News & Views

It's easy to be a morning person when there is fresh marmalade for breakfast! Atawhai residents have come together to make a great big batch out of oranges and tangelos harvested from their very own garden.

105 years of life is no small feat but Naomi from Gracelands shows us how it's done, celebrating another successful lap around the sun this September.

Chef Adriano Lopez of Wharerangi has come out on top of Aged Care Giants at the New Zealand Aged Care Awards, winning the Bidfood Excellence in Food Award.

Wharerangi Chef Adriano has come out of this year's Senior Lifestyle Cuisine Competition with Bronze, as well as the determination and drive to come out on the very top next year.

Susan McDade has recently joined Oceania as Duart Rest Home's new Business and Care Manager. With new ideas and a spring in her step, she is eager to push Duart to the very top of the ranks as Hawkes Bay's preferred rest home.

Gracelands staff, residents and their families rock 'n' rolled back in time to the 50's with a nostalgic two-day event. Cheeseburgers, sundaes, circle skirts and bobby socks- what a time to relive!

Exercise strengthens both the mind and body, and even more so when it's enjoyable! Atawhai rest home have travelled back to their younger days of Saturday night dances with their popular new exercise routine- disco classes.

Chef Dean Bernstone has a deep respect for the elderly and is using his culinary skills to express that respect and appreciation, much to the delight of residents at Atawhai Rest Home.

Excerise needn't be dull and Elmwood Village residents are proving just that! Keeping the body and mind active has become a much anticipated part of their morning routine with Oceania's 'Move and Groove'.