Home Help and Personal Care/Assistance
Home Support North Charitable Trust
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Empowering people to remain independent in their own homes by offering quality Home Based Support Services.
The focus of our Service is the dignity, wholeness, rights and needs of the individual. We are Certified to the Home and Community Support Sector Standards. |
| Updated: 2 Apr 2012 |
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| Name | Home Support North Charitable Trust |
| Address | 19 Homestead Road, Kerikeri 0230/ 7a First Avenue, Whangarei 0110/ Maple Court, 5 Puckey Ave, Kaitaia 0410 |
| District | Northland |
| City/Town | Kerikeri / Whangarei / Kaitaia |
| Postal Address | 19 Homestead Road, Kerikeri 0230/ 7a First Avenue, Whangarei 0110/ Maple Court, 5 Puckey Ave, Kaitaia 0410 |
| District Health Board Area | Northland |
| Phone | (09) 401 6657 |
| Fax | (09) 401 6658 |
| Manager | Leanne McLiver (Phone: 09 401 6657) |
| Updated: 10 Apr 2013 | |
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| Service Description
Home Help: this may include housework, meal preparation, shopping, laundry. Personal Care: this may include showering, bathing, feeding, transporting to appointments, grooming, dressing, assistance with mobility/transferring. Some Child Care available through ACC if you have had an accident. Free assistance can be allocated by Needs Assessors for someone to come into your home and look after your dependent loved-one so you can have a break. |
| Updated: 28 Apr 2010 |
| From three Offices we cover the majority of Northland.
Far North Office, in Kaitaia, for areas north of Hokianga/Kaeo. Mid North Office, in Kerikeri, for the mid north (Kawakawa, Moerewa, Kaikohe, Paihia, Russell, Kerikeri). Whangarei Office, in Whangarei, for the greater Whangarei area. |
| Updated: 28 Apr 2010 |
| Type | Self Funded | Subsidised | After Hours | |
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| Hairdresser (Home Visits) | Negotiable | No | No | We have names of mobile hairdressers available in some areas of Northland. |
| Attendant Care (ACC) | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Carer Support | Negotiable | Negotiable | Negotiable | Please call us if we can help match you with someone interested in doing this for you. |
| Sitter Service/Companions | Negotiable | Negotiable | Negotiable | Please call us for this service. Sometimes this type of care can be allocated free by a Needs Assessor. |
| Live In Care (24 Hr) | Negotiable | No | No | We have a large network of Support Workers and we can usually match you up with someone who may be interested in doing this for you. |
| Personal Care (Showering, Dressing) | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Updated: 28 Aug 2012 | ||||
| Type | Self Funded | Subsidised | After Hours | |
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| Meals (Fresh or Hot) | No | Yes | No | Meal preparation undertaken if task allocated by Needs Assessor. |
| Home Help (Housework/Cleaning etc.) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Except on Public Holidays |
| Shopping Assistance | Yes | Yes | Yes | Free if task allocated by Needs Assessor. |
| Transport Assistance | Yes | Yes | Yes | Travel can be undertaken by Support Workers if allocated by Needs Assessor. |
| Updated: 28 Apr 2010 | ||||
| Home help is available free through the health system if you have a disability or are over 65 and have a community services card.
Personal care is available free to disabled people and those over 65 requiring it. ACC allocates a range of 'at-home' services to people recovering from an accident. We can also provide hospital-funded home help for a short while to you while you recover from a spell in hospital. |
| Updated: 28 Apr 2010 |
| Credentials & Membership | Status | Details |
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| New Zealand Home Health Association | Yes | |
| Home and Community Support Sector Standards (Standards NZ) | Yes | July 2007 We are proud to announce that we have successfully obtained Certification to the Home and Community Support Sector Standards. |
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| Updated: 2 Jul 2007 | ||