Rest Home Care
Gladys Mary Rest Home, Napier
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Gladys Mary Rest Home is a happy, homely place where you will soon make new friends and enjoy the warm, caring atmosphere.
Our rest home is light, bright and very comfortable. It's set on a quiet, residential street that's just an easy walk to Tamatea Shopping Centre and Anderson Park. Gladys Mary is part of the Bupa group of rest homes, hospitals, retirement villages and personal medical alarms. We are a private company, and because we have no shareholders, we can invest what we earn to make improvements that help us provide better care. As part of the global Bupa group, we are able to provide superior clinical support, while focusing on helping each of our residents get the most out of each day. Bupa is one of New Zealand’s leading aged care providers. To find out more, please visit the Bupa link below. |
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| Address | 7 Glamorgan Ave View Map |
| Suburb | Tamatea |
| City/Town | Napier |
| District Health Board Area | Hawke's Bay |
| Phone | (06) 844 4969 |
| Fax | (06) 844 7094 |
| Manager | Marian Wallace (Phone: (06) 844 4969) |
| Owner | Bupa Care Services (Phone: 0800 60 80 99) |
| Website | http://www.bupa.co.nz/Rest-Homes-and-Hos... |
| Updated: 27 Mar 2012 | |
| Detail | Status |
|---|---|
| Contract with DHB | Yes |
| Certification | Yes |
| Additional Room Costs | Unknown |
| Updated: 23 Feb 2012 | |
| Detail | Status |
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| Total number of beds at this level of care | 39 |
| Long term vacancy | No |
| Short term vacancy | No |
| We welcome enquiries, please call the Manager, 06 844 4969. | |
| Impending vacancy | No |
| Updated: 24 May 2012 | |
| Type | Hours Per Week | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nurse | Yes | Marian Wallace,Acting Facility Manager (RN) Registered nurse is available either onsite or oncall 24/7. | |
| Healthcare Assistants/Caregivers | Yes | ||
| Physiotherapist | Yes | Available by referral. | |
| Occupational Therapist | Yes | Available by referral. | |
| Diversional Therapist | Yes | Vivienne Harrison, our Diversional Therapist provides a range of exciting and stimulating activities for our residents to enjoy. | |
| Activities Co-ordinator | Yes | ||
| Hairdresser | Yes | Visits weekly. | |
| Podiatrist | Yes | Attends fortnightly | |
| Dietitian | Negotiable | Our Food Menus are audited by a Registered Dietitian. | |
| Chaplain/Spiritual Advisor | Yes | Rest Home Chaplain/Resident Advocate. | |
| Other Personnel | Yes | Close association with District Health Board Nurse Practioners. | |
| Updated: 9 Mar 2012 | |||
| Specialities or Areas of Expertise | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Oxygen Management | Yes | |
| Surgical Followup | Yes | Available from Hawkes Bay Memorial Hospital. |
| Wound Care | Yes | Additional specialist support is available from Hawkes Bay Memorial Hospital if required. |
| Diabetic Care | Yes | |
| Continence Advisor | Yes | |
| Infection Control | Yes | |
| Stomal Therapist | Yes | Available from Hawkes Bay Memorial Hospital. |
| Palliative Care | Yes | Supported onsite by Cranford Hospice and Hawkes Bay Memorial Hospital. |
| Stroke Rehabilitation | Yes | Support available from Hawkes Bay Memorial Hospital. |
| Gerontological Care | Yes | |
| Urology | Yes | |
| Community Health | Yes | |
| Clinical Manager | Yes | We have a fulltime Clinical Manager onsite. |
| Psychologist | Yes | Available from Hawkes Bay Memorial Hospital. |
| Psychiatrist | Yes | Available from Hawkes Bay Memorial Hospital. |
| Updated: 12 Dec 2011 | ||
| Respite & Carer Support/Short Stay | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Respite | Yes | We provide respite care service at Gladys Mary Rest home. We have a number of people that enjoy coming here for regular respite care: Please call us if we can assist you with this. |
| Carer Support or other Short Stay | Yes | We provide short stay service for people. Please call us if we can assit in any way; |
| Updated: 12 Dec 2011 | ||
| Feature | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Under 65 yrs with Disability | Yes | |
| Day Care | Yes | We have a great day care programme here at Gladys Mary. Activities are organised by our diversional therapist. Please give us a call if we can be of assistance. |
| Short Term Care e.g. Carer Support, Respite Care | Yes | Please discuss availability with Mark or Reshmi |
| Primary Health Funded Short Term Care | Yes | |
| Rooms (Single) | Yes | |
| Rooms (Shared) | Yes | One double room. Please discuss availability. |
| Rooms (Suit Couple) | Yes | One double room. Please discuss availability. |
| Ensuite | Yes | Some rooms are ensuited. Please discuss availability. |
| May Bring Own Furniture | Yes | We are happy to discuss your or your family members needs. |
| Alcohol Permitted | Yes | Happy hour and special events. |
| Pets In Residence | Yes | We have a friendly cat called Justin. We have a bird avery and a fish pond. |
| Negotiate To Bring Own Pet | Yes | Please feel free to discuss this with us. |
| Phone Access In Own Room | Yes | We are happy for residents to set up their own telephone lines, however all costs incurred belong to the resident. |
| Resident can adjust heating in own room | Yes | New heating system installed in the house. Residents can adjust the heating to their own comfort levels. |
| Residents Committee | Yes | We have 3 monthly resident meetings. |
| Newsletter | Yes | Newsletter for residents and their families to keep everyone informed about current events and goals for our home. |
| Policy for management of challenging behaviour | Yes | |
| Confused Residents | Yes | |
| Lounges/seating areas | Yes | Large lounge, dining area and several smaller areas both inside and out. |
| Outings | Yes | We have a van with a PA system (making outings more interesting) which is used at least twice weekly. |
| Smoking Permitted | Yes | In designated areas outside only. |
| Sprinklers | Yes | Fire doors also installed. |
| Audit report available | Yes | |
| Updated: 12 Dec 2011 | ||
| Our home is located in a quiet residential area. We have gone through a large redevelopment. The house has been completly redecorated. The residents rooms have been modernised. We have lovely sunny and shaded outside living areas which include a residents' vegetable garden. Our spacious, warm lounge comes complete with a Sky TV and a piano for singalongs and this is located next to our large activities room.
Bupa Care Services is one of New Zealand's leading aged care providers. We offer a continuum of care, with personal medical alarms, retirement villages, rest homes, hospitals and dementia care. Care of people with dementia is our speciality. We take pride in adopting the best international approaches, and adapting them to our New Zealand ways. We are also able to offer respite and carer relief for older people. Bupa Care Services is a New Zealand company, part of the Bupa group, based in the UK. We are a private company, with no shareholders. As such, our primary concern is for our residents, with surpluses reinvested to enable Bupa to continually enhance our care. |
| Updated: 12 Dec 2011 |
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Our Qualified Diversional Therapist runs a range of enjoyable and interesting activities for our residents.
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| Updated: 30 Nov 2011 |
| Topic | Details | |
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| Details re Meals | Our menu is reviewed at least every 2 years, and is audited by a registered dietitian. We offer a 6 week cycle and run a Summer and Winter menu to offer variety and celebrate special occasions. Individual needs, likes and dislikes can generally be catered for. All our meals are cooked on site. | |
| Staffing Details | Our home is fully staffed so residents always a familiar face around them. This provides person centred care. | |
| Associated Complexes | We are a member of Bupa Care Services Group a specialist provider in aged care services. | |
| Updated: 12 Dec 2011 | ||
| Language | Status | Details |
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| Chinese | Yes | |
| English | Yes | |
| Interpreter | Yes | Available by referral. |
| Malay | Yes | |
| Maori - Te Reo | Yes | |
| Updated: 12 Dec 2011 | ||
| Religious Affiliations | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Anglican | Yes | |
| Baptist | Yes | |
| Brethren | Yes | |
| Christianity | Yes | |
| Inter denominational | Yes | Monthly service held onsite. |
| Jehovah Witness | Yes | |
| Presbyterian | Yes | |
| Roman Catholic | Yes | Weekly communion. |
| Updated: 12 Dec 2011 | ||
| Location | Distance | Details |
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| Public Transport | Taxi available at door, bus stop on adjacent street. | |
| Shops | 0.50 km | Tamatea Shopping Centre. We also have a ' shopping trolley' that comes around weekly. |
| Mall | 0.50 km | Tamatea Shopping Centre |
| Parks | 0.50 km | Anderson Park |
| Library | 5.00 km | Taradale branch - we also collect books from the library and have them on site for residents reading pleasure. |
| Updated: 12 Dec 2011 | ||
| Credential | Status | Details |
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| Audit Report Available. | Yes | |
| National Certificate in Diversional Therapy | Yes | |
| National Certificate in Community Support Services (Core Competencies) | Yes | |
| National Certificate in Community Support Services (Residential) | Yes | |
| National Certificate in Support of the Older Person (not available after Dec 2010) | Yes | |
| CareerForce (ex CSSITO (Community Support Services Industry Training Organisation) | Yes | |
| Bureau Veritas Quality International (Auditing Agency) | Yes | |
| Other details | Yes | We provide access to our Ministry of Health Certification Audit results and our Resident Satisfaction Surveys. These can be seen on our Bupa Website at: www.bupa.co.nz |
| Updated: 12 Dec 2011 | ||