Cygnet
Contact Details
Cygnet
Rowethorpe
(entry from Hillview Terrace)
4-10 Hayman Road, Bentley WA 6102
Phone: (08) 6363 6299
Fax: (08) 6363 6287
Location
Metro, South of the River, Bentley
Cygnet is a 42 place low care dementia specific Residential facility and is part of the Rowethorpe site in Bentley. To view Rowethorpe Residential Care Brochure click here.
The original development at Rowethorpe was designed to accommodate those who became ‘less than active’ and as a result, Claudia Hicks Lodge was built in 1962. However, the passing years saw the Lodge reach a stage where it needed such significant upgrade, it was best replaced with a brand new building .
Several old cottages facing Hillview Terrace were demolished to make way for the new facility and Cygnet was opened in 1992, named for the small ship which in 1833 brought Mr Barnard Clarkson, the patriarchal Methodist, to the Swan River Colony.
Cygnet is designed with a homelike appearance, not unlike any residential home in the suburbs, very spacious individual rooms with private ensuite arranged into three ‘Houses’ clustered around a central courtyard garden and activities area.
Originally designed to accommodate both general low care and dementia specific residents, it became clear up to 2006 that demand for dementia specific accommodation was greatly increasing and so building works were undertaken to improve the facility and secure it in readiness for all 42 beds to provide this special care.
Contact Details
Cygnet
Almond Drive, Rowethorpe
4-10 Hayman Road, Bentley WA 6102
Phone: (08) 6363 6299
Fax: (08) 6363 6287