Our Services

Enjoy a caring and active lifestyle

When you enter the serene and beautiful grounds of the Calvary Retirement Community Ryde, you will sense our philosophy of caring and the loving spirit of our founder, Mary Potter, based on traditional values and christian beliefs.

Calvary Retirement Community Ryde has been specifically designed to encourage residents to enjoy an active and vibrant lifestyle. Our location and on-site services offer residents a relaxed and peaceful environment.

Not only does the village recreation officer and social committee organise special events and trips, the Calvary Retirement Community Ryde provides the perfect venue for a range of activities, such as indoor bowls, billiards, table tennis and exercise classes. Residents can also enjoy a magnificent library, lounge and television rooms, as well as designated areas for crafts, cards, games and music. And of course, all residents and visitors are welcome to attend services in the village Chapel.

Family and friends can visit for an outdoor barbeque amid the superbly landscaped gardens. All garden and external maintenance is undertaken by the management, allowing residents more time for leisure and family interests.

Accommodation to suit everyone's needs

Whatever type of accommodation you choose, be assured that Calvary Retirement Community Ryde is serviced by a team of professionals who are accountable to a National Board.

As a resident, you can enjoy all the modern amenities of two and three bedroom villas or apartments with private outdoor areas and garage, or two and three bedroom apartments with balconies and district or city views in buildings serviced by lifts. All units are wheelchair accessible and are fitted with emergency call buttons monitored on-site by our staff 24 hours per day.

The Marian Hostel offers low care hostel accommodation for members of both the general public and the village community. The Mary Potter Nursing Home is a 60-bed high care facility incorporating a 20-bed dementia unit with a secure environment for the residents' special needs.

We are confident that you will find Calvary Retirement Community Ryde a relaxed and respectful place in which to live and invite you to come and inspect our services and facilities.

A perfect location

Calvary Retirement Community Ryde residents are only a short bus ride from most neighbourhood amenities and entertainment, such as shopping centres, churches, clubs and the many other services within the Ryde municipality.

Both private and public buses service the area providing access to Chatswood, Parramatta, Sydney City, Ryde and West Ryde.

Every village facility you could want

	Two and three bedroom villas and apartments		Library
	46-bed low care (hostel)		Recreation room
	60-bed high care (nursing home)		Village chapel
	Community and administration centre		Hairdresser
	Garages to all units		Music room
	In-house village TV		Hobby workshop
	Pottery studio		Vegetable garden
	Beautifully landscaped gardens		Visitor parking
	All units are wheel-chair accessible		Village bus
	Outdoor BBQ facilities for visiting friends and family

Our values help make your life special

As stewards of the rich heritage of care and compassion of the Little Company of Mary, we are guided by our values:

Hospitality

We demonstrate and foster openness to others in a spirit of warmth, compassion, and gracious receptivity.

Healing

We anticipate and respond to the needs of people by the provision of holistic care.

Stewardship

We ensure that our philosophy governs the way we relate to our people and to the communities we serve, that we respect and care for our environment, and that we use our scarce health care resources to best advantage as a united group.

Respect

We respect the sacredness of the gift of life, the value and dignity of all persons and our obligation to relate to all with justice and compassion.

Independent Living

Calvary Retirement Community Ryde has been specifically designed to encourage residents to enjoy an active and vibrant lifestyle. Our location and on-site services offer residents a relaxed and peaceful environment. As a resident, you can enjoy all the modern amenities of two and three bedroom villas or apartments with private outdoor areas and garage, or two and three bedroom apartments with balconies and district or city views in buildings services by lifts. All units are wheelchair accessible and are fitted with emergency call buttons monitored on-site by our staff 24 hours a day.

If you like to join our waiting list for Independent Living Units, , download the form here.

Low Care

Marian Hostel offers low care accommodation for members of both the general public and the village community. The (46) bed-sitter apartments are comfortably appointed and most have garden outlooks. This facility is fully accredited and also offers a low care respite bed. Concessional bed placement is also offered.

If you like to join our waiting list download an Application for Accommodation and Care Services here

High Care

The Mary Potter Nursing Home is a 60 bed facility incorporating a 20 bed dementia unit with a secure environment for the resident's special needs. The nursing home is fully accredited all standards in its recent accreditation.

If you like to join our waiting list download an Application for Accommodation and Care Services here