Rumbalara House and Adelene Village to Join Respect

Alino Living’s Rumbalara House and Adelene Village will join Respect, following a decision by the Alino Living Board to move both services to an organisation with the scale to invest in their long-term future.

Following the transfer, Rumbalara House will join Respect’s growing care community, with expansion plans in place to increase resident places from 49 to around 90 beds. 

Adelene Village was created in 1979, the vision of the late Gordon Leech MBE, who named it after his wife, the late Esma Adelene Leech.

It remains Alino Living’s only retirement living community, and its move to Respect will mark our first presence on the NSW Central Coast. 

Following a strategic review of the site and future aged care requirements, the Alino Living Board determined that significant capital investment and operational scale would be required to protect and improve services into the future.

The Board chose Respect for its proven ability to deliver excellent care across regional communities, its financial sustainability, and a practical, down-to-earth culture and focus on staff wellbeing that aligns with the expectations of the Wyoming community. 

No residents will need to move, and they’ll remain in the homes they enjoy, in the community they love, with current agreements, fees and village contracts remaining unchanged. Staff joining Respect will keep their existing entitlements. 

The transition is expected to take place on 1 December 2026, subject to the execution of agreements and Government approval, supported by dedicated transition teams from both Respect and Alino Living.  

Respect’s Managing Director and CEO Jason Binder said the first priority was making sure residents, families and staff felt confident about what the transition would mean for them. 

“Rumbalara House and Adelene Village already have strong communities around them. Our job isn’t to come in and reinvent that. It’s to understand what people value about these places and make sure we build on it. 

“For us, the starting point is always the same: older people and the care and support they receive come first. Whatever else changes around an organisation, that doesn’t change,” Mr Binder said. 

This is an exciting new chapter for the Rumbalara House and Adelene Village communities, and for Respect.