Aged care home
Lutheran Services - Zion
24 Union Street, Nundah QLD 4012. Run by Lutheran Services.
About this home
Written by AI from our factsLutheran Services - Zion is a residential aged care home with 100 places in Nundah, in the Brisbane council area of Queensland. Located in a major city, the home is run by Lutheran Services, a church-based organisation. Families should ask the operator for room prices.
What this is based on
An AI model wrote these sentences from facts in the government's service list. When the model wrote them, a program checked that each sentence used only those facts, with no prices and no opinions. Each time this page is shown, every number in them, and whether they say the operator publishes room prices, is checked again against this page, and a sentence that no longer matches is left out.
- Sentence 1 uses: home name, places, suburb, council area, state
- Sentence 2 uses: remoteness, operator, type of organisation (ABN register)
- Sentence 3 uses: whether room prices are published
What the photos show
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Outdoors
The operator's photos show outdoor space: outdoor seating.
Based on the operator's photos. Two AI models looked at them separately and we show only what both saw. A feature not listed here may simply not be in the photos: ask the home.
Room prices
Ask the operator for prices
The operator's page for this home names its rooms but not their prices. Call and ask for the price list.
Every home must give you its room prices, including the daily payment for each room.
About how much a day
EstimateBefore the room price
$68.93 to $200.53
a day, plus the room · about $2,097 to $6,099 a month
Work it out for her- Basic daily fee Set by government $68.93 Everyone pays it. Set by the government for every home.
- Room, as a daily payment (DAP) Ask the home ? Ask the home for its room prices. Some people with low means pay a smaller, government-set amount.
- Hotelling supplement Depends on means $0.00 to $22.15 Depends on income and assets: nothing for some, up to the most shown.
- Non-clinical care contribution Depends on means $0.00 to $109.45 Depends on income and assets. Stops after $140,653 in total or four years.
- Optional extras (higher everyday living fee) Only if agreed Not published Offered here ("Make My Day Higher Everyday Living Fee (HELF)"). Its price is not published. It is optional, can only be agreed after moving in, and can be cancelled. Your rights
An estimate, not a quote. Government fees are from the Schedule of fees and charges for residential care from 20 September 2026 (in force from 20 Sep 2026), health.gov.au. Means-tested fees are set by Services Australia after it assesses income and assets.
What it costs each month
Once you have a room price from the home, the calculator turns it into a monthly figure with every part shown.
Open the calculatorQuestions to ask on your visit
Lutheran Services - Zion, 24 Union Street, Nundah QLD 4012
The 15 questions families ask most before choosing a home. We have filled in 5 from what we hold; the rest only the home can answer.
Daily life
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What does a typical day look like here? Can we see this month's activity calendar, and do most residents join in?
Families most want to know how their parent will spend the day, and whether activities really happen. Recommended by Dementia Australia, 8 questions to ask
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Can we see this week's menu and come for a meal? How are soft diets, diabetes and cultural or religious diets handled?
Food is the most common daily complaint; a menu and a meal tell you more than a brochure. Recommended by CHOICE, choosing aged care
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Do any carers on the floor speak her language?
People with dementia often return to their first language. Recommended by CHOICE, choosing aged care
Care and staff
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How many carers and registered nurses are on each shift, day, night and weekend? Is a registered nurse on site at all times?
Staffing numbers are not published home by home. Recommended by CHOICE, choosing aged care
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How many staff are permanent, and how often are agency staff used? Will the same carers look after her?
Families say continuity of carers matters more than the building. No public source has these figures. Recommended by CHOICE, choosing aged care
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Who is our main contact, and how quickly will you tell us after a fall, an illness or a change in her care?
Agree this before she moves in. Recommended by Dementia Australia, 8 questions to ask
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Do you care for people with advanced dementia, including changed behaviour? Is there a secure area, and can we see it?
What we found Cares for people living with dementia; no separate unit mentioned. Ask whether that includes the stage she is at. The operator's page for this home, 9 Nov 2026
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Does a GP visit regularly? Can she keep her own GP, and who covers nights and weekends?
Doctors' visits vary widely between homes. Recommended by CHOICE, choosing aged care
Money
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What does the room we want cost, as a lump sum or a daily payment?
Each room has one price you can pay either way. Recommended by OPAN, your rights checklist
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What will she pay each day in total, with the basic daily fee and the means-tested fees?
The room price is only part of the bill. Recommended by OPAN, your rights checklist
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Do you charge a higher everyday living fee or for extras such as Wi-Fi, outings or hairdressing? What does it include, and can she say no?
What we found A higher everyday living package is offered; its price is not published. Ask for it in writing. The operator's page for this home, 9 Nov 2026
Moving in
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Is a room free now? How long is the wait, and can she stay on your list if she takes a place elsewhere first?
No public list shows vacancies as they change. Recommended by Dementia Australia, 8 questions to ask
Visiting
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What are the visiting hours? Can we come early or stay late, bring children or a pet, and what happens to visits during an outbreak?
What we found Outings offered. The home's own page, 9 Nov 2026
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How will we get there? Is there public transport nearby, and is visitor parking free?
What we found Train station (Nundah station) 6 minutes' walk. About 36 minutes from Brisbane City Hall by public transport on a weekday morning, 36 on a Sunday. Translink, State of Queensland (Department of Transport and Main Roads) timetable (GTFS), 10 Nov 2026
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Can we see your latest Quality and Safety Commission report, and how do you handle complaints?
What we found Search the Commission's reports. My Aged Care shows its star rating. Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission
Send these with your enquiry
Tick the questions you want answered and add them to your enquiry. Our team reads every enquiry and replies by email. We do not contact the home for you, and your details are not passed to it.
Calling and visiting
The operator's enquiry line This home's page gives no direct number.
1800 960 433Is there a room free? No public list shows vacancies as they change. Call 1800 960 433 to ask, or book a visit and ask then.
What the operator's website says
Rooms and bathrooms
Some rooms have their own ensuite, some share
- Freesia Circuit Room: own ensuite
- Saffron Boulevard Room: own ensuite
- Frangipani Place Room: own ensuite
- Sage Crescent Room: own ensuite
- Frangipani Place Room (refurbished): own ensuite
"Single room + private ensuite"
Dementia care
Cares for people living with dementia; no separate unit mentioned
"Dementia Care"
Optional extras (HELF)
"Make My Day Higher Everyday Living Fee (HELF)" offered
Price: not published. Ask the home for it in writing. Your rights
From lutheranservices.org.au, read 9 Nov 2026. Quotes are the operator's own words. Websites can be out of date, so confirm anything that matters with the home.
Everyday life and visiting
Visiting and care
Outings offered.
Destination outings
In the operator's words, from the home's own page, read 9 Nov 2026 · See it. Not stated is not the same as no: ask the home.
Getting there by public transport
36 min from Brisbane City Hall, weekday
36 min on a Sunday
Train: Nundah station, 6 min walk
Train station (Nundah station) 6 minutes' walk. About 36 minutes from Brisbane City Hall by public transport on a weekday morning, 36 on a Sunday.
Door to door, the median of 24 trips leaving 10:00 to 11:55, timetable of 10 Nov 2026. Timetable data: Translink, State of Queensland (Department of Transport and Main Roads). Licence: CC BY 4.0 · Licence.
Nearby
- Supermarket1 within 1 km3 min walk
- Small grocery1 within 1 km8 min walk
- Pharmacy1 within 1 km7 min walk
- GP or clinic5 within 1 km6 min walk
- Park or garden11 within 1 km4 min walk
- Café9 within 1 km5 min walk
- Hospital1 within 1 km9 min walk
- Emergency department4.0 km
Nearest of each and how many within 1 km, as recorded in © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, 8 Nov 2026. GP and clinic counts are what OpenStreetMap records, so there may be more. See them
Where it is
Around the home
What a visit or an outing looks like from here. Walking times are at a gentle 4 km an hour, in a straight line, so allow a little more.
Health care
- The Prince Charles Hospital Hospital · Emergency department 4.0 km
- Nundah Community Health Centre Hospital 9 min walk
- St Vincent's Private Hospital Northside Hospital · Emergency department 4.0 km
- GP or medical clinic 6 min walk
- GP or medical clinic 7 min walk
- Priceline Pharmacy Pharmacy 7 min walk
Getting there
Getting out
- Oxenham Park Park or garden 4 min walk
- Nundah Memorial Park Park or garden 4 min walk
- Nundah Corner Café 5 min walk
- Woolworths Supermarket · Woolworths 3 min walk
- Small grocery or convenience store 8 min walk
- Saint Paul's Lutheran Church Place of worship · Lutheran 1 min walk
- North-East Baptist Church Place of worship · Baptist 6 min walk
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, read 8 Nov 2026. Only what OpenStreetMap records: a place it does not record may still be there. GP and clinic names are not shown. Check opening hours and access before you go.
Care and quality
Star rating, care minutes and auditsWe are waiting on written permission from the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing and the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission to show these here, so for now see them on the official sites.
Search the Commission site Star rating on My Aged Care
My Aged Care has no fixed address for each home's page: choose "Aged care homes" and search for Lutheran Services - Zion (4012).
Who runs it
- Type
- Religious organisation
- Places at this home
- 100
Lutheran Services runs 11 other homes in the government list. See them all
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Families' experiences
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Sources for this page
- ABN Lookup, Australian Business Register. CC BY 3.0 AU
- Aged care service list: 30 June 2026 (Australia), Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, via GEN Aged Care Data (AIHW). CC BY 4.0
- OpenStreetMap: hospitals, clinics, transport, parks and shops near each home, OpenStreetMap contributors. Open Database Licence (ODbL) 1.0