Southanjer Rest Home
FINALIST - 2024,20 Best Aged Care (Small) Facility - SI
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FINALIST - 2024,20 Best Aged Care (Small) Facility - SI
Overview
Southanjer Rest Home is a 24-bed dementia home on the southern outskirts of town.
Services offered
- Dementia care
- AGED CARE
Service Information
This business is part of Glenhays Limited.
Southanjer Rest Home is a 24-bed dementia home on the southern outskirts of town. It is the only aged care facility in Oamaru that provides solely secure, dementia level care. Set in the countryside where the outdoor rural area is celebrated, Southanjer is peaceful and safe, providing a high level of personalised care by highly experienced staff. We are the proud winners of the 2020 NZ Aged Care Association's 'Small Operator Industry Award' which is an award that recognises the 'outstanding work of smaller operators in the NZ Aged Residential Care industry in caring for, supporting and enriching the lives of residents, their families and staff'.
No. of Beds 24
Staff
Our staff are experienced and passionate and specialise in providing care for residents with dementia.
Aged Care Management
Belinda is a Registered Physiotherapist as well as the manager of Southanjer Rest Home.
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DHB Audit Details
Further Rest Home Certification and Audits Information.Southanjer Rest Home
Southern District Health Board
Audit Certification period: 48 months (Very Good)
Certificate renewal date: 22nd May, 2026
Auditor: The DAA Group Limited
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Why we have Rest Home Audits
All rest homes and aged residential care facilities are certified and audited to ensure they:
- provide safe, appropriate care for their residents
- meet the standards set out in the Health and Disability Services (Safety) Act 2001.
Types of audit and when they happen
Certification / Surveillance Audits
Certification audits happen every 1–4 years. After the audit, rest homes are certified for a set period of time (the exact length depends on how well the rest home performed at the certification audit). Once this time is up, the rest home must be re-audited and its certification renewed.
An unannounced spot audit (also called a surveillance audit) happens around the middle of a rest home’s certification period. The spot audit ensures progress has been made on outstanding areas identified in the earlier certification audit and that standards haven’t slipped.
In addition to audits, rest homes have to report to their DHB on how they are addressing issues found at audit. These improvements are then verified at the next audit event.
Other types of audit
Provisional audits happen when a provider purchases a certified rest home from another provider.
Partial provisional audits happen when a provider wants to add services to their certificate (eg, a rest home adding hospital-level care), when a new rest home is built, or when a provider adds capacity or reconfigures their services (eg, builds a new wing, upgrades rooms). Before 2014, audits for adding capacity or reconfiguring services were referred to as verification audits.
Ministry inspections
Rest homes may have unannounced inspections by the Ministry under the Health and Disability Services (Safety) Act 2001 in the event of a serious complaint.
DHB issues-based audits
DHBs can conduct issues-based audits under the Aged Related Residential Care Contract. For information on these audits please contact the relevant DHB.
Quality of Care
Caring Staff
Responsive Mgmt
Outdoor Activity
Indoor Entertain
Social Atmosphere
Enjoyable Food
