Highfields Manor Aged Care

Mission

Highfields Manor is dedicated to providing compassionate and considerate care and our commitment to this is at the heart of everything we do.

Vision Statement

Our vision is to ensure the service we provide makes a difference to the quality of life of our Consumers and that our Staff are valued for their contribution to the Consumers improved quality of life.

Mission Statement

Our mission drives us to recognize the value of each consumer and staff member, and the positive contributions they make towards the organization. We respect this commitment and mission through striving daily to achieve excellence and lead by example.

This is demonstrated by:

Providing quality physical, emotional, and spiritual care for each of our Consumers

Providing a work environment where each staff member is valued and respected and given the opportunity to grow personally and professionally

Allowing our Consumers to continue with their social contacts outside the facility by taking them to bus outings, picnics and concerts and inviting their loved ones to accompany them.

Strengthening our relationships with the hospitals and the Allied Health teams and the community for assistance and support when needed

Recognizing that our Consumers come from different cultural backgrounds and ensuring their needs are met individually.

The commitment of the Management, Staff, and Community partners to our mission allows us to maintain a quality of presence and tradition of caring.

Values Statement

The values that drive Highfields Manor are fundamental in achieving our Model of Care and in turn allowing our consumers to live their best possible life.

Respect – for the elderly and your team

Compassion – in your actions and thoughts

Excellence – strive daily to do your best, learn, and improve our consumers lives

Leading by Example – ensure every action is setting the highest example to our consumers, colleagues, and visitors. Be your best every day.

Philosophy of Care

Highfields Manor is committed to consistently meeting the Consumers’ and their representatives’ needs and expectations. We provide a framework which allows us as an organisation to enhance the consumers quality of life.

We believe we will achieve success by:

Continually reflecting on our performance, striving to be our best everyday and leading by example

Being flexible in order to respond to our Consumers’ changing needs

Providing a respectful, happy, compassionate, and caring environment

Respecting our Consumers’ rights to privacy, dignity, and confidentiality

Ongoing consultation with Consumers and/or their Representatives to achieve optimum quality of life. Developing partnerships which enhance quality of life.

Motivating staff to attend training both internal and external to continually equip themselves with adequate knowledge to better serve the Consumers

Adherence to the documented policy, procedures, processes & best practice principles at all times

Encouraging Consumers, Relatives, and Staff to express concerns and complaints and work together towards resolutions to their satisfaction

Providing social independence and freedom of choice

Respecting the choices of each consumer and the risks that may come with those choices

Providing a variety of activities appropriate to the residents needs and interests that enhance their quality of life

Providing our residents with a sense of security and comfort

Making the relatives and visitors feel welcome each time they come to the facility

Continuous improvement in all areas of the organization, all the time through a commitment by Management to the successful implementation and maintenance of a Quality Management System. Responsibility of all employees to follow the systems in place and to actively participate in continuous improvement.

Model of Care

The model of care adopted at Highfields Manor is driven by our vision, mission, and values. It places our consumers at the centre of our organisation, in which they are the focal point for all decision making. This wholistic approach to care undertaken at Highfields Manor is inclusive, proactive, strategic, and aligned to best practice.

Wellness and reablement are the focal pillars of our care model. Both direct and steer the organisation on its journey with its consumers and care partners to provide the best possible physical, mental, and emotional platform for the consumers to live in and call home.

We recognise the frailty and ill health of the consumers in our care, but we work with them to promote the best possible version of their lives through respect of wishes, engagement as directed by the consumer, interaction with the consumer and stakeholders, and a reflective practice that focuses on best practice principles.

Adopted 1 August 2021
Review 1 August 2023

Our Team

We want all of our residents, whether permanent or temporary, to enjoy a healthy, happy, safe and fulfilling experience at Highfields Manor. We achieve this by employing highly trained experienced professionals with the appropriate qualifications who also share our commitment to providing compassionate, considerate care. Our staff abide by the Aged Care Code of Conduct.

Our Registered Nurses are passionate about aged care and are registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency. Care staff employed at Highfields Manor all hold a minimum of a Certificate III in Aged Care.

Highfields Manor is committed to offering and promoting continuous education and training for our team to create a culture of quality service and care. We are also developing relationships with the University of NSW Rural Clinical School, the nursing school at Charles Sturt University’s Port Macquarie campus, NSW TAFE and other training organisations.