Palmerston Manor Lifecare is a residential care home at 117 Botanical Road in Takaro, Palmerston North, run as part of Heritage Lifecare. It has been part of the Manawatū community for thirty years, and it sits in landscaped gardens close to a local shopping centre with a pharmacy. It offers rest home care, hospital care, a day programme, respite stays of up to a couple of weeks, and palliative care. Rest home care has 24-hour registered nurses and trained carers. Rooms look onto the gardens or courtyards, and each has WiFi and a nurse call system. Premium rooms are available, with an extra charge on top of the daily care fee.
Services include physiotherapy, podiatry, hairdressing and health checks. Activities range from gardening and movie nights to arts and crafts, church services and social gatherings, and the facility van takes residents out. A family who used respite care after a broken femur says the nine weeks of recovery were excellent. Other families say the staff are caring and respectful, kept them informed, and kept their mum comfortable until the end. Residents and families describe the atmosphere as friendly, and say the management is approachable. For a family that needs a home with a full range of care close to Palmerston North, it is our pick in Takaro.