Strathallan

PHILOSOPHY OF CARE

As individuals, our own home provides us with an environment that allows:

· Self identity
· A personal powerbase
· Privacy, security and a sense of belonging.

We strive to preserve these features through:

· Promoting - the individual and their health
· Emphasising – their capabilities
· Fostering – self-respect and self control
· Valuing – life long contributions
· Creating – opportunities for growth and fun

The management and staff are committed to new challenges that extend the boundaries of care.

Our facility also offers these services:

Contact Details
Detail
Address	31 Konini Street View Map
Suburb	Gleniti
District	South Canterbury
City/Town	Timaru
District Health Board Area	South Canterbury
Phone	(03) 686 1996
Fax	(03) 686 2887
Manager	Debbie McMaster (Phone: (03) 686 1996)
Owner	Hurst Holdings Ltd
Email
Updated: 22 Jun 2010

Service/Facility Details
Detail	Status
Total number of beds at this level of care	31
Contract with DHB	Yes
Certification	Yes
Updated: 3 May 2009

Personnel
Type	Status	Details
Registered Nurse	Yes	On duty 24 hours a day. Based in Rest Home and Hospital, but covering all other areas.
Enrolled Nurse	Yes	On the morning shifts and in the evenings in the Rest Home.
Nurse Assistant	Yes	We have a large team of qualified caregivers.
Physiotherapist	Yes	Twice a week in all areas.
Diversional Therapist	Yes	We have two Diversional Therapists (DTs), one for the Dementia and One for Rest Home and Hospital.
Activities Co-ordinator	Yes	We have three activities co-ordinators who work with the DTs.
Hairdresser	Yes	Tuesday and Wednesday.
Podiatrist	Yes	Every 5 weeks for two days.
Dietitian	Yes	Visit every 5 weeks, or as needed.
Accredited Visitors	Yes	If required.
Kaumatua	Yes
Chaplain/Spiritual Advisor	Yes	Weekly services, weekly communion and Anglican service once a month.
Other Personnel	Yes	Full support staff, administration, cleaning, cooks, gardeners.

Specialities or Areas of Expertise
Specialities or Areas of Expertise	Status	Details
Gastronomy/Nasogastric Management	Yes
Oxygen Management	Yes
Surgical Followup	Yes
Wound Care	Yes
Diabetic Care	Yes
Continence Advisor	Yes
Infection Control	Yes
Stomal Therapist	Yes
Specialist Palliative Care	Yes
Palliative Care	Yes
Psychiatric Care	Yes
Stroke Rehabilitation	Yes	can be accessed if needed.
Specialised Dementia Care	Yes
Gerontological Care	Yes
Urology	Yes
Clinical Manager	Yes	General Manager and Care Managers.
Psychiatrist	Yes	based at the Hospital, accessed if needed.

Features
Feature	Status	Details
Under 65 yrs with Disability	Yes	If funded.
Short Term Care e.g. Carer Support, Respite Care	Yes
Carer Support/Respite Care Booking Facility	Yes
Palliative Care Contract	Yes	On an individual basis.
Whanau Room	No	We have rooms that can be used for this.
Rooms (Single)	Yes	All single rooms, with individual ensuite.
Rooms (Suit Couple)	Yes	Two in the Rest Home.
Ensuite	Yes
May Bring Own Furniture	Yes	You can bring whatever you like as long as it fits safely in the room.
Alcohol Permitted	Yes	Mostly we administer this and have happy hour once a week.
Pets In Residence	Yes	We have two house cats - Puddin and Muffin, an aviary, two fish tanks and four rabbits.
Negotiate To Bring Own Pet	Yes	No dogs or birds sorry.
Phone Access In Own Room	Yes	If they wish to, jackpoints in all rooms.
Resident can adjust heating in own room	No	But, management can adjust heating as required.
Maori Kaupapa	Yes	We have a Maori health plan.
Residents Committee	No	We have Monthly meeting with Residents and the General Manager and other staff members.
Newsletter	Yes	Monthly staff, residents and family newsletter and monthly reports if requested.
Policy for management of challenging behaviour	Yes
Confused Residents	Yes
Lounges/seating areas	Yes	There is a number in each area - lounges, dining areas, quiet areas etc.
Outings	Yes	We go on lots of outings to local places around town and surrounds, often with a packed lunch.
Smoking Permitted	Yes	Outside
Semi-Secure	Yes	Dementia Unit is fully secure.
Sprinklers	Yes
Updated: 16 Feb 2009

Interests And Activities
Activity programme, Advocate, Age Concern, Alzheimer's Society, Aromatherapy, Art, Arthritis society, BBQ, Big print books, Bingo, Blind Foundation, Board games, Bowls, Breakfast in bed, Canine friends, Chapel, Children, Church, Classical Music, Concerts, Cooking, Craft, Dancing, Digital camera, Electric beds, Email, Entertainers, Entertainment, Exercises, Fax, Flower arranging, Games, Garden, Gardening, Gas Fire, Golf, Greypower, Happy Hour, Housie, Hydrotherapy, Indoor Games, Jigsaw, Lectures, Library, Lions, Massage, Men, Minibus, Movies, Music, Newspaper reading, Organ, Outings, Parkinson's Society, Parties, Petanque, Pianist, Picnic facilities, Pool, Probus, Quizzes, Reading, Roses, Rotary, RSA, Senior Citizens, Shopping, Sing-a-longs every afternoon, Singing, Sky TV, Spa, Stroke Group, Swimming, Theatre, Vegetarian, Videos, Views, Red Cross, Formal Balls.

Additional Information
Topic		Details
Details re Meals		Breakfast in bed, morning tea is a baked product from the kitchen, meal at noon with fresh fruit, soup and baked product, afternoon tea, main meal in the evening at 5pm with dessert. 6 week rotating summer/winter menu.
Staffing Details		We have a General Manager and a Care manager for the Rest Home and Dementia and a Care Manager for the Hospital, Villas and apartments. These staff are supported by a team of caregivers who hold the 'Certificate in Support of the Older Person', this is in addition to our comprehensive in house training programme.
Associated Complexes		We are owned by the Hurst Group.
Fees Details/Fees Do Not Include		Please contact our General Manager, Debbie, for this information.
Updated: 16 Feb 2009

Languages Spoken
Language	Status	Details
Afrikaans	Yes
English	Yes
Japanese	Yes
Korean	Yes

Religious Affiliations
Religious Affiliations	Status	Details
Anglican	Yes
Baptist	Yes
Brethren	Yes
Buddhism	Yes
Christianity	Yes
Inter denominational	Yes	Weekly service on a Wednesday
Jehovah Witness	Yes
Methodist	Yes
Non denominational	Yes
Presbyterian	Yes
Roman Catholic	Yes	Communion weekly on a Friday morning
Salvation Army	Yes
Seventh Day Adventist	Yes
(Other comments)	Yes	Bahai

Distances
Location	Distance	Details
Public Transport	0.20 km	Bus Stop
Shops	0.60 km	Petrol Station around the corner, we have a shop on site for things like batteries, cards, soap, lollies etc
Mall	2.00 km	We take the van down twice a week
Parks	2.00 km
Library	5.00 km	Central Library in town, we have a library on site.

Credentials
Credential	Status	Details
N.Z. Aged Care Association (ex Healthcare Providers N.Z.)	Yes
RVA (Retirement Villages Association of New Zealand (Inc))	Yes
National Certificate in Diversional Therapy	Yes	Two trained staff, and a part time staff member.
National Certificate in Support of the Older Person (not available after Dec 2010)	Yes
Bureau Veritas Quality International (Auditing Agency)	Yes
Other details	Yes	All training through our local polytechnic. All NZQA.

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