Independent Living
Independent Living & Limited Care Services
Our different flats and rooms, in all sections of the Huis Nuweland retirement home, are located in one building bordering Sylvia, Eden and Alma Roads in Upper Claremont.
- Free Wi-Fi 24/7/365
- Solar panels on the Alma Rd side of the Home (our northern roof)
- Lithium Batteries/Inverter to counter loadshedding (all lights, Wi-Fi and certain key components keep going through loadshedding)
- Roaming assistance by Caregivers during daytime (7-days a week during office hours only) in Independent/Limited Care sections of the Home
- Clinical and ‘walk-about’ rounds – as scheduled during daytime; and every two hours at night in the Care Centre (inside the rooms, if so agreed); (and as far as the Independent and Limited Care sections are concerned, at night-time in the passages only)
- Daily greetings, check-ins and medication rounds by the senior nursing staff (mornings and evenings)
- One main meal per day – lunch (for all types of accommodation; the only meal standard for residents in flats, unless they opt for other meals – i.e. our small suppers are available at only R10-00 per meal. This is a bargain indeed)
- Wireless Panic/Nurse call buttons provided to all residents
- Security cameras inside, focusing on certain common areas of the home and strategically placed outside the building in certain areas too; and 24/7 staff inside the premises
- ADT site office: across Eden Rd, c/o Eden and Alma Roads, with regular rounds
- Comprehensive stimulation and many activities in our Service Centre and in the Independent areas/Limited Care areas, of the Home
- Free Parking Bays for residents – if needed (visitors park mainly in Sylvia Rd)
- Handing out and managing your medication (blister packing used) – when needed and @ your own cost
- Spiritual Activities
- Transport facilitation @ your own cost
- TV’s and DSTV allowed in all rooms
- Weekly laundry services
- Weekly cleaning services
- Tuck shop open on certain weekdays
- Firm arrangements in place with Cavendish Centre to send their bus to collect residents (once a week)
