87 Argyle Avenue, Chelsea VIC 3196
Deposits (RAD) $425,000 to $758,000
Daily payments (DAP) $98.16 to $175.07 a day
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The Australian Government’s published results for this home
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Rooms and prices
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Located in Chelsea with Bicentennial Park at its doorstep, Chelsea Parkside Care Community (formerly BlueCross Gardenia) is a delightful residence surrounded by lush greenery. Our Care Community comprises two wings, each featuring light-filled lounge and dining rooms. Outdoors offers landscaped gardens and a large central courtyard with a gazebo, where you can relax in the sunshine or shade, enjoy barbecues, or spend time with other residents and visitors. To the east, you will find the walking paths of Bicentennial Park and the wetlands, which provide ample opportunity for bird watching. The tranquil setting of this residence makes it a charming and comfortable place to call home.
Residents and families
Each year an independent team talks privately with at least 1 in 5 residents of every government-funded aged care home. These are the answers at Chelsea Parkside Care Community in the 2025 survey.
AlwaysMost of the timeSome of the timeNeverThe number on the right is how many in every 100 gave a positive answer.
Daily life
Breakfast, lunch and dinner are cooked fresh, and all food is made on site. The home spent $13 a resident a day on food; the average for aged care homes was $16. January to March 2026.
In the rooms: Overbed table, Furnished room, Built in wardrobe, Pleasant decor
Visit
Address
87 Argyle Avenue, Chelsea VIC 3196
Visits are by arrangement with the home. Call Chelsea Parkside Care Community to arrange a time.
Costs
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Paying for a room: each room type states a refundable deposit (RAD) and a daily payment (DAP). My Aged Care explains how they work and what else you may pay. Aged care home fee estimator (opens in a new tab) · Aged care home costs and fees (opens in a new tab)
Health
Every government-funded home reports these to the government every 3 months. For all of them, fewer is better. October to December 2025.
Each result is the share of the home’s residents, compared with the national figure the government publishes.
Staff
Every home has its own targets for how much care each resident gets, on average, every day. Care time includes help with everyday tasks and things like updating care plans. October to December 2025.
That’s 3 hours 52 minutes of care a resident a day, on average.
Homes must have a registered nurse on site 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Chelsea Parkside Care Community reported one on site around the clock in 12 of the 12 months reported, from July 2025 to June 2026. In June 2026 the national average was 23 hours 51 minutes a day.
Next steps
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Location
87 Argyle Avenue, Chelsea VIC 3196.
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Some reviews were originally published on Google.
We've just transferred my father here. Maddi has been amazing and helpful in any way she can, in assisting my father to move in. So far my father has been quite happy with the move. Nice facilities and a nice location.
Rated 5 out of 5.
Some of the staff here were not pleasant. I actually walked in on a staff member being rude and impatient with my Mum, just because she asked for the curtains to be drawn. A staff member was extremely rude to me on my second visit. You can't get in or out without a code and they were usually annoyed they had to come and let us in. A dementia patient wandered into my Mum's room four times, once pointing a butter knife at her. They didn't seem to think this was a big deal and did nothing to stop it. Num was traumatized. The food was terrible. One of her lunches was hot water with the soup powder not even stirred in properly. Mum heard a physical altercation between staff one day, and heard things being thrown. Her room was basically a box. When Mum asked me to bring in some family photos so the staff could see she was a human being with a life, and they might treat her better, I knew it was time to get her out. She said staff would speak a foreign language in front of her and ignore her when she spoke to them. Note that there were certain staff who were kind and caring, but this didn't outweigh the negatives. It was devastating to see my kind, loving mother treated this way. They didn't get her out of bed in the two months she was there and her muscles have atrophied. I would not recommend this place to anyone unless they make some serious improvements.
Wonderful place, lovely team
Rated 5 out of 5.
Pleasant location. Nice facilities and generally nice staff. Understaffed at night, experienced a few times where buzzer was not answered within 30 mins and had to search for the nurse. Poor especially if wanting to go to the toilet quickly. Night time nurse was great but obviously overworked through no fault of her own.
