OLDER PERSON'S HEALTH

Falls Prevention Programmes in Canterbury
The majority of falls are preventable. The Falls Prevention Programmes in Canterbury can improve strength and balance and reduce the risk of falling. Click on the above link to read more.

Healthy Eating, Healthy Ageing
Healthy Eating, Healthy Ageing is a public health project which aims to improve physical activity levels and the nutritional well-being of community-living older people (aged 65 years and over, Maori and Pacific Island aged 50 and over) in Canterbury. The project is delivered by three New Zealand registered dietitians based at The Princess Margaret Hospital, Canterbury District Health Board, Christchurch. For further information and contact details click here.
Useful links
Cooking for older people recipe book
Nutrition resources
Food and Nutrition Guidelines for Healthy Older People
Nutrition (Ministry of Health) 
Healthy Eating Healthy Action  
Te Hotu Manawa Maori 
NZ Nutrition Foundation 

Older Person's Health Provider Directory

The Older Person's Health Provider directory contains the name of providers who may not necessarily be funded by the Canterbury District Health Board.  The list is by no means comprehensive but the directory listing will be reviewed and updated regularly.  The Canterbury District Health Board is not responsible for the contents or reliability of the linked websites and does not necessarily endorse the views expressed within them. Listing shall not be taken as endorsement of any kind. Please see Content Disclaimer Notice for further information.

If you are a Health Provider and wish to be listed in this directory, just complete the General Enquiries form.  Remember to provide your name or the name of your organisation, address details, contact details and a list of services that you provide.

Provider Name Address Phone/Facsimile/Email
Access Homehealth Ltd PoBox 26012
North Avon
Christchurch		 Phone 03 389 8500
Facsimile 03 389 8504
Email chch.ahh@xtra.co.nz
Age Concern Canterbury 64 Cashel Street
Christchurch		 Phone 03 366 0903
Facsimile 03 365 0639
Email ageconcerncanty@xtra.co.nz
Annaliese Haven Rest Home 25 Adderley Terrace
Kaiapoi		 Phone 03 327 6282
 
Ashbridge Manor - Rest and Retirement Centre Ashbridge 16 MacDonalds Lane,
Waikuku 7473, Rangiora		 Phone 03 312 2231
Fax 03 312 2231
Email Ashbridge_RestHome@hotmail.com
Avonview Retirement Village & Rest Home 105 Locksley Avenue
Burwood
Christchurch		 Phone 03 389 7131
Bainswood House Rest Home 191 King Street
Rangiora		 Phone 03 313 5905
Facsimile 03 313 8275
Email bainswood@paradise.net.nz
Cannon Hill Rest Home 52 Cannon Hill Crescent
Mt Pleasant
Christchurch		 Phone 03 384 3472
Facsimile 03 384 3476
Canterbury Companions

 

 PoBox 36 401
Merivale
Christchurch		 Phone 03 323 7536
Email companions@xtra.co.nz
Chatwood Rest Home Ltd 60 Hawford Road
Opawa
Christchurch		 Phone 03 332 6343
Facsimile 03 332 2461
Cheviot Rest Home 20 Reeves Street
Cheviot		 Phone 03 319 8727
Continence Association   Phone 07 834 3528
Delta Community Support Trust
 		 105 North Avon Road
PoBox 26 091
Richmond
Christchurch 8148		 Phone 03 389 0212
Fax 03 960 3278
Email tim@deltatrust.org.nz
Website http://www.deltatrust.org.nz/
 
Ebenezer Community Services Provider Limited

 

 152a Main South Road
Christchurch		 Phone 03 341 1384
Email info.ebenezer@paradise.net.nz
Edith Cavell Home & Hospital Ltd Cnr Head & Dryden Sts
Christchurch		 Phone 03 326 6608
Facsimile 03 326 5335
Eldernet Email team@eldernet.co.nz
Web www.eldernet.co.nz
Elms Court Rest Home 44 Cholmondeley Avenue
Opawa
Christchurch		 Phone 03 332 1861
Golden Age Rest Home Ltd 84 Harwood  Road
Papanui
Christchurch		 Phone 03 352 7871
Grey Power Superannuitants Assn Christchurch Inc PO Box 31010
Ilam
Christchurch		 Phone 03 351 3096
Healthcare of New Zealand
 		 248 Lichfield Street
Christchurch		 Phone 03 377 7527
Fax 03 377 7604
Email christchurch.office@healthcarenz.co.nz
Web www.healthcarenz.co.nz
(Provide a variety of home and community-based services where age, disability, illness or accident make such support necessary. Services range from supporting people with domestic tasks and personal care, to providing specialised nursing services which are catered towards more complex health needs. They have a variety of supported living and residential services for people with disabilities and support clients to lead ordinary lives in the community, whatever their level of need.)
Holmwood Home 114 King Street
Rangiora		 Phone 03 313 8399
Facsimile 03 313 8398
Hospice New Zealand Molesworth House
101-103 Molesworth Street
PO Box 12481
Wellington		 Phone 04 499 0266
Karadean Court Oxford 5 Queen Street
Oxford		 Phone 03 312 4891
Kowhai Rest Home 8 Kowhai Terrace
St Martins
Christchurch		 Phone 03 332 6630
Facsimile 03 337 3407
Maidstone Lodge Hospital 125 Withells Road
Avonhead
Christchurch		 Phone: 033589697
Mobile:0274164282
Facsimile: 033589683
Email Address: tbird@nzlifecare.co.nz
Manchester Unity Welfare Homes PO Box 33052
Christchurch		  
Mary Louise Rest Home Partnership 281 Barbadoes Street
Christchurch		 Phone 03 379 0763
Mayfair Rest Home 104 Wharenui Road
Riccharton
Christchurch		 Phone 03 348 2445
Email Mayfair-Resthome@xtra.co.nz
Nurse Maude Association 24 McDougall Avenue
PO Box 36126
Merivale
Christchurch		 Phone 03 375 4200
Facsimile 03 355 2051
Older Person's Health Service The Princess Margaret Hospital
Cashmere Road
Christchurch		 Phone 03 337 7899
Facsimile 337 7784
Parklands Hospital 429 Papanui Road, Christchurch Phone 03 352 6169
Facsimile 03 352 4100
 Email pauline.porton@hgh.co.nz
Parkwood Rest Home & Hospital 62-72 Aldwins Road
PO Box 24028
Eastgate
Linwood
Christchurch		 Phone 03 381 6700
Facsimile 03 381 0842
 Email carolyn.park@hgh.co.nz
Presbyterian Support - Enliven (Upper South)
Presbyterian Support Upper South Island, like several other Presbyterian Support regions, has adopted a new name for their services for older people "Enliven".
The focus is on positive ageing.		 PO Box 13 171 Phone 03 363 8205
Fax 03 379 6235
Links
http://ps.org.nz/site/upper_south_island/
http://canterbury.webhealth.co.nz/provider/service/view/2032944/
 
Radius St Ives Care Centre 50 Vogel Street
Christchurch 		Phone 03 381 0509
Fax 03 381 0684
Email judith.roessink-berryman@radius.co.nz
Radius St Winifred's Hospital 10 St Winifreds Place, Bryndwr,
Christchurch 		Phone 03 351 9346
Fax 03 351 7018
Email julianne.brand@radiushealth.co.nz
Residential Care NZ Inc Federation House
95-99 Molesworth Street
PO Box 560
Wellington		 Phone 04 499 4156
Facsimile 04 499 4172
Email natoffice@residentialcare.co.nz
 
Resthaven Eventide Home 901 Colombo Street
Christchurch		 Phone 03 379 9033
Rivendell Respite
Jan Le Roi		 93 South Belt
Rangiora
North Canterbury		 Phone 03 313 8906
Facsimile 03 313 8906
Email info@rivendellrespite.co.nz

 
Rowena Jackson Retirement Village Ltd 40 O'Byrne Street
PO Box 771
Invercargill		 Phone 03 215 9988
Ryman Healthcare Limited Level 11
Clarendon Towers
Cnr Worcester & Oxford Tce
Christchurch		 Phone 03 366 4069
Facsimile 03 366 4861
St Catherines Court Rest Home 29 Alport Place
Woolston
Christchurch		 Phone 03 384 5046
Facsimile 03 384 5057
St Helena's Rest Home Ltd 392 Barbadoes Street
PO Box 21172
Christchurch		 Phone 03 365 6700
Facsimile 03 365 6700
St James Residential Home Ltd 9 Patten Street
Avonside
Christchurch		 Phone 03 381 2053
Facsimile 03 381 2048
St Joan's Charitable Trust 188 Armagh Street
PO Box 13345
Christchurch		 Phone 03 379 5691
Wendover Rest Home Ltd 33 Erica Street
Papanui
Christchurch		 Phone 03 352 6089
Willowlea Senior Care Ltd 27 Shirley Road
Shirley
Christchurch		 Phone 03 385 1928