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Sumner House

A volunteer supporting a Sumner House resident in the facility's balcony garden

About Sumner House

Sumner House is a fully accredited facility in Fitzroy that provides high quality residential care. It caters for 42 residents with low and high-care needs, offering a warm, homely environment and an innovative lifestyle program with activities for learning, socialisation and personal development.

Staff at Sumner support clients as they maintain independence and lifestyle choices, and connect and contribute to the community. Residents are involved in all decision making about their care, choosing what they need and how we can help to achieve it.

Relatives are encouraged to be part of the life of Sumner House. They are also consulted as we tailor care to best meet the individual needs of their loved ones.

Who can live at Sumner House?

To qualify to live at Sumner House an ACAS (Aged Care Assessment Service) assessment is required. Please contact us for further information or to arrange a visit to Sumner House.  

Features

Sumner House offers:

  • large individual bedrooms with ensuites
  • lounge/dining rooms with kitchenettes
  • open courtyards
  • landscaped gardens and balconies
  • a spa centre
  • a hairdressing salon
  • a dynamic group activity program
  • proximity to public transport. 

Residents can also access the Sumner House Extra Services program, for which they pay an accommodation bond and a higher daily fee.

Partners 

We acknowledge the following partners for their valuable contributions to Sumner House:

ANZ  Banking Group

City of Yarra

Department of Health and Ageing

Equity Trustees

Freemasons Public Charitable Foundation

Ian Rollo Currie Trust

Jack Brockhoff Foundation

Monash University

Perpetual Trustees

St Vincent’s Private Hospital

The University of Melbourne

Help us improve

We welcome feedback from residents, their families, friends and others to help us provide the best possible care. Please use the online feedback form or contact us directly at Sumner House.

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Contact us

Brotherhood of St Laurence
Sumner House
128 Fitzroy Street
Fitzroy Vic. 3065
Phone: 1300 147 147
Email:   bacci@nullbsl.org.au

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An older man in a cream shirt and blue cap sitting on an outdoor bench with a middle-aged woman with a dark brown bob and wearing a pink shirt and holding a small pig on her lap
Farm animals visit Sumner House residents

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Sumner House Christmas in July

 

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