Home Support North Charitable Trust

Cancer Network Group Service

Today

59 Bank Street, Whangārei

Open today 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

Description

~ Northland’s largest Home Based Support Service provider – dynamic, friendly team of Nurse

Co-ordinators and Support Staff ~

Home Help: this may include housework, meal preparation, shopping, laundry.

Personal Care: this may include showering, bathing, feeding, transporting to appointments, grooming, dressing, assistance with mobility/transferring.

Some Child Care available through ACC if you have had an accident.

Free assistance can be allocated by needs assessors for someone to come into your home and look after you or your dependent loved-one so you can have a break.

Staff

We have a team of Nurse Co-ordinators who are qualified nurses, EN or RNs and also a Co-ordinator for Administrative Support.

How do I access this service?

Referral

Patients are referred through their hospital, GP or health professionals working in the community or from Northland DHB (aged over 65 or for support following a stay in hospital), NorthAble (aged under 65 with disability) or ACC (following an accident).

Assessment is completed by trained needs assessors. (If you’re not entitled to funded care through the Ministry of Health, a District Health Board or ACC, we can talk about other options, including private care.)

Hours

59 Bank Street, Whangārei

Open today 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

Mon – Fri	9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

To contact someone outside of normal office hours please call 09 430 2090 or 0800 83 23 83 and select from the call menu. This service is monitored (7am-8am and 5pm-9pm Monday to Friday, 7am-9pm at weekends and on Public Holidays)

Public Holidays: Closed Labour Day (28 Oct), Northland Anniversary (27 Jan), Waitangi Day (6 Feb), Good Friday (18 Apr), Easter Sunday (20 Apr), Easter Monday (21 Apr), ANZAC Day (25 Apr), King's Birthday (2 Jun), Matariki (20 Jun).
Christmas: Open 23 Dec — 24 Dec. Closed 25 Dec — 26 Dec. Open 27 Dec. Closed 28 Dec — 29 Dec. Open 30 Dec — 31 Dec. Closed 1 Jan — 2 Jan. Open 3 Jan. Closed 4 Jan — 5 Jan. Open 6 Jan — 10 Jan.