A new electronic file management system is set to provide huge efficiencies within Enliven when it launches in May.
Posted: Friday March 23, 2018
Pounding hooves, a seat in a sulky and driving a Southland trotter – Win McNaughton celebrated her 80th birthday in true style.
Posted: Tuesday March 20, 2018
Peacehaven Village has added to its already thorough range of care options, with new double rooms now available, as well as a new short term stay option within the popular Tweed Street rest home and hospital.
Posted: Wednesday March 14, 2018
Dawn Acker has a career in nursing spanning 25 years and multiple areas, ranging from ward work to clinical education, to most recently, Clinical Nurse Specialist in the respiratory service, and now, aged care.
Posted: Wednesday March 7, 2018
The level of care given to Maria Arhanic’s father, Branko, at Gore’s Resthaven Village was so good it has inspired Maria to give back to the elderly in her community.
Posted: Wednesday February 28, 2018
Presbyterian Support Southland (PSS) has netted a new partnership with the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel for the 2018 netball season, which will benefit both Enliven and Family Works.
Posted: Tuesday February 20, 2018
Enliven has welcomed several new staff to the team in key roles across the organisation, each bringing with them invaluable experience.
Posted: Tuesday February 20, 2018
Gore’s Resthaven Village has been home for Alice McAlister for close to seven years, and the 84-year-old has been on quite a journey over that time.
Posted: Tuesday January 30, 2018
Frankton Court resident Ruth Mudge, says she couldn’t wish for a better place to live.
Posted: Wednesday January 17, 2018
Almost every week for the past eight years, Heather Fennessy has popped in to see Daphne Wallis.
Posted: Wednesday December 20, 2017
The so-called ‘Over 60s’ Coffee Club in Gore is accurate in its name; not only are the members of this popular coffee group all aged over 60, but at times up to 60 of them turn up to the monthly get togethers.
Posted: Wednesday December 20, 2017
For many elderly people, dementia is a reality of life.
Posted: Tuesday December 12, 2017
When Leslie Speden took on her first job, at age 17, at the Gore children’s home Inglenook, she never imagined a 30 year career in aged care – albeit for the same organisation – awaited.
Posted: Tuesday November 28, 2017
Vickery Court is exceeding expectations across key Ministry of Health areas; receiving the maximum possible length of audit certification along with exceptional recognition in two key areas.
Posted: Friday November 10, 2017
Carol Chin Poy looks at her recent move to Walmsley House as simply a “change of address” – and she’s making the most of it.
Posted: Saturday October 28, 2017
It was a case of Here Come the Brides at Vickery Court recently, with the Wedding Expo of Dresses Through the Ages proving a hit with residents and families alike.
Posted: Tuesday October 3, 2017
Twenty-five years of Frankton Court has been celebrated, with residents past and present enjoying a special lunch to mark the occasion.
Posted: Tuesday September 19, 2017
Artistic flair is flourishing within Peacehaven Village and now, the public will get to view the talent of both staff and residents.
Posted: Wednesday September 13, 2017
A robotic baby seal could change the lives of residents with dementia at Invercargill’s Peacehaven Village.
Posted: Tuesday August 22, 2017
Staff, residents and their families got right into the Christmas spirit with Gore’s Resthaven Village transformed into a Winter Wonderland for the month of June.
Posted: Tuesday August 22, 2017