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Queen Victoria Home (QVH)The Queen Victoria Home offers a wide range of services and facilities combined within many different housing options and styles.
Staff of the Queen Victoria Home are committed to not only supplying support for you to live your life with security, but also to providing for your social needs to the degree that you choose. You may live with as much independence and privacy as you choose or take part in as many activities as you wish. Every resident is free to contribute to the daily affairs of their Home.
To leave the familiar environment of your own home can be an extremely difficult decision. We therefore encourage you and your family, prior to admission, to arrange to meet with the Director of Care to look over the Home. This will provide you with the opportunity to find out further information about the facilities that the Queen Victoria Home offers, and it also helps to make the transition process a little easier.
QVH Profile
Located in Lindisfarne, a suburb of Hobart, on the Eastern Shore of the Derwent River, less than ten minutes from the City Centre. The origins of the Home date back to 1891, when it was first established as a Convalescent Home for people recovering from hospital treatment. The philosophy of the Board of the QVH and Staff is to support each Resident's independence. Care is offered to residents in a manner that will preserve dignity and self esteem by staff members who are conscious of their role as facilitators of independence. The Home is a community organisation, operated by a Board on a not-for-profit basis. The Home is maintained for the benefit of aged men and women, irrespective of creed or country, and is conducted on Christian but non-sectarian principles. The Queen Victoria is now home to many residents from all walks of life. It is licensed for 139 residents, and receives government subsidised residential aged care funding. The Home operates 24 independent living units, known as Victoria Mews, 10 independent living apartments known as Victoria Apartments, and a further 9 independent living units located at Quarry Court, a short distance away. The Home employs over 130 staff to provide care and associated services to residents. It has a wage commitment in excess $3.1million for the 1999-2000 financial year and a capital works budget of over $3.5million for the same period.
Accreditation ReportIn 2000 accreditation from the Aged Care Standards Agency was achieved -
Standards 1: Satisfactory
Standards 2: Satisfactory
Standards 3: Satisfactory
Standards 4: Commendable
With no major corrective actions against any of the standards required.
For more information and to view the accreditation report click here
ManagementMichael Bratt - Chief Executive Officer
Michael Bratt is a qualified accountant and has occupied executive management positions for many years in both large commercial organisations and in aged care. Michael has held the position of Chief Executive Officer at Queen Victoria Home since 1996 and during this time he has been responsible for overseeing the Home’s massive building and refurbishment program as well as the integration of the Lord Fraser Home.
Sarah Blain - Financial Manager
Sarah Blain graduated from the University of Tasmania with an accounting degree and worked for a number of years with a large chartered accountant’s practice with whom QVH was a client. Visiting the Home in her professional capacity as an accountant, Sarah became more and more interested in aged care, until the opportunity arose for her to take over the administration of the Home’s accounting functions. Her duty of care has seen the prudent management of funds through all of the financial intricacies of the building phases and the Lord Fraser Home transition. One resident has described Sarah as an accountant with heart.
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