The Volunteer Board of community owned Cooinda Aged Care Facility at Coonababran say they will now be able to get on with a major extension, saying new money received from a Federal Government grant is pleasing.

The organisation were among three in western NSW to be awarded millions in funding for facility improvements.

Chief Executive Leanne Redfern says Cooinda is working to with builders to get things happening.

"We are going to refurbish Cooinda Lodge, an unused building and outfit it for 14 beds with overhead lifters with state of art features, as a new wing of the residential home," she said.

The $4.3million Federal Government funding will help make valuable additions to the Aged Care Facility.

‘’It's shovel ready and DA approved so we hope to have this complete by end of the next year.’’

The facility opened in 1977 and staff has grown to 140 , the CEO says her staff live and work in the community and love and care for its residents.

"We are the largest employer in the town and will continue to be a major contributor to our town economically," Mrs Redfern said.

Cooinda serves the bigger community of the Warrumbungle Shire and wider areas but also has residents from Dubbo.

Federal Member for Parkes Jamie Chaffey said a total of $56,490,721 in funding had been allocated to the facilities through Round 3 of the federal Aged Care Capital Assistance Program (ACCAP).

“I’m particularly pleased that the largest single grant that has ever been awarded through the program will go to the new 94-bed residential care home in Broken Hill,” Mr Chaffey said.

“I’m also delighted that the Lillian Brady Village Hostel in Cobar has been awarded just over $1.5 million, and the Cooinda Aged Care facility in Coonabarabran has been awarded $4.3 million.

“We have an ageing population, and it is so important to make sure that the older people who have already contributed so much to our communities have quality care.”

Cobar’s Lilliane Brady Village Hostel is council owned and the funding is a major boost for its 43 residents.

"New bathrooms for 15 of its 43 residents will bring it up to modern standard," Council GM Peter Vlatko said.

‘’This project will take time with a builder to do lots of work.

"So it will take time moving residents to accommodate the new bathrooms but they will be pleased when work is done,'' he said.

The Aged Care Capital Assistance Program recipients in the western region are:

• Cobar – Lillian Brady Village Hostel (operated by Cobar Shire Council) - $1,524,613

• Coonabarabran – Cooinda Aged Care (operated by Cooinda Coonabarabran Ltd) - $4,303,000

• Broken Hill – Southern Cross Care Broken Hill (operated by Southern Cross Care Qld Ltd) - $50,663,108.