The Greenvale Village for the Aged was inaugurated on 22 August 1955, overlapping with the now renamed Greenvale Sanatorium being officially closed in 1956. The Greenvale Village became known as the Greenvale Geriatric Centre in 1972
Officially known as: Greenvale Centre
Greenvale Village for the Aged was established on the site of the Greenvale Sanatorium in 1955. Although sanatorium patients continued to be treated at the site until February 1956, expansion of the Greenvale site commenced in 1955 to facilitate new elderly patients by the end of the calendar year. Greenvale was inaugurated on 22 August 1955 and registered as a Benevolent Home by the Hospitals and Charities Commission (VA 694) 19 September 1955. (Annual report 1956)
In July 1962 it was re-registered as a Hospital for the Aged with the objectives of providing care for the elderly as well as establishing a geriatric research centre. The centre studied disabilities of aged people, enabling their treatment and rehabilitation, and the social and medical problems associated with such disabilities. (Annual report 1963).
Greenvale Village for the Aged changed its name to Greenvale Geriatric Centre, by Order-in-Council made 27 March 1973 under the Hospitals and Charities Act 1958, Section 5(3), (Victoria Government Gazette 4 April 1973, page 742). The Hospitals and Charities Commission approved the name change on 26 February 1973, effective 1 March 1973 (VGG 28 February 1973, page 449). A new centre for rehabilitation, Sir William Upjohn House, was opened in 1974.
The corporate name Greenvale Geriatric Centre changed again to Greenvale Centre by Order-in-Council made 25 June 1986 under the Hospitals and Charities Act 1958, Section 50 (VGG 2 July 1986, page 2452). The Department of Health approved the name change on 12 May 1986 (VGG 21 May 1986, page 1448).
On 1 July, 1991, the Greenvale Centre amalgamated with the Mount Royal Hospital (VA 1280) located in Park Street, Parkville, under the Health Services Act 1988 s65(1) and became the North West Hospital (VA 5265) by Administrator in Council (VGG 26 June 1991, page 1712-13). The site became known as North West Hospital – Greenvale Campus.
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