Kemp Home and Hospital
At a glance
- Vacancy
- No
- Name
- Kemp Home and Hospital
- Category
- Rest Home
- Address
- 21 Te Pene Avenue
Titahi Bay
Porirua 5022 - Postal Address
- PO Box 52081
Titahi Bay
Porirua 5242 - Region
- Capital & Coast
- Phone
- View Phone Number
- Fax
- View Fax Number
- View Email Address
Personnel
- Manager
- Valelia Gibb - (04) 236 8099
- Owner
- Wellington City Mission - (04) 477 5960
Other services
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The staff at Kemp Home and Hospital undertake to provide a professional and caring environment with opportunities for elders to live a dignified and fulfilling daily life.
We believe in:
the individuality of those in our care and their right to make informed choices through our interaction with them and their families,
and in creating a pleasant living environment with professional care and the encouragement of activity, both mental and physical, to maintain the optimum quality of life.
We believe in:
the individuality of those in our care and their right to make informed choices through our interaction with them and their families,
and in creating a pleasant living environment with professional care and the encouragement of activity, both mental and physical, to maintain the optimum quality of life.
Service/Facility Details
| Detail | Status |
|---|---|
| Contract with Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora | Yes |
| Certification | Yes |
| ORA Applies | No |
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Updated: 14 Jun 2012 |
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Bed and Vacancy Details
| Detail | Status |
|---|---|
| Approximate number of beds at this level of care | 21 |
| Vacancy | No |
| 0 | |
| Impending vacancy | No - 0 |
| Short stay considered | Yes |
| Premium Accommodation Charges | No |
| MOH Certification and Audit Report | View MOH certification and audit report (opens in a new tab) |
| Extra admission requirements due to COVID-19 | Please enquire |
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Updated: 31 Oct 2024 |
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Personnel
| Type | Hours Per Week | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nurse | 8x40 | Yes | Registered nurses on all shifts supervise and take responsibility for all care |
| Physiotherapist | Yes | Services available as prescribed. Physiotherapist visits at least weekly. | |
| Occupational Therapist | No | ||
| Social Worker (on site) | No | All services provided by Capital Support and Capital Coast staff. | |
| Diversional Therapist | Yes | Services provided by the Occupational Therapy Team | |
| Hairdresser | Yes | Available Tuesdays. Very reasonable rates for men and women. | |
| Podiatrist | Yes | Visits twice monthly. | |
| Dietitian | Yes | Annual Dietician audit of all meal servcies | |
| Kaumatua | Yes | For both Maori and Pacific Island clients | |
| Chaplain/Spiritual Advisor | Yes | Anglican Chaplain on staff. Catholic Services fortnightly. Services for people of other Christian denominations and other faiths as requested. Chapel and hall available | |
| Other Personnel | Yes | Medical Officer, experienced in geriatric care available at all times | |
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Updated: 12 Nov 2014 |
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Specialities or Areas of Expertise
| Specialities or Areas of Expertise | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Wound Care | Yes | |
| Diabetic Care | Yes | |
| Continence Advice | Yes | |
| Infection Control | Yes | Currently undertaking advanced qualifications |
| Psychiatric Care | Yes | |
| Clinical Management | Yes | |
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Respite, Carer Support or other Short Stay
| Respite, Carer Support or other Short Stay | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Respite | Yes | |
| Subsidised | Yes | |
| Private Paying | Yes | |
| Booking can be made in advance | Yes | Limited to availability |
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Updated: 22 Mar 2013 |
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Features
| Feature | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|
| May Bring Own Furniture | Yes | |
| Single Rooms | Yes | |
| Shared Rooms | Yes | |
| Rooms suitable for a couple | Yes | |
| Ensuite | Yes | Shared |
| Alcohol Permitted | Yes | Happy hour each Saturday |
| Pets In Residence | Yes | We currently have two budgies and fish. |
| Negotiate To Bring Own Pet | Yes | |
| Phone Access In Own Room | Yes | Clients pay for private line, or cordless phones available for use. |
| Resident can adjust heating in own room | Yes | Adjustable heating available in each room |
| Cater for under 65 yrs with Disability | Yes | |
| Lounges/seating areas | Yes | Eleven areas of varying sizes |
| Primary Health Funded Short Term Care | Yes | |
| Provide End of Life/Palliative Care | Yes | |
| Palliative Care Contract | Yes | |
| Outings | Yes | Thursday van trip to the local Plaza. |
| Whānau Room | Yes | |
| Residents Committee | Yes | Independent chairperson, families welcome. |
| Family Committee | Yes | As residents committee |
| Newsletter | Yes | |
| Policy for management of challenging behaviour | Yes | |
| Confused Residents | Yes | |
| Rural Setting | Yes | suburban setting with extensive sheltered gardens including rose garden and gazebo |
| Smokers Room | Yes | Two smoking areas available for residents |
| Smoking Permitted | Yes | We have an allocated smoking area |
| Semi-Secure | Yes | Facility locked at 5pm each night |
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Updated: 12 Nov 2014 |
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Special Features
| Suburban setting with extensive sheltered gardens including rose garden and gazebo. Nursing students from Whitiriea Polytechnic, Medical students from Wellington School of Medicine, Students from the Police college and care giver students from a variety of institutions undertake learning experience and add to our daily experiences |
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Interests & Activities
| Activity programme, Advocate, Age Concern, Alzheimer's Society, Aromatherapy, Art, BBQ, Big print books, Bingo, Blind Foundation, Board games, Bowls, Breakfast in bed, Bridge, Canine friends, Cards, Care and Craft, Chapel, Children, Church, Classical Music, Concerts, Cooking, Craft, Dancing, Electric beds, Entertainers, Entertainment, Exercises, Fax, Flower arranging, Games, Garden, Gardening, Happy Hour, Housie, Interdenominational, Jigsaw, Lectures, Library, Maori Women's Welfare League, Meal choices, Men, Minibus, Motivational, Movies, Music, Newspaper reading, Organ, Outings, Park, Parties, Pastoral care, Pianist, Picnic facilities, Quizzes, Reading, Recreation, Religious services, Roses, Service women, Servicemen, Shopping, Sing-a-longs, Singing, Sky TV, TAB, Vegetarian, Videos, Views, Visitors |
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Additional Information
| Topic | Details | |
|---|---|---|
| What's included in your fees and what's not | All hotel services including personal laundry provided in cost. | |
| Staffing qualifications and details | Each unitis staffed by a team of registered nurses and care givers, led by a Care Manager who is responsible for the day to day running and quality of care in the unit. All nurse assistants have care givers certificates. | |
| Details about meals | All meals provided including morning and afternoon teas and snacks as desired. Facilities for tea and coffee and heating food in each unit | |
| Associated Complexes | Also listed as hospital. | |
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Languages Spoken
| Language | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Cook Island Maori | Yes | |
| English | Yes | |
| Fijian | Yes | |
| Fijian Indian | Yes | |
| Filipino | Yes | |
| Hindi | Yes | |
| Interpreter | Yes | |
| Japanese | No | We are situated in Porirua and participate in the Sister City exchanges with Nishio, a city similar to ours and S.E. of Ngagoya |
| Malay | Yes | |
| Māori - Te Reo | Yes | |
| Niuean | Yes | |
| Samoan | Yes | |
| Tongan | Yes | |
| Other Details | Yes | Staff at Kemp Home and Hospital wish to make admission and stay at Kemp as pleasant and supportive as possible for clients of all cultures and ethnic groups. There are people on the staff who are fluent in Maori, all Pacific and several Asian languages. |
| Other Information | Yes | Tokalau, Cook Island Maori & All Pacific Islands |
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Updated: 29 Jun 2010 |
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Religious/Spiritual Affiliations
| Religious/Spiritual Affiliations | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Anglican | Yes | |
| Christian | Yes | |
| Denominations/Faiths represented | Yes | Christian, L.D.S, Buddhist. Muslim |
| (Other comments) | Yes | Open to people of all Christian denominations and other faiths. Clergy and religious representatives are welcome and we will strive to provide support in any way possible. |
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Distances
| Location | Distance | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Public Transport | 0.03 Km | On main bus route. Bus stop outside |
| Shops | 0.20 Km | Adjoins local shopping centre |
| Parks | 0.10 Km | Adjoins local sports ground |
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Credentials & Membership
| Credentials & Membership RC | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Aged Care Association New Zealand (ACA) | Yes | |
| New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS) | Yes | |
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The Ministry of Health conducts regular audits of Residential Care Facilities. They can be found HERE.