Resthaven on Vogel

Arrangement for payment of fees must be made on admission.

The fee does not cover personal items of clothing and toiletries, dentures, glasses, hearing aids, razors, batteries or special items of equipment or specialist medical appointments or x-rays.

If residents are eligible for a High Health User Care the resident’s GP will arrange this.

Please contact the Manager for full details of fees and process of payment.

We provide a varied menu that is approved by a dietitian, We make every effort to provide residents with any special requests or needs. Catering is provided by CaterPlus. All meals are cooked on site by the CaterPlus team. We make every effort to provide residents with any special requests or needs. For residents with eating or swallowing difficulties we utilize "PureFoods". (PureFoods is a NZ company that provides natural, appetizing food with essential nutrients that are easy to chew, swallow and digest - www.https://thepurefoodco.com)

Meal hours are as follows:
Breakfast 7.30am - 9.00am available in dining room.
TUI - 7.30am - 9.00am whenever suits the resident.
For continuing care residents - in the resident's bedroom around 8.00am
Dinner between 12.00 noon and 1pm in dining rooms
Tea between 5.00pm and 5.45pm in dining rooms.
Morning, afternoon tea and supper are available. A happy hour is held weekly prior to the evening meal.

Cambridge Resthaven is a Community Charitable Trust, 100% owned by the Cambridge Community. We believe that as there are many individuals living at Resthaven, all have different personalities, values and beliefs, so that no-one philosophy will 'fit' or meet everyone's needs.
With this in mind Resthaven utilize a number of philosophies to guide us in our interactions with individuals as follows (this list is not exhaustive);
* HUMANITAS - We cannot cure old age - "care" is secondary to living.
1. Everyone wants to be in control of his or her own life. If one's brain is still functioning, that person can and wants to decide for him/herself what is important.
2. People would actively participate as much as able "too much care is worse than too little care" because skills atrophy.
3. there are no "us" and "them" - meaning those in need of care and the professionals who give it - but rather we are all a part of an extended family who share common goals.
4. The YES culture - All concerned (management, employee, family, client, volunteer) will need a positive attitude towards any request concerning the wish to be in control and actively participate or have new ideas.
*V.I.Ps -
V = Values people - Values and promotes the rights of the person, recognizing we can all learn from each other.
I = Individual's needs - Provides individualized care according to needs - we are all different.
P = Perspective of service user - Understands support and care from the perspective of the person - putting yourself in the other person's shoes.
S = Supportive social life and environment - recognizing the benefits of socialization e.g. reduced risk or depression, stronger immune system and eliminating loneliness.
*NAMASTE - "To honour the spirit within" - Recognizing and ensuring that all support/care and activities help bring pleasure to people. Keeping a person clean, fed and groomed is not living - it's existing. People need to feel wanted, loved and feel as if they can still contribute (Namaste Care TM)
*NORMAL LIFE: Activities of daily living are the things we normally do e.g. feeding ourselves, bathing, dressing, grooming, housework, shopping, cooking, caring for others, caring for pets. All of these aspects should be part of the resident's day, promoting independence and part of normal life.
Cambridge Resthaven provides a quality, personalized care. We respect the dignity and individual rights of our multicultural society. We demonstrate a caring manner. We strive for excellence in service delivery. We will advocate for those in our care. We don’t want people just to exist but to experience quality of life.

Cambridge Resthaven was built with the money raised by the community and is run by the Cambridge Resthaven Trust Board.

OUR FACILITIES
Our facilities are well maintained and upgrades completed so that we continue to play a major role in the support of the elderly residents of Cambridge and districts. We are well resourced and have appropriate equipment such as electric beds, vans, wheelchairs, and Spark of Life equipment.

There are many small areas for private, quiet time dotted around the facility. We also have 2 lounges and 2 dining rooms.

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Fundraising for a rest home in Cambridge was started in 1964 by the members of the Fencourt Country Womens' Institute. The project caught the attention of local people and what eventuated was to be the town's first resthome which opened in 1972 - RESTHAVEN.

The journey began with an early bequest made by Miss Alice Hanlin and the establishment of the Cambridge Resthaven Trust. Widespread community support was demonstrated by the range of organisations represented on the inaugural Trust Board i.e. Lions, Rotary, RSA, Federated Farmers, Federation of Country Women’s Institutes, Borough Council.

MILESTONES
Rest home 1972,
First Cottages 1974,
Continuing Care (Hospital) 1979,
Intermediate Care Wing 1985,
The Quiet Room 1988,
Resthaven Close 1994,
New Hospital Wing (MacDiarmid) 2007
Memory Enhancement Unit (Dementia) 2010.
Renovated Hospital Wing Bellbird 2012
Views on Vogel (Village extension) 2014 - 2016
Community Menz shed 2016
24th April 2020 purchased Resthaven on Burns Street Campus
September 2020 Purchase of To & Fro Driving Companion Service
Apartment Project build commenced 2022
50th Birthday celebrated 26 November 2022
17th April 2024 Hanlin Apartment Building officially Opened.

(Excerpts taken from – ‘Cambridge Resthaven 25th Anniversary of Opening 1972 –1997’ Eris Parker)

FRIENDS OF RESTHAVEN FOUNDATION
The needs of the older person are changing as people live longer and social norms place a greater focus on moving away from facility care to active, independent living. Families are more dispersed and therefore have less capacity to provide support to older members of their family, and the gap between available funding and people's needs are ever-growing.

The Friends of Resthaven Foundation's focus is to fundraise for services, care options and aged-care education for the Cambridge community. The emphasis is on making services and facilities, linked to the Foundation, accessible and affordable, wherever a person chooses to live - in a retirement village, resthome or in their own home.

VISITORS

Visitors are always welcome. However, we do ask, for Infection Control and Health & Safety, that all visitors pre-arrange their visit. (Please do not visit if you are unwell and masks are still required when visiting aged care facilities.) There are tea/coffee making facilities for visitors.

If residents would like family members to join them for a meal this can be arranged with the staff on duty. There is a small charge for meals - please ask at reception.

Our full and varied hobbies programme runs all day. Our commitment to this is demonstrated by our engagement of a qualified Registered Diversional Therapist, an Activities Assistant team and many volunteers plus ongoing training with HCAs on how to provide meaningful and fun activities.

The following gives an indication of the types of interests and activities within Resthaven:

Concerts/internal and external entertainers, pianist and singing groups. Visiting chaplain, weekly devotions. Sing-a-longs, daily exercise sessions, massage and laughter group. Email, regular visits from local kindies and schools. Cards, bingo, bowls (Inter Resthome Competitions) Rummikub, Armchair Travel and scrabble group. Extensive garden, walking path, indoor and outdoor games. Cooking/baking, videos, music, newspaper reading, quizzes, shopping, televisions are available in the lounges, (and many bedrooms have televisions provided). Aroma therapy and Namaste. Pet therapy visits and Spark of Life games and fun. BBQs, organ, pianos and ukeleles regularly used.

We have a large selection of videos, CDs and DVDs available for residents to borrow.

Externally we utilize Stroke club, Care and Craft, Senior Citizens, Alzheimers Society, MS Society, Age Concern, Lions and Rotary. Shows/theatre, cafe, pub and garden visits, especially the Community Garden just across our driveway.

‘The Waikato Times’ newspaper is available for residents to read daily but if residents would like their own copy of papers these can be ordered and are paid for by the resident. The 'Cambridge News' newspaper is freely available.

Our extensive grounds are easily accessible for those who like to walk or wheel themselves outside. (We have many wheelchairs and comfortable mobility chairs available for use).