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Aged Care Association 2025 Excellence in Care Awards

We’re incredibly proud to share that Beattie Home & Hospital has been awarded Excellence in Design at the Aged Care Association Excellence in Care Awards 2025 for our beautiful Papakāinga Homestead.This award means so much to our team and community, Papakāinga Homestead was thoughtfully designed to feel like home, supporting connection, comfort, and dignity for those living with dementia.A huge thank you to everyone who has been part of this journey. This national recognition reflects ou...

Ōtorohanga Districts' People Choice Business Awards

We’re absolutely thrilled to share that Beattie Home & Hospital was named the winner of the Health & Wellbeing category and co-winner of the Not-for-Profit/Community Groups category at the Ōtorohanga Districts People’s Choice Business Awards 2025!A huge thank you to everyone who took the time to vote for us, your support reminds us just how valued we are in this wonderful community we call home.We’re proud to share the Not-for-Profit/Community Groups award with our amazing friends...

Keeping whānau connected: Rel8 app pilot at Beattie Home

We will soon launch a trial of the new digital application, Rel8.app with a small group of families. Rel8.app enables carers to share daily adventures, activities and updates with families. Whether it’s a photo of a resident enjoying a group activity, a notification about an upcoming event, or a wellness check update, Rel8.app ensures families stay informed and connected. This fosters trust and reassurance, strengthening the relationships between carers, residents and their loved one.This plat...

Leap ahead for Beattie Home

Recent hospital-level upgrades at Ōtorohanga’s Beattie Home attracted significant interest last week when the complex opened its doors for a community open day.The upgrades are the latest in a long-term strategy to boost capacity at the complex.Olive Utiera, Beattie Home general manager, said the number of people aged 80 and over in the Ōtorohanga district was projected to quadruple in the next three years.“From a strategic point of view, we have to look at what we can do to support that i...

Beattie Home & Hospital Open Day

We are absolutely thrilled with the success of our first Open Day today! With over 50 guests through our doors, it was a fantastic opportunity to showcase our newly renovated spaces and all our care service offerings — including our newly introduced hospital-level care.A huge thank you to everyone who came along, asked questions, and showed such genuine interest in what we do. Your support means the world to us.We were especially honoured to welcome Barbara Kuriger MP, whose visit and interest...

Update on proposed expansion

Beattie Community Trust has continued to experience increased demands for the services provided, both in rest home and dementia level care.  Beattie Home and Papakāinga Homestead are at full capacity, with our respite care rooms booked out until June 2025. Significant work has been achieved to enable us to upgrade our facilities to attain hospital level certification with our new hospital beds fully occupied, and waiting lists for all our other services.Our Beattie Community Trust Campus i...