December 14, 2021
Dear residents, families and friends As announced by the Prime Minister yesterday afternoon, Auckland will move to Orange Traffic Light System in the Covid Protection Framework from Thursday 30th December 2021. Although there is still “medium risk” of community spread, our residents and staff are still deemed to be at “high risk” of contracting viruses even being fully vaccinated, so […]
December 14, 2021
Dear residents, families and friends As announced by the Prime Minister yesterday afternoon, Auckland will move to Orange Traffic Light System in the Covid Protection Framework from Thursday 30th December 2021. Although there is still “medium risk” of community spread, our residents and staff are still deemed to be at “high risk” of contracting viruses even being fully vaccinated, so we’ll continue to […]
November 30, 2021
Dear residents, families and friends As announced by the Prime Minister yesterday afternoon, Auckland will finally come out of lockdown (level 3.2) and enter the new Covid Protection Framework from Friday 3rd December 2021 under the red traffic light system. After over 100 days of level 3 lockdown, we are delighted to announce that we will be reopening our facility […]
November 9, 2021
Dear residents, families and friends As advised by the Prime Minister yesterday, Auckland will move down from alert level 3.3 to 3.2 from 11.59pm tonight, Tuesday 9th November. Effectively, there is no change to our operating procedures as per the Ministry of Health and New Zealand Aged Care Associations issued guidelines. Therefore, due to our contractual obligations, we must remain […]
October 19, 2021
Dear residents, families and friends As advised by the Prime Minister yesterday, Auckland remains at level 3 for another two weeks with a further review on Monday 1st November 2021. The Ministry of Health has advised that all aged residential care facilities are to remain locked down as if we are in alert level 4, during Auckland’s alert level 3. […]
September 20, 2021
Dear residents, families and friends, As advised by the Prime Minister this afternoon, Auckland will move down to level 3 from 11.59pm tomorrow, Tuesday 21 September 2021 for two weeks, with a further review on Monday 4 October 2021. The Ministry of Health has advised that all aged residential care facilities are to remain locked down as if we are […]
August 23, 2021
Dear residents, families and friends As advised by the Prime Minister this afternoon, Auckland remains in level 4 lockdown until 11.59pm Tuesday 31st August 2021, pending a further evaluation on Monday 30th August 2021. We understand that this extension to the lockdown may continue to cause a high degree of distress for residents and families, but we must continue to […]
August 17, 2021
IMMEDIATE LOCKDOWN – NO VISITORS Dear residents, families and friends, As advised by the Prime Minister tonight, Auckland has been placed in level 4 lockdown form 11.59pm tonight for the next 7 days. To support the well-being of our residents and staff, therefore effective immediately we have stopped all visitors from entering our facilities today. The only exception to this […]
August 6, 2021
There are many moments when residents show kindness to one another with gestures as simple as holding a hand or sharing a conversation about family, photos and memories. Shirley is a legendary caring angel who frequently finds ways to bring joy into the lives of her buddies at The Cottage. When residents head out for a van trip Shirley asks […]