Kowhai Rest Home - Rest Home
At a glance
- Vacancy
- Yes
- Name
- Kowhai Rest Home
- Category
- Rest Home
- Address
- 25 Aynsley Terrace
Hillsborough
Christchurch 8022 - Region
- Canterbury
- Phone
- View Phone Number
- View Email Address
Personnel
- Manager
- Alison Ward - 027 272 8034
- Owner
- Alison Ward - 027 272 8034
- Registered Nurse
- Melissa Walker
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OUR SERVICE:
Respite & Carer Support available when we have vacancies
NO PREMIUM CHARGES
OUR PLEDGE:
"A home away from home with old fashioned love and care,in a warm safe
environment,where respect, dignity and privacy are upheld at all times."
Respite & Carer Support available when we have vacancies
NO PREMIUM CHARGES
OUR PLEDGE:
"A home away from home with old fashioned love and care,in a warm safe
environment,where respect, dignity and privacy are upheld at all times."
Service/Facility Details
| Detail | Status |
|---|---|
| Contract with Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora | Yes |
| Certification | Yes |
| ORA Applies | No |
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Updated: 5 Feb 2021 |
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Bed and Vacancy Details
| Detail | Status |
|---|---|
| Approximate number of beds at this level of care | 28 |
| Vacancy | Yes |
| Impending vacancy | Yes |
| 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: 30 Dec 2024 |
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Personnel
| Type | Hours Per Week | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nurse | 56 | Yes | Alison & Melissa |
| Enrolled Nurse | 35 | Yes | Debbie |
| Healthcare Assistants/Caregivers | Yes | We have care givers on duty covering shifts over 24 hours each day. The number of care givers on duty throughout the day can vary according to the needs of our residents, ensuring that there are at least two on at all times. | |
| Physiotherapist | Negotiable | Can be contacted when required by referral to a Community Physio. | |
| Occupational Therapist | Negotiable | Can be contacted as required for assistance. | |
| Social Worker (on site) | Negotiable | All residents have Needs Co-Ordinators, and some have their own social workers. | |
| Diversional Therapist | 40.00 | Yes | He works 40 hours per week, and does group as well as individual activities with the residents and outings. |
| Hairdresser | Yes | Visits regularly | |
| Podiatrist | Yes | Our Podiatrist,visits every 6 - 8 weeks. | |
| Dietitian | Negotiable | We have a four week rotating menu. All menus are regularly reviewed, by a dietitian, and reflect our Resident's likes and dislikes. A dietitian can be contacted when required for Residents with dietary concerns. Specialty diets are able to be provided. | |
| Accredited Visitors | Yes | These can be arranged as required. | |
| Kaumatua | Negotiable | Arranged when required. | |
| Chaplain/Spiritual Advisor | Yes | St Marks Parish Opawa, hold an interdenominational service monthly. Residents are encouraged to maintain contact with their own church. We have close links with Spreydon Baptist, St Chads, Beckenham Baptist, and Holy Trinity Churches. | |
| Other Personnel | Yes | Visiting Psychiatric Nurses as required Support person from Muscular Dystrophy visits regularly | |
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Updated: 9 Jun 2022 |
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Specialities or Areas of Expertise
| Specialities or Areas of Expertise | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Gastronomy/Nasogastric Management | No | Can be arranged where required |
| Wound Care | Yes | Where required specialist wound care can be accessed. |
| Diabetic Care | Yes | Diabetic diets available. Staff have experience with Insulin dependant diabetics. |
| Continence Advice | No | Continence referrals take place as required. |
| Stomal Therapy | No | When needed |
| Stroke Rehabilitation | Yes | Staff have considerable experience looking after people who have suffered strokes and assisting them to maximum independence |
| Spinal Injuries Care | Yes | Manager has extensive experience in this field. |
| Infection Control | Yes | Kowhai Rest Home has Infection Control Policies in place to cover most situations. When required Southern Community Laboratory can be contacted for additional assistance. |
| Psychiatric Care | Yes | Kowhai Rest Home has links with the Hereford Centre and Lifelinks as well as Psychiatric Services for the Elderly, and Older Persons Health, at Burwood Hospital, and Sector bases. |
| Clinical Management | Yes | Registered Nurses are on call for emergencies after hours |
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Updated: 25 Oct 2018 |
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Respite, Carer Support or other Short Stay
| Respite, Carer Support or other Short Stay | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Respite | Yes | We are able to provide respite care. |
| Carer Support | Yes | We provide Carer support, and short term care when beds are available |
| High Care Needs | Yes | |
| Subsidised | Yes | |
| Private Paying | Yes | |
| Booking can be made in advance | Yes | We welcome bookings in advance. |
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Updated: 3 May 2020 |
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Features
| Feature | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|
| May Bring Own Furniture | Yes | We encourage residents to make their room their own using familiar items that will fit safely into the space available. |
| Single Rooms | Yes | All 28 rooms are single rooms |
| Rooms suitable for a couple | Yes | There are four large rooms suitable for couples. Some single rooms have shared ensuites which would also be suitable for couples. |
| Ensuite | Yes | Some of our rooms have either an individual ensuite toilet or share one between two rooms. |
| Alcohol Permitted | Yes | We discourage alcohol on the premises, although arrangements can be discussed with manager. |
| Pets In Residence | Yes | We have 1 budgie and a cat. |
| Negotiate To Bring Own Pet | Yes | Discuss with Manager. Not secure enough for dogs. |
| Phone Access In Own Room | Yes | Some rooms have phone jacks already installed. Access can be installed if not already in the room. Portable phones are available on the main and Residents lines and can be taken to rooms for privacy. |
| Wifi | Yes | |
| Resident can adjust heating in own room | Yes | Although residents can adjust their own heating in the majority of the rooms staff are able to adjust it as well. |
| Cater for under 65 yrs with Disability | Yes | Provided assessed as requiring Rest Home Level Care. |
| Lounges/seating areas | Yes | Residents are able to choose from 3 lounges and 1 quiet area to sit in inside, and 2 porches outside. |
| Primary Health Funded Short Term Care | Yes | |
| Outings | Yes | 1-2 outings most weeks, to places of interest as well as to venues providing entertainment and afternoon tea afterwards. Shopping trips arranged regularly. |
| Whānau Room | Yes | A room is available when required. |
| Māori Kaupapa | Yes | Can be contacted as required |
| Residents Committee | Yes | Meets every second month. |
| Family Committee | No | Many of our Residents do not have family living locally. Contact is made regularly with those family members who wish to be involved. |
| Newsletter | Yes | Issued every 3 months |
| Policy for management of challenging behaviour | Yes | We have a policy for Managing Challenging Behaviours. Staff also receive training in this. |
| Confused Residents | Yes | We are able to manage residents who are a little confused but have not been assessed as requiring dementia care. |
| Rural Setting | No | We are not situated in a rural area, but do have a lovely view from the lounge and front garden out to the Heathcote River. Hansons Park is just over the road from the Rest Home - within easy walking distance. |
| Smokers Room | No | Our building has a smoke free environment. |
| Smoking Permitted | Yes | outside only in the designated area. |
| Semi-Secure | Yes | We have a gate, but this is not locked. |
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Updated: 11 Feb 2021 |
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Special Features
| Love, fun and laughter. Tranquil riverside setting with mature trees. Internet for contact overseas.E mail Home cooking. Family involvement welcome. Please feel free to visit. |
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Updated: 30 Nov 2017 |
Interests & Activities
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Activity programme: Music, Newspaper readings & discussions, Quizzes, Cards, Exercises, Tai Chi, Sing-a-longs, bowls, housie, indoor Board games, library, indoor games, singing group, jewellery making Mini bus Outings to places of interest, shopping, The Library, Movies and for Mystery Drives, Friendship Club, Men's Club Visits to St Chads for indoor bowls, badminton, table tennis, Linwood Union Church Monthly interdenominational service held at Heathbrae by St Marks Church, Opawa. We also have links with The Spreydon Baptist Church, Opawa Community Church, St Chads, and Holy Trinity Avonside. Email, and Internet available. Digital camera (we can send photos to relatives and friends). Entertainers visit Kowhai Rest Home each week and twice a month at weekends. Celebrate: Birthdays, Waitangi Day, Easter, Anzac Day, Queens Birthday, Rugby, and other regional events. |
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Updated: 11 Jun 2021 |
Additional Information
| Topic | Details | |
|---|---|---|
| What's included in your fees and what's not | Please contact Manager for details | |
| Staffing qualifications and details | Registered Nurse Manager on duty 3 days, on call after hours and weekends. 4 Care Givers on duty morning, 2 on afternoon shifts and 2 at night. Full time Activities Officer. | |
| Details about meals | Diabetic & Vegetarian meals a speciality | |
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Updated: 11 Feb 2021 |
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Languages Spoken
| Language | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | |
| Filipino | Yes | |
| Interpreter | Yes | available as required |
| Māori - Te Reo | Yes | |
| Nepali | Yes | |
| Punjabi | Yes | |
| Sign Language | Yes | We have access to this service if required. |
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Updated: 9 Jun 2022 |
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Religious/Spiritual Affiliations
| Religious/Spiritual Affiliations | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Anglican | Yes | St Marks Opawa hold an interdenominational service each month. We also have links with St Chads in Linwood. |
| Baptist | Yes | Links with Spreydon Baptist Church, and Oxford Terrace Baptist. |
| Christian | Yes | |
| Denominations/Faiths represented | Yes | We are willing to contact any church to arrange representation to suit our Residents. |
| Inter denominational | Yes | Opawa Community Church are able to be contacted to visit. |
| Jehovah Witness | Yes | contacts available |
| Methodist | Yes | Contact provided by the Opawa Community Church. |
| Non denominational | Yes | All services held at Kowhai Rest Home are interdenominational. |
| Presbyterian | Yes | contacts available |
| Roman Catholic | Yes | Contacts available and services can be arranged when there is a demand. |
| Salvation Army | Yes | Links with Salvation Army, Sydenham. |
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Updated: 30 Nov 2017 |
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Distances
| Location | Distance | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Public Transport | 0.10 Km | 200 yards, 1/2 km |
| Shops | 0.30 Km | 1/2 km. The Opawa Shopping Centre has a chemist, Doctor's Surgery, dairies, butcher, cafe, Fish and Chip as well as other shops. |
| Mall | 3.50 Km | Eastgate and Barrington Malls are the nearest to Kowhai. Both are on the Orbiter bus route. |
| Parks | 0.30 Km | 1/2 km, The Heathcote River and park is just over the road at the front of the Rest Home. |
| Library | 0.30 Km | Opawa Library is nearby and has re-opened following the earthquakes. The Christchurch South Library is closed at present. |
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Updated: 30 Nov 2017 |
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Credentials & Membership
| Credentials & Membership RC | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Aged Care Association New Zealand (ACA) | Yes | |
| Other details | Yes | Creditation received for 4 years from October 2016. |
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Updated: 29 Aug 2017 |
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The Ministry of Health conducts regular audits of Residential Care Facilities. They can be found HERE.