Elderberry Expert Rating and Opinion
The Elderberry Index for Beaumont Care Wamuran is 3.45 out of 5, compared with a national average of 3.81. One finding stands out as positive, and three are worth a closer look.
Things we noticed
Positive standouts
Respectful treatment is above the survey average
100% answered “Always” or “Most of the time”, compared with 95.9% across other homes.
Worth a closer look
Enjoying the food is below the survey average
40% answered “Always” or “Most of the time”, compared with 70.3% across other homes.
Food enjoyment fell in the latest survey
40% positive in 2025, compared with 60% in 2024: 20 percentage points lower.
Quality measures rating trails the national average
2 out of 5, compared with 3.07 across other rated homes in the August 2026 extract.
Sources and Explanation
This is a programmatic interpretation of published data, not an in-person inspection or a separate expert-assigned score. The figures are the Elderberry Index and its four government component ratings; a measure the home has no published rating for is left out. Our rating methodology.
Ratings: August 2026. Survey comparisons: 2025 interview responses from that extract. Other Australian homes in the same ratings extract; survey comparisons also require the same interview year. Each eligible home has equal weight; missing/invalid values excluded. These are descriptive comparisons, not resident-weighted or adjusted for differences in care needs.
How findings are selected
Survey gaps of at least 3 percentage points, rating gaps of at least 0.3 stars, and changes of at least 10 percentage points can qualify. These are editorial selection thresholds, not tests of statistical significance. Benchmarks need at least 30 homes. Each side shows up to three eligible findings; missing values never become negative findings. Specific combined food evidence and sustained care-target results are prioritised, then larger differences. Respect and caring are grouped when both qualify.
Food spending uses the My Aged Care sector median for Jan–Mar 2026; resident enjoyment comes from the 2025 survey. The combined finding reports two separate observations from different reporting periods; it does not establish that spending caused the survey result. Year-to-year survey samples may differ and respondent counts are unavailable. Care consistency uses the latest four submitted, quality-checked care-minute records and direct RN minutes without EN top-up.
A lower compliance rating is a comparison with other homes, not a claim of an active sanction. Higher expenditure alone is not treated as better care. Unadjusted clinical incident measures are not used to rank quality here.
My Aged Care home profile · Government Star Ratings extract
Benchmark populations
| Measure | Mean | Other homes |
|---|---|---|
| Elderberry Index | 3.81 | 2365 |
| Residents’ experience | 3.62 | 2434 |
| Compliance | 4.83 | 2395 |
| Staffing | 3.18 | 2454 |
| Quality measures | 3.07 | 2456 |
| Respectful treatment | 95.86% | 1354 |
| Feeling safe | 96.45% | 1354 |
| How well the home is run | 89.33% | 1354 |
| Getting needed care | 94.47% | 1354 |
| Confidence in staff skills | 89.49% | 1354 |
| Encouragement to stay independent | 88.60% | 1354 |
| Staff explaining things | 81.82% | 1354 |
| Enjoying the food | 70.28% | 1354 |
| Following up concerns | 85.20% | 1354 |
| Kind and caring staff | 95.96% | 1354 |
| Having a say in daily life | 93.19% | 1354 |
What is the food like at Beaumont Care Wamuran?
In the 2025 Residents’ Experience Survey, 40% of residents surveyed at Beaumont Care Wamuran said they like the food “always” or “most of the time”, 30.3 percentage points below the average of 70.3% across other homes. The share fell from 60% in 2024. Another 60% answered “some of the time”, and none answered “never”.
Food spending at Beaumont Care Wamuran in January to March 2026 was $15 per resident per day, 6% below the sector median of $16. In the same quarter, Beaumont Care Wamuran reported no spending on dietitians, against a sector median of $0.28 per resident per day.
How are meals prepared?
According to Beaumont Care Wamuran, breakfast, lunch and dinner are all cooked fresh. All meals are prepared on site.
Do residents enjoy the food?
Residents who answered “Always” or “Most of the time”.
40% of surveyed residents
Spending & preparation
Daily spending on food and dietitian services, and how meals are prepared.
Sources and Explanation
What do residents say about Beaumont Care Wamuran?
When residents surveyed at Beaumont Care Wamuran for the 2025 Residents’ Experience Survey were asked whether staff follow up when they raise things, 73% answered “always” or “most of the time”, below the 85.2% average across other homes by 12.2 percentage points. When residents were asked whether staff know what they are doing (80% against 89.5%) and whether staff explain things to them (73% against 81.8%), answers were also below the average for other homes.
The largest gap above other homes was when residents were asked whether staff treat them with respect: 100% answered “always” or “most of the time”, against an average of 95.9%.
What should you ask about on a visit?
A visit is a chance to ask about how the home records and follows up concerns. Of residents asked whether staff follow up when they raise things, 40% answered “always”, 33% “most of the time”, 20% “some of the time” and 7% “never”.
Do residents feel safe and get the care they need?
Asked whether they feel safe, 60% of residents surveyed at Beaumont Care Wamuran answered “always” and 33% “most of the time”. When asked whether they get the care they need, 53% answered “always” and 40% “most of the time”.
How does Beaumont Care Wamuran spend on resident care?
In the 2024–25 financial year, Beaumont Care Wamuran spent $226.82 per resident per day on care and nursing, 14% below the sector median of $264.85. Total spending was $416.92 per resident per day. These figures are the home’s costs, not the fees a resident pays.
Where does the rest of the spending go?
Other categories included accommodation and maintenance ($77.64), administration ($55.34), and cleaning and laundry ($22.58) per resident per day. Within care and nursing, the largest amounts per resident per day went to personal care workers and assistants in nursing ($116.92) and registered nurses ($46.88).
How much care and nursing does Beaumont Care Wamuran provide?
In January to March 2026, Beaumont Care Wamuran reported 208 minutes of care per resident per day, 2 minutes above its target of 206 minutes. Of those minutes, 42 came from registered nurses, matching the registered-nurse target of 42.
Beaumont Care Wamuran met both its total and registered-nurse targets in two of the last four quarters. Across those four quarters, minutes of care per resident per day ranged from 181 to 213.
Who provides that care?
Personal care workers provided 147 minutes per resident per day, followed by registered nurses (42 minutes) and enrolled nurses (20 minutes). Beaumont Care Wamuran also reported spending on physiotherapists, podiatrists, speech pathologists, and lifestyle and recreation workers in the same quarter.
