Planned ASMS senior doctors' strike — Thursday 1 May, 24 hours
Patient safety is our priority. Our hospitals and emergency departments will remain open. Continue to attend all appointments on the day of the strike unless we have contacted you to reschedule.
To contact a Waikato Hospital department or service:
The older persons and rehabilitation service is based out of the Older Persons and Rehabilitation Building.
This facility was purpose-built for health services related to older people and for rehabilitation services. The building includes 4 wards and an outpatient clinic, as well as a ward and clinic area for mental health services.
Older Persons and Rehabilitation Building
Waikato Hospital
210 Pembroke Street
Hamilton 3204
We provide the following hospital-based services:
Specialist community inpatient and outpatient services for older people living with significant mental illness or cognitive decline.
Mental health services for older people — Waikato (internal link)
Health of Older People provides needs assessment and service coordination for people with age-related disability lasting longer than 6 months who meet eligibility for publicly funded services.
Contact and referral information is on our disability support page.
The combined stroke service service works in collaboration with Waikato Hospital's acute medical unit to provide a patient care pathway for people experiencing a stroke or a transient ischemic attack.
The service involves both urgent (acute) and rehabilitation components and involves intensive interdisciplinary teamwork to enable best outcomes for stroke patients.
The Supported Transfer and Accelerated Rehabilitation Team (START) is part of the Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Waikato's Older Persons, Rehabilitation and Allied Health service.
It offers intensive in-home rehabilitation to those discharged from hospital, focusing on achieving personal, meaningful goals identified by you and your whānau.
The service:
You must be over 65 and have rehabilitation potential to use this service.
A registered nurse, physiotherapist and occupational therapist will all visit you at home and help to set some goals. A health care assistant may come and visit you up to 3 times a day to support you to achieve these goals.
The service has been proven to be effective.
The services is based out of Hamilton, Cambridge and Thames and covers the whole Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Waikato area.
We have two continuing care facilities for long- and short-term care and recovery:
Matariki Continuing Care
389 Kihikihi Road
Te Awamutu 3800
389 Kihihihi Road, Te Awamutu — Google Maps (external link)
Phone: 07 871 7479
Rhoda Read Continuing Care
222 Studholme Street
Morrinsville
222 Studholme Street, Morrinsville — Google Maps (external link)
Phone: 07 889 7039
Services we provide at these facilities:
Meals on Wheels is a support service that prepares and delivers a subsidised hot midday meal. The service is for eligible people who cannot prepare their own meals because of age, a disability or an illness.
A referral for this service must come from a healthcare provider.