Hospital Care
Tokoroa LifeCare
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Tokoroa Life Care is a recently built residential facility for older people, situated amongst lovely landscaped gardens in the heart of Tokoroa. With large, sunny bedrooms, spacious lounges and outdoor courtyards, living at Tokoroa Life Care takes the worry away and allows you to relax and enjoy the good things in life – friendship and fun.
Residents of Tokoroa Life Care are assured of quality care, freedom of choice and a homely environment, including scrumptious home cooked meals. Our facility also offers these services: |
| Detail | |
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| Address | 9 Victoria Place View Map |
| District | South Waikato |
| City/Town | Tokoroa 3420 |
| Postal Address | 9 Victoria Place Tokoroa |
| District Health Board Area | Waikato |
| Phone | (07) 886 1572 |
| Fax | (07) 886 1582 |
| Mobile | 0276753347 |
| Manager | Maureen Hartley (Phone: 027 675 3347) |
| Owner | Oceania Group (Phone: 09 356 1837) |
| Website | http://oceanialiving.co.nz |
| Updated: 30 Sep 2010 | |
| Detail | Status |
|---|---|
| Contract with DHB | Yes |
| Certification | Yes |
| Additional Room Costs | Unknown |
| Updated: 10 Feb 2012 | |
| Detail | Status |
|---|---|
| Total number of beds at this level of care | 22 |
| Long term vacancy | No |
| Short term vacancy | No |
| Subsidised short term care vacancy | No |
| Private short term care vacancy | No |
| Impending vacancy | No |
| Updated: 10 Feb 2012 | |
| Feature | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Under 65 yrs with Disability | Yes | |
| Day Care | Yes | |
| Short Term Care e.g. Carer Support, Respite Care | Yes | |
| Carer Support/Respite Care Booking Facility | No | This is subject to available - please contact management. |
| Palliative Care Contract | Yes | |
| Rooms (Single) | Yes | |
| Ensuite | Yes | |
| May Bring Own Furniture | Yes | Residents are free to bring their own furniture subject to space and safety constraints. |
| Alcohol Permitted | Yes | This is permitted in moderation only. |
| Phone Access In Own Room | Yes | |
| Resident can adjust heating in own room | No | Management can adjust the heating if requested. |
| Maori Kaupapa | Yes | |
| Residents Committee | No | While we don't have a specific resident committee we have meetings with residents and their family when request and have an open door policy regarding concerns or requests from our residents. |
| Newsletter | Yes | This is produced on a 6 weekly basis. |
| Policy for management of challenging behaviour | Yes | The Oceania Group has a robust policy for the management of challenging behaviour. Please ask management if you wish to view this. |
| Confused Residents | Yes | Some of our residents in the rest home and hospital do sometimes get confused but we have staff trained to handle differcult situations. |
| Lounges/seating areas | Yes | We have a large TV lounge in the hospital but also a smaller lounge which is ideal for visitors or reading. We also have lovely sunny outside courtyard areas with plenty of outdoor furniture. |
| Outings | Yes | We have outings to the Senior Citizens Club. The Cosmopolitian Club also has a Senior afternoon which our residents attend. Residents are also taken on shopping trips and picnics in our 10 seater van which has wheelchair access. |
| Rural Setting | Yes | We are situated on the outskirts of Tokoroa. |
| Smoking Permitted | Yes | Smoking is permitted outside. |
| Semi-Secure | Yes | |
| Sprinklers | Yes | |
| Audit report available | Yes | |
| Updated: 30 Sep 2010 | ||
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Activity programme, Art, BBQ, Board games, Big print books, Bingo, Bowls, Cards, Care and Craft, Chapel, Church, Children, Classical Music, Concerts, Entertainment, Entertainers, Exercises, Games, Gardening, Indoor Games, Housie, Library - staff bring in lots of books, Minibus, Movies, Pastoral care, Picnic facilities, Holidays, Senior Citizens |
| Updated: 4 Dec 2008 |
| Topic | Details | |
|---|---|---|
| Details re Meals | We have delicious home cooked meals all prepared on site. Breakfast is served at 8am and our main meal of the day is serviced at midday. Morning and afternoon teas always consist of lovely homebaking and are very popular. We rotate our menus on a four weekly basis and get dietitian input in preparing these. All special needs are catered for. | |
| Staffing Details | We have great staff who are all caring and competent in their roles. In the past year 12 of our staff have completed the Wellcare training and another 6 will be working towards this next year. We also have at least 6 who hold current First Aid Certificates. | |
| Associated Complexes | We are part of the Oceania Group of Care Facilities. | |
| Fees Details/Fees Do Not Include | Please refer to management for more details | |
| Updated: 4 Dec 2008 | ||
| Language | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Cook Island | Yes | |
| Dutch | Yes | |
| English | Yes | |
| Updated: 4 Dec 2008 | ||
| Religious Affiliations | Status | Details |
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| Anglican | Yes | |
| Baptist | Yes | |
| Inter denominational | Yes | |
| Roman Catholic | Yes | |
| Salvation Army | Yes | |
| (Other comments) | Yes | We also have visits from the Apostolic Church. We will endeavour to assist anyone who wishes to attend another church or religious group of their choice. |
| Updated: 4 Dec 2008 | ||
| Location | Distance | Details |
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| Public Transport | Tokoroa has a taxi service and hospital bus service (for the Waikato Hospital) which come to the door | |
| Shops | 1.00 km | A dairy is closeby. |
| Mall | 5.00 km | Tokoroa's main shopping centre has all of the main shops and amenities that you require. |
| Parks | While we don't have any parks close by we are situated in a lovely residential area for walks with lots of lovely gardens to look at. | |
| Library | 5.00 km | Tokoroa Public Library is in the central shopping centre. |
| Updated: 4 Dec 2008 | ||


