Premise details
- Address
- 69 Moehau Street Te Puke 3119
- Total beds
- 65
- Service types
- Rest home care, Geriatric, Medical, Dementia care
Certification/licence details
- Certification/licence name
- Heritage Lifecare Limited - Carter House
- Current auditor
- The DAA Group Limited
- End date of current certificate/licence
- Certification period
- 36 months
Provider details
- Provider name
- Heritage Lifecare Limited
- Street address
- 16 Johnsonville Road Johnsonville Wellington 6037
- Postal address
- PO Box 13223 Johnsonville Wellington 6440
Progress on issues from the last audit
This rest home has been audited against the Health and Disability Services Standards. During the last audit, the auditors identified some areas for improvement.
Issues from their last audit are listed in the corrective actions table below, along with the action required to fix the issue, its risk level, and whether or not the issue has been reported as fixed.
A guide to the table is available below.
| Outcome required | Found at audit | Action required | Risk rating | Action status | Date action reported complete |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A medication management system shall be implemented appropriate to the scope of the service. | · Morphine elixir for three residents was prepared in three syringes concurrently, the syringes contained different doses, were not labelled and were taken collectively to the residents leading to potential for error. · Action was taken by the clinical services manager on the day of audit, a medication error incident form was completed, and the registered nurses will undergo further education and a competency assessment. Because action was taken promptly and was isolated to two nurses this corre | Ensure all nurses are competent to administer medications and follow accepted medication administration practices of preparing and administering one resident’s medication at a time. | PA Low | Reporting Complete | |
| In implementing care or support plans, service providers shall demonstrate: (a) Active involvement with the person receiving services and whānau; (b) That the provision of service is consistent with, and contributes to, meeting the person’s assessed needs, goals, and aspirations. Whānau require assessment for support needs as well. This supports whānau ora and pae ora, and builds resilience, self-management, and self-advocacy among the collective; (c) That the person receives services that remov | Long term care planning as implemented was not always completed within 21 days and were not always based on the interRAI assessment as required by contract. · There was delay in completing long-term care planning for 11 of 12 residents admitted since June 2023 whose interRAI assessments were not completed within the contractually required 21 days, resulting in delay in completion of long-term care planning or care planning not based on the interRAI assessment. · Current care planning for four ou | Ensure the contractual requirements in relation to care are met. This includes: • The long-term care plan is to be completed within 21 days of admission and be based on the interRAI assessment. • Care planning for residents in the dementia unit should include a description of how the behaviour of the resident is best managed over a 24-hour period and a description of the activities that meet the resident's needs in relation to individual diversional, motivational, and recreational therapy during | PA Moderate | Reporting Complete | |
| The physical environment, internal and external, shall be safe and accessible, minimise risk of harm, and promote safe mobility and independence. | Breakdowns in the integrity of bathroom/toilet surfaces are raising the risk of infections. Similarly, the paintwork in the dementia residential area is chipped and scraped and requires renovation. | That renovations are progressed to ensure residents’ safety and a more aesthetically pleasing environment for residents and visitors. | PA Low | Reporting Complete |
Guide to table
- Outcome required
The outcome required by the Health and Disability Services Standards.
- Found at audit
The issue that was found when the rest home was audited.
- Action required
The action necessary to fix the issue, as decided by the auditor.
- Risk level
Whether the required outcome was partially attained (PA) or unattained (UA), and what the risk level of the issue is.
The outcome is partially attained when:
- there is evidence that the rest home has the appropriate process in place, but not the required documentation
- when the rest home has the required documentation, but is unable to show that the process is being implemented.
The outcome is unattained when the rest home cannot show that they have the needed processes, systems or structures in place.
The risk level is determined by two things: how likely the issue is to happen and how serious the consequences of it happening would be.
The risk levels are:
- negligible – this issue requires no additional action or planning.
- low – this issue requires a negotiated plan in order to fix the issue within a specified and agreed time frame, such as one year.
- moderate – this issue requires a negotiated plan in order to fix the issue within a specific and agreed time frame, such as six months.
- high – this issue requires a negotiated plan in order to fix the issue within one month or as agreed between the service and auditor.
- critical – This issue requires immediate corrective action in order to fix the identified issue including documentation and sign off by the auditor within 24 hours to ensure consumer safety.
The risk level may be downgraded once the rest home reports the issue is fixed.
- Action status
Whether the necessary action is still in progress or if it is complete, as reported by the rest home to the relevant district health board.
- Date action reported complete
The date that the district health board was told the issue was fixed.
Audit reports
About audit reports
Audit reports for this rest home’s latest audits can be downloaded below.
Before you begin
Before you download the audit reports, please read our guide to rest home certification and audits. The guide gives an overview of the auditing process and explains what the audit reports mean.
Full audit reports are provided for audits processed and approved after 29 August 2013. Note that the format for the full audit reports was streamlined from 16 December 2014. Full audit reports between 29 August 2013 and 16 December 2014 are therefore in a different format.
From 1 June 2009 to 28 February 2022 rest homes were audited against the Health and Disability Services Standards NZS 8134:2008. These standards have been updated, and from 28 February 2022 rest homes are audited against Ngā Paerewa Health and Disability Services Standard NZS 8134:2021.
Before 29 August 2013, only audit summaries are available.
Both the recent full audit reports and previous audit summaries include:
- an overview of the rest home’s performance, and
- coloured indicators showing how well the rest home performed against the different aspects of the Ngā Paerewa Health and Disability Services Standard.
Note: From November 2013, as rest homes are audited, any issues from their latest audit (the corrective actions required by the auditor) appear on the rest home’s page. As the rest home completes the required actions, the status on the website updates.
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