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WINNER - 2025,24,23,22 FINALIST - 2021 Best Aged Care (Small) Facility - SI

16 Shaw Street, Geraldine, Geraldine, New Zealand 7930

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Waihi Lodge Care Centre

98.4% (88 Reviews)

4.92 out of 5 stars - 88 votes

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99.31% from 29 reviews in the last 12 months

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Social Atmosphere
Enjoyable Food

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New Zealand's Best Awards

WINNER - 2025,24,23,22 FINALIST - 2021 Best Aged Care (Small) Facility - SI

Services offered

Rest home care
Respite Care
AGED CARE

Service Information

This business is part of Seniorcare Geraldine Incorporated.

Waihi Lodge care centre is a community-owned 19-bed aged residential care facility, located in the heart of Geraldine offering Rest Home level care, carer support respite care and both short and long-term private rest-home level care. Waihi Lodge is well known for its homely atmosphere and the excellent care provided by a team of caring and friendly staff.

No. of Beds 21

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DHB Audit Details

Further Rest Home Certification and Audits Information.

Waihi Lodge Care Centre
South Canterbury District Health Board
Audit Certification period: 36 months (Good)
Certificate renewal date: 29th June, 2027
Auditor: BSI Group New Zealand Ltd
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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.