Not-for-profit rest home sector under serious threat

Not-for-profit rest home sector under serious threat

Staff shortages in rest homes with religious affiliations are forcing more homes to face closure. The latest Catholic facility to announce its imminent closure is Waiatarua Mercy Parklands in Auckland. Residents and their relatives of the 97-bed 100-staff rest home are being consulted about the closure. Besides lacking staff, the aged care facility, which was started by the Sisters of Mercy, is…

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Auckland Catholic rest home ponders closure after losing $100,000/month

Auckland Catholic rest home ponders closure after losing $100,000/month

Residents, and their relatives, of a 97-bed 100-staff Auckland Catholic rest home losing $100,000/month are being consulted about possible closure due to a critical staff shortage. But nothing is decided about the Ellerslie property founded by the Mercy order of nuns as a not-for-profit aged care facility. Arthur Morris, chairman of Waiatarua Mercy Parklands, said the board would meet this coming…

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