Canterbury DHB continues to progress COVID-19 vaccinations in Aged Residential Care (ARC) facilities across the region, with approximately 1900 first dose vaccinations provided across 34 facilities in the region so far. It is expected that in total, .
Cheviot Rest Home is closing after 20 years.
Photo: RNZ/ Rachel Graham
The Cheviot Rest Home s owner said the closure had been forced by a combination of factors, but a key one was the Ministry of Health s broken funding system for rest homes.
The rest home has 14 beds, and for most of its 20 years of operation it had been full or close to, with a waiting list at times.
For the last six months the home has only had five residents, and with the Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) only paying for occupied beds, owner Sue Coleman said they could not afford to stay open.
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West Coast DHB will be expanding the roll-out of its COVID-19 vaccination programme across the Coast shortly, says Ralph La Salle, Acting Executive Director Planning, Funding and Decision Support, West Coast DHB.
We are currently getting ready to vaccinate Aged Residential Care residents and staff, some wider West Coast stakeholder partners and the wider public. We are also preparing to establish our mobile vaccination clinics which will be visiting our more rural communities over the coming months as planning and available resources allow.
In consideration of the rural nature of the Coast, our COVID-19 vaccine roll-out plan is based on optimising the number of people vaccinated, not the number of vaccination clinics. This means that when we set-up our clinics in smaller townships, we will be offering appointments to the wider public.
Vivienne vaccinating Nadia. Canterbury’s COVID-19 vaccination rollout is progressing, with residents in community-based care, including Aged Residential Care (ARC), beginning to receive vaccinations this week. This marks the start of vaccinations for Cantabrians .
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