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Arvida Good Friends
At a glance
- Name
- Arvida Good Friends
- Category
- Home Help and Personal Care/Assistance
- Address
- Arvida Good Friends at Park Lane
47 Whiteleigh Avenue
Addington
Christchurch 8149 - Postal Address
- Level 1
Arvida Group
39 Market Place
Auckland 1010 - DHB
- Canterbury
- Phone
- 0800 20 41 20
- View Email Address
- Web
- Visit Website
Personnel
- Care Manager
- Rochelle Joseph - 021 371505
- Workforce Coordinator
- Symone Bruhns - 021 484535
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 Good Friends brochure |
Let us help you live your best life. |
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Description
Arvida Good Friends is a new personal care, nursing and home helper service available in Christchurch and we're here to help you live your best life in the home you know and love.
Using a combination of digital technology and human understanding, Arvida Good Friends has skilled and qualified helpers to offer a personalised support and help plan created just for you. Arvida Good Friends works closely with members to provide services tailored to your specific needs, at the exact time you choose with a trained and verified helper that you like. Helpers can assist with all aspects of personal care and household tasks from 2 – 24 hour support, seven days a week, including sleepovers.
For further information visit our website or call our Living Well Advisor on 0800 20 41 20.
Using a combination of digital technology and human understanding, Arvida Good Friends has skilled and qualified helpers to offer a personalised support and help plan created just for you. Arvida Good Friends works closely with members to provide services tailored to your specific needs, at the exact time you choose with a trained and verified helper that you like. Helpers can assist with all aspects of personal care and household tasks from 2 – 24 hour support, seven days a week, including sleepovers.
For further information visit our website or call our Living Well Advisor on 0800 20 41 20.
Testimonials
| "It's a wonderful service and one that I'd never experienced before from somebody outside the family" - read Roy's story at https://www.goodfriends.co.nz/stories/roy "Not only is there someone looking after Dad, but also someone who can give Mum a bit of her own 'me' time." - read the Goh family's story at https://www.goodfriends.co.nz/stories/the-goh-family |
| Updated: 23 Feb 2021 |
Service Description
| Private help at home and care at home. Base membership includes access to our wellness platform and Living Well advice line as well as discounts at our Living Well Centre in Addington. Add subscription membership plans from there to suit you. Plans give you access to trained and verified Arvida Good Friends who come to your place to give you a helping hand, at the time you agree for them to come, for a fixed hourly fee. We welcome family involvement in the development of tailored help plans. With member permission, family can access the Arvida Good Friends smartphone app and see your loved one's help plan, care team, schedule, who is visiting when, as well as costs. Brought to you by Arvida Group and supported with exclusive Lookout monitoring technology. |
| Updated: 23 Feb 2021 |
Suburbs/Districts/Towns Serviced
| We are only available in the Christchurch region. From 16 April 2021, members will also have access to our new Living Well Centre in Addington. |
| Updated: 23 Feb 2021 |
Personal Assistance
| Type | Self Funded | Subsidised | After Hours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nurse (eg Wound Care, Medication) | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Carer Support | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Sitter Service/Companions | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Live In Care (24 Hr) | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Personal Care (Showering, Dressing) | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Updated: 25 Jul 2020 | ||||
Specialities or Areas of Expertise.
| Specialities or Areas of Expertise. | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Wound Care. | Yes | |
| Diabetic Care. | Yes | |
| Stroke Rehabilitation. | Yes | |
| Tracheotomy Care. | Yes | |
| Clinical Management | Yes | |
| Dementia Care | Yes | |
| Physiotherapy | Yes | |
| Dietary Advice | Yes | |
| Community Health Nursing | Yes | |
| Updated: 23 Feb 2021 | ||
Respite, Carer Support or other Short Stay
| Respite, Carer Support or other Short Stay | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Respite | Yes | |
| Carer Support | Yes | |
| High Care Needs | Yes | |
| Private Paying | Yes | |
| Booking can be made in advance | Yes | |
| Updated: 23 Feb 2021 | ||
Domestic Assistance
| Type | Self Funded | Subsidised | After Hours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meals (Frozen) | Yes | No | Yes | In your own home |
| Meals (Fresh or Hot) | Yes | No | Yes | In your own home |
| Home Help (Housework/Cleaning etc.) | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Shopping Assistance | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Transport Assistance | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Updated: 25 Jul 2020 | ||||
Companionship
| Companionship | Self Funded | Subsidised | After Hours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lunch | Yes | No | No | |
| Club/Drop in Centre | Yes | No | No | |
| Visiting Service | Yes | No | No | |
| Activities/Exercise Programme | Yes | No | No | |
| Other Social Support | Yes | No | No | |
| Updated: 23 Feb 2021 | ||||
What's New
Arvida Good Friends - a new private home help and home care service in Christchurch Private help at home where you are in control 1. You choose a weekly subscription membership plan that suits you. 2. You choose the services you want, when and how often you want them. 3. We match you with a helper to suit your needs - and your personality. 4. You plan your days to do the things you love Find out more at www.goodfriends.co.nz |
| Updated: 23 Feb 2021 |
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