Dementia Care (Secure environment)
Cambridge Resthaven
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MISSION STATEMENT; Cambridge Resthaven community offers the older person and their family a range of services to ensure a quality of life as their need for support increases.
Support Includes; Support of Independence; Day Stay, Village, Apartments, Respite, Meals on Wheels, Medical Oversight Care Services; Hospital, Rest home, MEU Advocacy and Support; Palliative, Rehabilitation; Sense of Resthaven community, End of life Our facility also offers these services: |
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| Address | 6 Vogel Street View Map |
| City/Town | Cambridge |
| District Health Board Area | Waikato |
| Phone | (07) 827 6097 |
| Fax | (07) 827 4652 |
| Manager | Rachel Jones (Phone: 07 827 6097) |
| Owner | Cambridge Resthaven Trust Board |
| Website | http://www.resthaven.org.nz/ |
| Updated: 14 Feb 2012 | |
| Detail | Status |
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| Contract with DHB | Yes |
| Certification | Yes |
| Additional Room Costs | Some Rooms |
| Updated: 6 Mar 2012 | |
| Detail | Status |
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| Total number of beds at this level of care | 12 |
| Long term vacancy | No |
| Short term vacancy | No |
| Impending vacancy | No |
| Updated: 22 May 2012 | |
| Type | Hours Per Week | Status | Details |
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| Registered Nurse | Yes | Resthaven has at least one Registered Nurse on site at all times. | |
| Enrolled Nurse | Yes | ||
| Physiotherapist | 24 | Yes | Our physiotherapist is on site three days a week. we also have a physiotherapist assistant on site five days a week . |
| Occupational Therapist | Negotiable | We are able to call in an Occupational therapist who has worked with Resthaven for a number of years when the need may arise | |
| Diversional Therapist | Yes | We have a Diversional Therapist and two Assistant Therapists who run a full activities programme Monday to Friday, plus occasional weekend outings or events. We aim for a varied and interesting programme. | |
| Activities Co-ordinator | Yes | Dawn Mienie. A Quailified Diversional Therapist. Who works hard at making the activities meaningful and fun for the Residents. | |
| Hairdresser | Yes | We have two hairdressers who provide this service at Resthaven. Appointments can be made at the front desk and payment is made to the hairdresser. | |
| Podiatrist | Yes | Resthaven has a Podiatrist who comes in six weekly | |
| Dietitian | Yes | Contracted as required. | |
| Accredited Visitors | Yes | ||
| Kaumatua | Yes | Available as required. | |
| Chaplain/Spiritual Advisor | Yes | We have a volunteer chaplain who is a trained hospital chaplain. She visits weekly to chat with Residents and to support them and their family in time of need. | |
| Other Personnel | Yes | To enquire about bed availability call Erica Scott, Clinical Administrator, Sue Campbell or Kathy Tyrrell - Clinical Nurse Leaders. To enquire about an apartment or cottage availability call Elaine Sheehy, Village Manager. | |
| Updated: 14 Mar 2012 | |||
| Feature | Status | Details |
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| Under 65 yrs with Disability | Yes | Please discuss your requirements with Management |
| Day Care | Yes | Monday to Friday 9am - 3pm |
| Short Term Care e.g. Carer Support, Respite Care | Yes | Respite care and convalescent care offered. |
| Palliative Care Contract | Yes | We have a well appointed palliative care room. In caring for those who have palliative care needs we liase closely with Hospice. |
| Rooms (Single) | Yes | Rooms are spacious and wheelchair accessible. Although we make every effort to maintain a stable environment by keeping room changes to a minimum we may under special circumstances need to transfer residents from one room to another. |
| Rooms (Shared) | Yes | There are only a few double rooms. |
| Rooms (Suit Couple) | Yes | Double rooms would suit a couple. |
| Ensuite | Yes | Bathrooms are a mix of ensuites and shared facilities. Care has been taken with non slip flooring, safety handrails and seating. |
| May Bring Own Furniture | Yes | We encourage residents to bring in small items of furniture and things of personal interest to individualise their rooms. |
| Alcohol Permitted | Yes | Happy hour prior to evening meal. |
| Pets In Residence | Yes | There is a large fish tank in the dining room. We also have two cats named Oscar and Monty. |
| Negotiate To Bring Own Pet | Yes | |
| Phone Access In Own Room | Yes | This is negotiable. Some rooms have jackpoints. Personal line charges are billed to the resident through Telecom. We also have a portable phone for residents use and a phone booth. Some residents choose to have their own mobile phone on prepaid plans. |
| Residents Committee | Yes | The Chief Executive Officer and senior staff meet with residents three monthly when any issues can be raised. We also conduct Questionnaires at times and use the results of these are used to help us improve our services. |
| Newsletter | Yes | A newsletter to residents called 'Our Say' is published monthly. |
| Policy for management of challenging behaviour | Yes | |
| Confused Residents | Yes | |
| Lounges/seating areas | Yes | There are several seating areas in the facility including a number of lounges that all are welcome to use. |
| Outings | Yes | Resthaven has two vans for outings, one of which is a mobility van for 2 wheelchairs. See also the section 'Interests & Activities'. |
| Rural Setting | Yes | While we are located in the township we also are on the edge of the 'Green Belt'. This assures us of our rural outlook. |
| Smokers Room | Yes | Resthaven is a smoke free building except for one designated area. |
| Smoking Permitted | Yes | Outside. Every resident who is a smoker will have a domestic smoke alarm out in their bedroom as an additional safety measure. |
| Sprinklers | Yes | Full fire protection including fire sprinklers and smoke detectors. The staff are fully trained in fire safety methods. The building is divided into fire cells with fire doors which automatically close when the fire alarm is triggered. |
| Updated: 14 Mar 2012 | ||
| Cambridge Resthaven provides a continuum of quality, personalised care. We respect the dignity and individual rights or our multicultural society. We demonstrate a caring manner. We strive for excellence in service delivery. We will advocate for those in our care. We don’t want people just to exist but to experience quality of life.
Cambridge Resthaven was built with the money raised by the community and is run by the Cambridge Resthaven Trust Board. OUR CARE Our vision is to 'Provide a way of life that exceeds the individuals expectations'. Over recent years many changes have occurred in the area of care for older people. Cambridge Resthaven has continued to respond to these changes with the implementation of appropriate services. We now provide support for those who; remain in their own homes, live in our cottages, apartments, rest home and hospital. OUR FACILITIES Our facilities are well maintained and upgrades done so that we continue to play a major role in the support of the elderly residents of Cambridge and districts. New building work commenced again in 2012. We are well resourced and appropriate equipment such as lifting hoists are used to assist staff with their caregiving. The Quiet Room Deemed the 'Icing on the Cake' for Resthaven the Quiet Room is large enough to hold 120 people yet the way in which it is partitioned makes it small enough for a quiet think. It is available for religious services, concerts, weddings and funerals and used as an activities room for residents. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Fundraising for a rest home in Cambridge was started in 1964 by the members of the Fencourt Country Womens Institute. The seed was sown at their August meeting when their President Mrs Sheila Pidduck, ‘spoke on the suggestion of raising funds for the building of flats in Cambridge for the elderly and asked members to think about it during the next month”. “Naturally it will be a long term project,” she said “but women’s organisations have shown in the past that when they set their minds on a definite aim, nothing is impossible”. How true those words were. The project caught the attention of local people and what eventuated was to be the towns first Resthome which opened in 1972. In 2012 it is still expanding! Following Mrs Pidducks thought provoking words the journey began with an early bequest made by Miss Alice Hanlin and the establishment of the Cambridge Resthaven Trust. Widespread community support was demonstrated by the range of organisations represented on the inaugural Trust Board i.e. Lions, Rotary, RSA, Federated Farmers, Federation of Country Women’s Institutes, Borough Council. A story is told by Robin Harris when he recalled “…a holiday he took to Canada when he was asked by his host –‘What would you like to see?” and Robin replied,” An old people’s home”. Not a usual request one might think but an example of how enthused people were about the project. In 1971 a dedicated group of Cambridge citizens formed a committee to be known as The Friends of Resthaven, for the purpose of assisting the Cambridge Resthaven Trust Board in the welfare and happiness of the elderly. “The first job the committee had to do was to contact every club and group in Cambridge, whether small or large, and there were over 100 of these!! All were asked to help and I cannot remember one refusal said the Chairman. MILESTONES Rest home 1972 Cottages 1974 Geriatric Hospital 1979 Intermediate Care Wing 1985 The Quiet Room 1988 Resthaven Close 1994 Accreditation 1995 (Excerpts taken from – ‘Cambridge Resthaven 25th Anniversary of Opening 1972 –1997’ Eris Parker) THE FRIENDS OF RESTHAVEN The Friends of Resthaven play an essential part in the life of the elderly at Resthaven. Its philosophy is that happiness and enjoyment of later life shall be fulfilled. The Friends welcome your kin to Resthaven and would like to enlist your support in our endeavours. Activities of The Friends include: · Bi monthly morning tea and entertainment provided for residents · Each resident’s birthday is acknowledged by a small gift and a visit by The Friends of Resthaven. · Annual fund raising GALA usually held in November. · Assisting with purchases of equipment and personalised items that provide comfort to our residents. · Assisting with Meals on Wheels delivery. · Annual outing for residents. The role of The Friends of Resthaven is one of support to: · The elderly and their families · The Resthaven Trust board and the Staff There are bi-monthly meetings of the committee and an Annual General Meeting and election of Officers is held in June each year. VISITORS Visitors are welcome at any time. We are happy for families to enjoy a cup of tea when visiting. If residents would like family to join them for a meal this can be arranged with the staff on duty. The meal is charged at $10.20. The facility can be utilised for family celebrations also. |
| Updated: 14 Mar 2012 |
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Our full and varied programme has both a morning and afternoon component. Our commitment to this is demonstrated by our engagement of three Diversional Therapists.
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| Updated: 6 Mar 2012 |
| Topic | Details | |
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| Details re Meals | We provide a varied menu that is approved by a dietitian, We make every effort to provide residents with any special requests or needs. Meal hours are as follows: Breakfast 7.30am in bedroom Dinner 12.00 noon in dining room Tea 5.00pm in dining room Morning, afternoon tea and supper are available. A happy hour is held prior to tea. Feedback about our food service is very positive. Residents tell us that there is "never not enough for meals". We get a lot of compliments about our meals and have only had one complaint in three years. | |
| Staffing Details | Cambridge Resthaven is well staffed as part of the commitment to quality care. This includes a Resthome and Hospital Clinical Nurse Leader. As we provide a continuum of care we always have a Registered Nurse on duty. Our team of nurses and caregivers assist residents with all their personal care needs. However, our objective is to encourage our residents to maintain as much independence as possible, in particular we encourage mobility and self care. Our Occupational Therapist and Physiotherapist provide a support and maintenance programme for all our residents. Residents may retain the service of their own General Practitioner (GP). Hospital level of care residents will be seen monthly. Your GP fees are included in the fee. Residents are welcome to visit their GP more often, however this will be at their own expense. Referrals to specialists are arranged as required but any specialist fees are not included in the general expense. Medication is provided and administered as requested by the doctor and if prescribed is included in the fee. Any medications of personal choice or non-subsidised medications will be charged to the individual resident. In general, all medication is administered by the Nurse on duty, but if requested and agreed by the GP may self medicate. We ask those who are taking non-prescribed or household remedies to tell the Nurse so that the doctor can check for any possible reactions with prescribed medication. Our support staff in the Household Department make very effort to provide an environment that is clean and homely for all our residents within pleasant surroundings. | |
| Fees Details/Fees Do Not Include | Arrangement for payment of fees must be made on admission. The fee does not cover personal items of clothing and toiletries, dentures, glasses, hearing aids, razors, batteries or special items of equipment or specialist medical appointments or x-rays. If residents are eligible for a High Health User Care the resident’s doctor will arrange this. Please contact the Manager for full details of fees and process of payment. | |
| Updated: 14 Mar 2012 | ||
| Language | Status | Details |
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| Afrikaans | Yes | |
| English | Yes | |
| Fijian | Yes | |
| French | Yes | |
| Maori - Te Reo | Yes | |
| Updated: 13 Sep 2010 | ||
| Religious Affiliations | Status | Details |
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| Non denominational | Yes | When the home was established people did not want to link it to any particular church or religious body. Chapel services are held each week in our 'Quiet Room' by a roster of ministers from the town. Devotions are also held weekly. |
| Salvation Army | Yes | |
| Updated: 13 Sep 2010 | ||
| Location | Distance | Details |
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| Shops | 2.00 km | Cambridge Township |
| Mall | 2.00 km | There are some covered shopping areas in Cambridge Township. |
| Parks | 0.01 km | |
| Library | 2.00 km | The Friends of Resthaven provide a free collection and return of books to the Cambridge Public Library. We also have a large selection of books for residents to borrow at Cambridge Resthaven and the town library is only short trip down the road. |
| Updated: 13 Sep 2010 | ||
| Credential | Status | Details |
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| New Zealand Aged Care Association | Yes | |
| ACE ("Aged Care Education" Training programme) | Yes | |
| National Certificate in Diversional Therapy | Yes | |
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| Updated: 13 Sep 2010 | ||