The new facility at Thornton Park in Penrith will be home to 48 retirement living units and a 104-bed aged care home, as well as provide home care services to residents and the wider community.

Allied health care services will also be built on-site.

It is just one of several projects Southern Cross Care NSW & ACT has in the pipeline.

They service over 3,500 people across more than 40 locations in NSW and the ACT.

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