Eldernet Happenings

The Eldernet team spent their Christmas end of year function giving back to their community. The team had a working bee, gardening next to some great apes at the incredible Orana Park in Christchurch.                 The team were then treated to an experience …

Last month here at the offices, we celebrated Chinese Language Week (a week early) at our team day on the 17th September. We love having a multi-cultural team and we all were excited to learn from Damien, one of our talented software developers, about his home country. We got a …

At the end of last month we had our mid-winter work do. This was a little different to previous years – for starters it was 1950s theme which required us all to don our best glad rags to come together as a team to celebrate our achievements. It was also …

Happy Chinese New Year! This year Eldernet celebrated Chinese New Year by adorning the offices with lanterns to bring in the year of the pig! Take a look at some photos: A little bit more information about this Chinese New Year: 2019 is a Year of the Pig according to …

A few weeks ago we had our surprise Christmas do! With clues of “wear jandles if you are squeamish”, “wear comfortable clothes that you don’t mind if they get messed up” and “bring glasses for ‘close up’ stuff”, we really didn’t have any idea what we were in for! However, …

Last week we held a baby shower for “dad-to-be” Matt our software programmer extraordinaire. Summer put her skills to good use and made an incredible cake to mark the event! We hope it is not long until we can meet your new arrival!

Every 4 months the Eldernet team visits a different area of New Zealand so we can touch base with local communities and those in the aged care sector. This “on the ground” knowledge is invaluable, and often means we know where the best place to get a good coffee or …

Earlier this month we turned off all our phones so that we could all sit down and learn more about each other and Eldernet. The main objective of this day was to get everyone thinking about big picture stuff for Eldernet, and for Esther and Eleanor to share their vision …

Every 4 months the Eldernet team visits a different area of New Zealand so we can touch base with local communities and those in the aged care sector. This “on the ground” knowledge is invaluable, and often means we know where the best place to get a good coffee or …

In September we gave away 20 puzzles to twenty random facilities all over New Zealand as a part of our 20th Birthday celebrations. We asked for photos of their older people enjoying the puzzles so that we could share this with everyone. CHT Glynavon were one of the lucky 20 …