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Aged Care
Aged care environments need to feel like home while meeting demanding safety and comfort standards.
COVA designs building services for residential aged care that support domestic-scale, community-oriented models of care.
Designed around models of care
Korongee in Tasmania - a small-household village for people living with dementia - and Mercy Health's Bethlehem Home for the Aged in Bendigo sit among our aged care projects. Both demanded engineering that disappears into a domestic setting while performing to clinical-grade standards.
That balance runs through every design decision: strictly temperature-controlled warm water, essential power, integration with nurse call and assistive systems, and fire safety planned around residents with limited mobility.
Comfort first, compliance always
Residents live in these buildings, and staff work in them around the clock. Systems are chosen for quiet operation, simple controls and maintenance that doesn't disrupt daily life - then documented to the safety standards residential care demands.
COVA's aged care work spans new facilities and upgrades to operating homes, with staging planned so residents stay safe and comfortable throughout.
FAQs
Aged Care - frequently asked questions
What's distinctive about engineering for aged care?
Residential comfort delivered with clinical-grade reliability: COVA's aged care designs pair individually controllable heating and cooling and strictly temperature-controlled warm water with integration with nurse call and assistive systems, and fire safety designed around residents with limited mobility.
Has COVA delivered dementia-specific environments?
Yes. Korongee in Tasmania, a small-household village model for people living with dementia, is among COVA's aged care projects.
Can facilities keep operating during upgrades?
Yes. COVA stages the works, with temporary services and out-of-hours changeovers keeping residents safe and comfortable while systems are replaced.
What standards apply to aged-care building services?
Warm-water systems are strictly temperature-controlled to prevent scalding and manage Legionella risk, fire systems are designed around the evacuation needs of residents with limited mobility, and heating, cooling and lighting deliver residential comfort with clinical-grade reliability. COVA documents its aged-care designs to these requirements.