Brighton Health Campus
The Health Campus was established in 1946 as a benevolent home and throughout the years the service has evolved in response to changing health needs and priorities.
We have worked with patients, families and staff to move our rehabilitation patients from our acquired brain injury service to Brighton Health Campus to provide better access to the community and local services.
The Brighton Health Campus provides 24/7 subacute rehabilitation, residential care and complex care services through the following centres:
Brighton Wellness Hub
The Brighton Wellness Hub is a progressive space for our community to access services and information, and use to support healthy aging activities.
Brighton Rehabilitation Unit
The Brighton Rehabilitation Unit provides rehabilitation services to adult patients aged 16 years and older who need a program of intensive multidisciplinary therapy to optimise recovery from a medical illness, injury or surgery.
Aged Care – Gannet House
Gannet House provides care for residents with a range of specialised care needs
Our services
Campus facilities
While staying at Brighton Health Campus, patients also have access to:
- a multi-faith space
- an on-site café
- an auditorium
- Brighton Wellness Hub
- the Men’s Shed
Community Connections
We understand the importance of social connections for enhancing feelings of wellbeing and quality of life, supporting physical and mental health, promoting positive ageing and helping people cope with life’s challenges. As well as providing health services, the Brighton Health Campus is a meeting place for many local community groups who welcome new members to participate in their activities and experience meaningful relationships with others.
Brighton Health Campus multi faith room
The Brighton Health Campus multi faith room is now available to individuals and small groups of staff, families, patients and residents to use for quiet reflection and worship. The multi faith room is open 24/7, seven days a week. Visiting hours are 7.00 am to 4.00 pm. For after-hours access please contact Brighton Health Campus security on 3631 7547.
Visiting hours and wards
We encourage family and friends to visit our patients during their stay. Visiting hours are flexible, and vary from ward to ward. Some wards/areas have restricted visiting hours due to the nature of care being provided in that particular clinical area and most wards have rest periods. Visitors can ask ward staff about the particular visiting arrangements for the ward where their relative or friend is staying. Visitors are asked to consider the needs of other patients in the room. The nurse unit manager is responsible for the ward and may ask visitors to leave, or restrict visitors during medical and nursing procedures and in emergency situations. Visitors should not attend the hospital if they have a potentially infectious illness (e.g. coughs or colds, gastro symptoms). Children are to be accompanied by an adult at all times. To contact a ward, phone our switchboard on (07) 36317400 and ask to be put through.
Parking and transport
Eighty years of care at Brighton Health Campus
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The Brighton Health Campus has a rich connection to the culture and history
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of the land and the local community, transcending generations.
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During World War II, it was a personnel base to the Royal Australian Air
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Force before the military accommodation huts were repurposed into
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the Eventide Nursing Home in 1946.
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In the 1950s, the former Eventide Nursing Home was portrayed in a
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picture film as a well-laid-out township with sidewalks bordered
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by beautiful secluded gardens.
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My earliest memories of Brighton Health Campus were way back
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in the 1960s. At that time, we lived on the
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Redcliffe Peninsula, and my father was a general practitioner who would come
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across to Eventide, the nursing home that was
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here. In the ’60s, there
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was very little else but the military huts.
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But as time went by, a lot of
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little chamferboard cabins were built all over the place
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to the point where it became like a small township.
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Back in the day, it was described as a compassionate place for residents
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who longed for a sympathetic ear and a place for quiet
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contemplation. The former Eventide Nursing Home connected
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families, residents, and the community.
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People came together to enjoy social gatherings, plays, and concerts
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in the Sea Breeze Theatre, or an end or two at the Eventide
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Bowls Club.
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During its peak in the 1970s, the campus cared for over
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900 residents and was run by close to
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450 nurses and attendants led by an
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on-campus matron 24/7.
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The campus has warmly welcomed the elderly, homeless, people
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needing support with mild psychiatric disorders, and more recently,
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people needing further rehabilitation after being in hospital.
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In the 1980s, the campus was reborn with the establishment of the
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three-story bedded facility known as Dolphin House, which
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was opened by His Royal Highness Prince Charles of Wales.
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This major facelift was closely followed by the opening of Ebtide,
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Flinders, and Gannet House. While Eventide Nursing Home
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closed in 2012, its legacy lives on.
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The site pivoted again to meet the demands of the community by
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introducing community transition care and rehabilitation services
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closer to home. Throughout its history, the campus has moved with the
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times, with community expectations and the needs of patients and
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residents, even when times were uncertain.
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Today, Brighton Health Campus is continuing to adjust and adapt to
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expectations and broader community needs with increased medical,
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research, allied health, pharmacy, and nursing capabilities,
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and standing for growth of its services.
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In the intermediate term, it will continue to welcome and expand healthcare
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services for the elderly, and it’s introducing modern
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medical imaging services for the very first time.
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The whole point of this area has been
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caring for people, and the history of this place is the
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history of the people who have been cared for and who are
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caring for them. And it’s continuing as we
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progress into the future and has been for 80 years
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now.
Brighton Health Campus
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For non-urgent medical issues call 13 HEALTH or visit your GP In an emergency call 000 or go to a hospital