Some residents at a rest home in Bucklands Beach will need to move due to changes made by the facility’s new owners.
Aged care provider Ambridge Rose is to transition its rest home The Beach House – formally Bucklands Beach Rest Home – into a dementia care specialist facility.
Residents and staff at the rest home have been advised, and Ambridge Rose is working closely with Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau to effect this change in response to the demand for specialist care in the area, Ambridge Rose owner and CEO Allan Sargeant said.
“The company can no longer sustain the costs of providing rest home care at The Beach House,” he said.
“In consultation with Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau, we have agreed to transition the facility to a specialist dementia care offer given there is insufficient dementia care in east Auckland.
“Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau will assist in assessing residents as to whether they qualify for dementia level care.”
Sargeant said some existing residents may not qualify and may need to find new rest home care.
“We appreciate this is a big change for some, and we will do all we can to support our residents and families through this change,” he said.
“We acknowledge this is a difficult decision, and that for some residents this will result in the upheaval of a move.
“The reality is that the cost of delivering rest home care at this facility, under the current funding model, makes providing these services unviable going forward.”
“Given the lack of dementia care in east Auckland, we are pleased that we can repurpose this facility to provide these vital services in what is an environment well-suited to these residents.”
The change is due to take effect from February 26, 2024.
