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NZ GREYPOWER MAGAZINE » SEPTEMBER 2019
NZ’s Best Retirement
Villages and Rest
Homes - 2019
There were a 25 winners and finalists covering eight
categories announced in this year’s national 2019 Peoples'
Choice Awards - Best Retirement Village and Aged Care
facilities in NZ. The elite group ranged from Waikiwi Gardens
Rest Home in Invercargill to Maygrove Lifestyle Village in
Orewa, North Auckland. Ryman Healthcare took out the
coveted multi-facility award for the second year in a row.
Archer Home & Village resident, Morva (age 102) with Graeme
Mitchell, Archer manager (left) receives one of their awards
from Nigel Matthews, managing director, AgedAdvisor (right).
A
full list of award
recipients can be
viewed at www.
agedadvisor.nz/awards.
The NZ-based website allows
residents, family and
friends to post reviews on
a village or care facility.
When it launched in 2015
it quickly became popular
with residents and family,
but was not initially
well-received by the sector.
Managing director
Nigel Matthews says there
was concern from a few
operators that it would
just become a complaint
site.
“However, time has
proven that not to be the
case.”
The site now has more
than 4100 in-depth reviews
on 625 Aged Care
facilities & Retirement /
Lifestyle Villages around
Sample comments
the country. And 96 percent
of all reviews across
both care and village (independent
living) are rated
“good", "very good",
or “excellent”. Eighty-five
percent of everyone surveyed
would definitely
recommend the village or
care facility they reviewed,
with seven percent saying
the would not recommend,
and the other eight percent
unsure.
“People have a lot of
great things to say about
their experiences regarding
village living and care.”
Mathews says the reviews
help show what
makes people choose a facility.
“Key influencers are
normally location, friendliness
of staff and varying
levels of care on offer.” And
location does not always
mean closest to home. A
“Moving to this village was the right and best decision
for me to make. I feel very much at home and enjoy
all the activities and friendships I have made.”
“Have lived, loved, and enjoyed the past 13+ years
here - why would I want to leave?”
“Words cannot describe how appreciative we are as
a family for the care and dignity our mother received
during her time here.”
Cook Street Nursing Care Centre with the news of Winning Best Small Aged Care - North Island.
case in point - Cheviot Rest
Home, a 14 bed facility in
rural Canterbury has won
best small aged care facility
in the South Island four
years running and is currently
ranked No.1 in New
Zealand on AgedAdvisor.
Sue Coleman, owner
and operator puts it down
to "small size… intimate
and homely... and the lifestyle
that a rural community
can offer".
Amy Munro, managing
director of Malyon House,
Mount Maunganui and
three time award winner,
describes what it means to
being an award recipient.
“The publicity from word
of mouth that this generates
for us is priceless. I
even had a job applicant
mention our award-win-
ning status in her cover
letter recently. The staff
morale boost is great, and
the residents of course get
quite excited."
First time winner, Anna
Blackwell, owner and clinical
director of Cook Street
Nursing Care Centre,
Palmerston North says:
WIN WIN WIN
Win a 2020 New Zealand Home Diary
The New Zealand Home Diary is a popular
addition to many homes around the country.
The 2020 diary features a double page per
week and a new recipe for each week, with an
accompanying photograph.
This popular A5 hard covered diary has been
published annually for 30 years. At the front
are pages for contact details for family and
friends, standard diary information including
calendars for 2019, 2020, 2021, New Zealand
public holidays, school terms, moon phases,
daylight saving dates and sunrise and sunset
times. There are features on fermented foods,
growing citrus in pots and caring for the
elderly.
“For our small facility we
are overwhelmed with the
positive feedback – so cool
to be recognised for what
we do.”
Voted New Zealand’s Best
Rest Homes & Retirement Villages.
Make sure you see who won this year’s
People’s Choice Awards.
The reviews were done by people just like you.
Find out who the winners & finalists were at:
www.agedadvisor.co.nz/awards
The clearly laid out diary section has
weekdays on the left-hand page and
weekend days plus a photographed recipe
on each right-hand page. The recipe
selection aims to suit a range of tastes,
including gluten-free and low sugar baking and some
meat-free mains.
At the back of the diary is useful home information: a household emergency
checklist, an updated section on first aid and CPR (approved by the relevant
authorities), space for notes and gift ideas, and a year planner and birthdays and
anniversaries calendar.
To win one of six New Zealand Home Diaries up for grabs, email your name and
address to win@greypowermag.co.nz with NZ Home Diary in the subject line,
or post your entry to NZ Home Diary competition, Grey Power, PO Box 1425,
Hamilton 3240. Entries close on 30 October, 2019.
(If you’re not one of the lucky winners, you can treat yourself to a New Zealand
Home Diary in book shops or by mail order. More information is available at
www.newzealandhomediary.co.nz)