A generous bequest has enabled Kerikeri Retirement Village to buy 12 new adjustable beds worth $40,000 for its Care Facility. They will replace older beds, the mechanisms of which are starting to fail, providing residents with better-quality comfort and care.
The bequest was made by the late Ronald (Ron) Grant, a former independent-living resident of the Village who was admitted to the Care Facility shortly before his death last year.
The money used for the beds forms only part of the bequest. Kerikeri Retirement Village chief executive Hilary Sumpter said the new beds were a huge leap forward for the Village’s bed replenishment programme.
“This is a significant cost to any care facility but it is, of course, essential. So we are deeply grateful to Ron and his Estate.”
Ms Sumpter said Mr Grant was a much-loved member of both the Village and the wider Kerikeri community. His thoughtfulness in remembering the Village with a bequest was testament to the man he was.
Kerikeri Retirement Village is a Charitable Company registered as a charity on the Department of Internal Affairs Charities Register. Ms Sumpter said bequests were a vital source of funding for the Village.
“We are completely unlike the multinational, foreign-owned retirement villages that exist throughout New Zealand. We depend on heroes from our community, just like Ron Grant, for funding through bequests.
“This community dreamed us. Then it built us. And now it sustains us through its support and generosity.”
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Comfy. Testing the new beds destined for the Care Facility at Kerikeri Retirement Village are (from front) Rachel Barbosa, Registered Nurse, Shirl Liggett, healthcare assistant, Toni Owen, Registered Nurse, Laura Roberts, assistant clinical manager and Bronwyn Pickery, healthcare assistant.
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