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Te Korowai Whāriki - Regional Rehabilitation and Extended Care Inpatient Service | MHAIDS

Mental Health Service

Description

Forensic and Inpatient Rehabilitation Services for the central region from Gisborne to Wanganui and down to Wellington.

Te Korowai Whāriki is a regional and national service provider. 

Te Korowai Whāriki also provides the Central Regional Forensic Community Mental Health ServiceCentral Regional Forensic Adult Inpatient Mental Health Service and Nga Taiohi National Secure Youth Forensic Inpatient Mental Health Service.

Our Forensic and Inpatient Rehabilitation Services supports Māori clients in strengthening their cultural identify to support their recovery and wellbeing. Vaka Pasifika is the base for Te Korowai Whāriki specialist Health Pasifika team, and complements Ruaumoko.

Staff

Staff members wear identification badges and you can ask them about their roles.

Fees and Charges Categorisation

Free

Fees and Charges Description

To find out if you are eligible for healthcare funding, please see the Mental Health, Addictions and Intellectual Disability Service website.

Hours

Visiting hours are between 10am and 8pm every day, outside of programme and meal times and by arrangement with staff.

Over the holiday period, visiting hours are by arrangement with the nurse in charge.

Visits by family or friends are encouraged as maintaining social contacts plays a positive role in a person’s recovery. Certain areas of the units may have greater restrictions than others; if necessary please discuss this with staff.

Languages Spoken

English

Programmes

Tāwhirimātea - Inpatient Unit

Tāwhirimātea is a specialised inpatient unit that focuses on recovery and extended rehabilitation for up to 29 people who need a higher level of support within a closed environment. Each person admitted to an inpatient unit has a key worker (usually a nurse) and an associate key worker assigned to them. The key worker is responsible for coordinating the person’s care with the care team. They are usually also assessed by the medical staff on the day of admission, and later, as the need is identified, by other members of the multidisciplinary team. Usually, at least 2 meetings are held with the family of people admitted to the inpatient unit; the first within the first fortnight for a progress report and the final meeting to clarify discharge planning.

Programme Areas

Mental health

Programme Type

Forensic

Regions

MidCentral, Tairāwhiti, Hawke's Bay, Wellington, Nelson Marlborough, Hutt, Whanganui, Wairarapa

Age Groups

Adult / Pakeke

Referral Types

DHB clinical services, Corrections

Referral Process

We receive referrals from forensic inpatient units in the central region of New Zealand and from the following DHBs’ mental health services: Wairarapa, Hutt Valley, Capital & Coast, Hawke’s Bay, Midcentral, Nelson Malborough and Tairāwhiti.

Description

Tāwhirimātea is a specialised inpatient unit that focuses on recovery and extended rehabilitation for up to 29 people who need a higher level of support within a closed environment.

Each person admitted to an inpatient unit has a key worker (usually a nurse) and an associate key worker assigned to them. The key worker is responsible for coordinating the person’s care with the care team. They are usually also assessed by the medical staff on the day of admission, and later, as the need is identified, by other members of the multidisciplinary team.

Usually, at least 2 meetings are held with the family of people admitted to the inpatient unit; the first within the first fortnight for a progress report and the final meeting to clarify discharge planning.

 

Tāne Mahuta - Inpatient & Self-Contained Facilities

Tāne Mahuta specialises in intensive rehabilitation in an open 14-bed inpatient setting and eight self-contained cottages adjacent to the main building. The cottages range from single to 5-bed accommodation; they provide an environment focused on supporting individual independence and give people the opportunity to experience a flatting situation. Each person admitted to an inpatient unit has a key worker (usually a nurse) and an associate key worker assigned to them. The key worker is responsible for coordinating the person’s care with the care team. They are usually also assessed by the medical staff on the day of admission, and later, as the need is identified, by other members of the multidisciplinary team. Usually, at least 2 meetings are held with the family of people admitted to the inpatient unit; the first within the first fortnight for a progress report and the final meeting to clarify discharge planning.

Programme Areas

Mental health

Programme Type

Forensic

Regions

MidCentral, Tairāwhiti, Hawke's Bay, Wellington, Nelson Marlborough, Hutt, Wairarapa

Age Groups

Adult / Pakeke

Referral Types

DHB clinical services

Referral Process

We receive referrals from forensic inpatient units in the central region of New Zealand and from the following DHBs’ mental health services: Wairarapa, Hutt Valley, Capital & Coast, Hawke’s Bay, Midcentral, Nelson Malborough and Tairāwhiti.

Description

Tāne Mahuta specialises in intensive rehabilitation in an open 14-bed inpatient setting and eight self-contained cottages adjacent to the main building. The cottages range from single to 5-bed accommodation; they provide an environment focused on supporting individual independence and give people the opportunity to experience a flatting situation.

Each person admitted to an inpatient unit has a key worker (usually a nurse) and an associate key worker assigned to them. The key worker is responsible for coordinating the person’s care with the care team. They are usually also assessed by the medical staff on the day of admission, and later, as the need is identified, by other members of the multidisciplinary team.

Usually, at least 2 meetings are held with the family of people admitted to the inpatient unit; the first within the first fortnight for a progress report and the final meeting to clarify discharge planning.

Additional Details

Face to face / Kanohi ki te Kanohi

Contact Details

  • Tāwhirimātea

    (04) 918 2500

  • Tāne Mahuta

    (04) 918 2425

Upper Main Drive
Porirua 5022

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Upper Main Drive
Porirua 5022

This page was last updated at 12:24PM on August 19, 2024. This information is reviewed and edited by Te Korowai Whāriki - Regional Rehabilitation and Extended Care Inpatient Service | MHAIDS.