Sep-Oct 2016 Issue | Business View Oceania

189 AT A GLANCE WHO: Windsorcare  WHAT: A non-profit organization managing a retirement village and two- story facility housing hospital beds, rest homes, and various activities for elderly residents  WHERE: 1 Horseshoe Lake Rd, Shirley, North East Christchurch  WEBSITE: windsorcare.co.nz Modern, fully-equipped facilities The main facility at WINDSORCARE is a newly built two-story building, el- egantly designed to encompass a va- riety of services. The facility has large, beautiful gardens which add a unique sense of tranquility in the heart of a busy suburb. The top floor has an as- sortment of 40 hospital beds while the bottom floor hosts the services area, the 20-bed dementia wing, and 20 beds for the rest home. Each resident in the facility has a larger than average single room with ensuite. The facility provides a functional and highly professional clinical setting. The goal is to provide a well-rounded envi- ronment where the residents are per- fectly safe, both physically and emo- tionally, in the hands of highly trained staff. Developing the footprint of Windsorcare Dr Warren Smith, PhD, Windsorcare Village’s General Manager, attributes the organisation’s continued growth to its Board of Governors. As the board is comprised by several volunteer pro- fessionals from the local community, they always keep the organisation’s well-being in mind in every decision. One of their most important achieve- ments is that they have been work-