NEW CHRISTCHURCH PARTNERSHIP

Miranda Smith Homecare is now working in conjunction with Acute Demand services in Christchurch to provide urgent last minute care for clients. This is a new service which started in June, exclusively for Christchurch with Pegasus Health. These services range from people being discharged from hospital who are requiring support at home, to urgent last minute care for clients who have suffered an injury/illness, identified by their GP as requiring assistance until something can be organised. The range of care extends from childcare while a mother is recovering from an illness, to personal and homecare services, to overnight sleepovers, giving peace of mind to the client and family. The support allows the client/patient to maintain independence as much as possible at home when family are not able to be there. One client who was waiting for an ACC referral to be processed requested Miranda Smith Homecare continue with the care, and was very pleased with the outcome. The client and her family approached her GP, and together they worked with ACC to get the care from Miranda Smith Homecare continued. The client said the carer was fitting in well with the family. “We could not have chosen a better person to provide such wonderful support. The carer is just lovely, respectful, caring and I could not be happier. This is such an amazing service. I never knew I could receive such excellent care.”