However, so has Murchison-born Dawn Leggett. She lives just metres from the facility and on Tuesday she stood on her lawn strip waving to dozens of past employees at a gathering to say their goodbyes.
Her roots to the facility however stem much deeper to just living down the road.
Her father Alan William Leggett was one of those instrumental in establishing a nursing home in Murchison.
Ms Leggett said her father would be rolling in his grave knowing the facility was closing.
“They saw a vision to have a nursing home in the town,” Ms Leggett said.
“They put it all together with a lot of volunteer work, a lot of hours, a lot of frustration but eventually they got their nursing home up and going,” she said.
As the facility closed it doors so did the doors of the home's wing named in honour of her father.
Ms Leggett had the privilege to work as a nurse in the Leggett wing for 10 years.
“My daughter also went on to work at the facility,” Ms Leggatt said.
“So three generations of my family history is in that place and to see it all come to a standstill is devastating.
“If I had to go there myself I would of been proud to stay in my father's wing, but now what do you do?
“You just hope it reopens and reopens as a nursing home,” she said.
After joining her fellow ex-colleagues over a cuppa yesterday Ms Leggett was on a mission to collect a plaque from the home dedicated to her father.She wished for it to be placed in another significant spot within the Murchison community along with the other significant nursing home memorabilia.
“It was an honour to be a part of caring for people who were in their twilight years,” she said.
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