Emmaus

Aged Care Find welcomes Emmaus in Port Macquarie, NSW 2444 residents are encouraged to personalise their rooms by bringing items from their previous home.

Home is not where you live, but where they understand you - Christian Morgenstern The Emmaus Aged Care Community provides a high level of care for 116 residents. Accommodation consists of single rooms with single rooms with shared or private en suites for frail and physically dependent residents requiring nursing care. We also provide care for residents with dementia and other cognitive impairments requiring specialised care in a secure environment. Catholic Care of the Aged (CCA) Port Macquarie has been committed to providing exceptional levels of aged care for over 125 years. CCA are part of St Agnes Catholic Parish and is responsible for the parish's ministry for older people, particularly those in need. With over 600 people in our care, CCA is the largest aged care provider within the Hastings Macleay areas. Emmaus has embraced a household model of care, the household model of care is characterised by: A sense of home, a sense of belonging, enabling, engaging with life where the boundaries of the resident and his or her home are clear and respected as a matter of course. Groups of twelve to eighteen residents live in the eight Emmaus houses (Donnelly Place, Newman Place, Lourdes Place, Pauls Place, Joseph Place, Peters Place, MacKillop and Agnes Place) actively sharing a kitchen, dining room and small intimate living areas supported by permanently assigned staff with all the skills and knowledge required to meet the residents needs. Each household is a part of a neighbourhood of houses, dedicated to continuous growth. Building community with one another, our family, our neighbours, and our town. Blended roles meaning everyone helps with whatever needs to be done, depending on their skills and knowledge limitations. In other words everyone pitches in to prepare breakfast, clean house and serve residents needs and desires as they occur. Risks are managed, not always eliminated. resident independence/autonomy will inevitably lead to some residents choosing to take risks. Risk taking is a part of everyday life. Staff will act as resident advocates to ensure this autonomy is not taken from them. The new model has opened up leadership roles to non registered nurses, freeing up our registered nurses to concentrate on clinical matters such as medication reviews and rationalisation, wound and pain management and palliative care. Specialist staff is maintained in the kitchen and laundry.