From 13 February 2017, Enliven Central will no longer provide in-home support services between Taranaki and Wellington.
This comes after Enliven Central’s parent organisation, Presbyterian Support Central, elected to sell it’s in-home support service business to Geneva Healthcare.
“In 2016 we lost the Capital and Coast and Hutt Valley DHB in-home support contracts when the DHBs elected to contract with a single provider,” explains Chief Executive Chris Graham.
“This reduced our critical mass so the Board and Management team made the decision to sell Enliven’s remaining in-home support business and focus on our core activities – Enliven rest homes and retirement villages and Family Works social services.”
Presbyterian Support Central’s Enliven division and Geneva Healthcare have been working closely together for the past few months to ensure a smooth transition of service.
Part of this work has been around ensuring a smooth transition for staff which will help ensure there little impact for clients who, in the majority, should be able to retain their current support worker.
“We wish to thank Enliven’s Community Support staff everyone for their ongoing hard work, dedication and commitment to quality support during this transition.”
Enliven Central continues to offer a range of positive ageing services throughout the lower North Island, including independent retirement living, rest home, hospital and dementia care, day activity programmes, short-term respite and health recovery care, modified Tai Chi classes and a continence product service.
“These Enliven services remain a strong focus for us and we’re planning to announce some exciting new developments this year,” says Chris.
For more information about Enliven’s service freephone 0508 ENLIVEN (that’s 0508 365 483). For information about Geneva Healthcare’s in-home support services between Taranaki and Wellington phone 0800 436 382. For in-home support services in other regions visit www.enliven.org.nz.