maximum room prices; a home may agree a lower price, and some rooms are set aside for people with low means. Rooms are lined up by the words in their own names: how we line them up. Want different homes? Use Add to compare on any home's page and build your own.
Questions families ask
Which of these homes in Greater Dandenong has the lowest room price?
Calvary Scottvale: its rooms start at $325k as a refundable lump sum (RAD). Room prices are each operator's published maximum; a home may agree a lower price.
Do I have to pay the room price as a lump sum?
No. Each room has one price, paid as a refundable lump sum (RAD), as a daily payment (DAP), or part of each. From November 2025 a home keeps 2% a year of a lump sum for up to five years.
Is the room price all I pay?
No. The basic daily fee and any means-tested fees are on top. The monthly row in the table adds them for the cheapest room at each home.
How up to date are these prices?
We read each operator's own price page and checked these between 7 Nov 2026 and 7 Nov 2026. They are re-read every week; the operator's page is the final word.