Somerfield Dementia Rest Home
Somerfield, ChristchurchCanterbury
In short
- Offers dementia care.
- A standard room costs at most $1,556.80 a week here, the Ministry of Health's price cap (maximum contribution).
- Rooms free now, as the home reported on 15 October 2026, 9:37am.
- Care offered
- Dementia
- Rooms free
- Free nowupdated 15 October 2026, 9:37am
- Certificate
- 48 monthsends 29 November 2028
- Certified beds
- 41
- Standard room cap
- $1,556.80a week, from 1 July 2026
- Premium rooms
- $6 to $26extra, the operator's figure
Care offered
- Dementia
Vacancies
- Standard rooms
- Free now
- Care suites (under an occupation right agreement)
- None listed
Updated 15 October 2026, 9:37am by the home on Eldernet. Call to confirm before you visit.
What it costs
Standard room: capped at $1,556.80 a week in Christchurch City from 1 July 2026 (the Ministry of Health's maximum contribution), source.
We matched this home to Christchurch City by its town, Christchurch. Health New Zealand tells each home the rate that applies to it, so ask the home to confirm.
Premium rooms
$6 to $26 on top of the standard room price, as published on the operator's page for this home. It does not say whether that is a day or a week, so ask.
Source: goldenhealthcare.co.nz/rest-homes/somerfield-house-rest-home, read 15 and 16 October 2026.
The cap is what a standard room costs, whether you pay yourself or the Residential Care Subsidy pays, and it is the same for rest home, hospital and dementia care. Premium rooms and care suites cost more, and most homes do not publish those extra charges, so ask for them in writing. How care home prices work.
Some people qualify for the Residential Care Subsidy (government help with the cost of long-term care), which is means-tested and assessed by Work and Income. Who qualifies.
Certification and audits
- Certification period
- 48 months
- Certificate ends
- 29 November 2028
- Certified beds
- 41
The Ministry grants 48 months for a clean record.
Services certified
- Dementia care
- Auditor
- The DAA Group Limited
- Certified as
- Heritage Lifecare (GHG) Limited - Somerfield House, 137 Barrington Street Somerfield Christchurch 8024
Audit summaries
- Latest audit summary, October 2024 PDF, 184 KB
- Audit summary, November 2022 PDF, 156 KB
- Audit summary, August 2020 PDF, 181 KB
- Audit summary, September 2019 PDF, 183 KB
Source: the Ministry of Health page for this home, read 15 and 16 October 2026.
Retirement villages nearby
- Rose Court 0.3 km away
- Bupa Cashmere View Retirement Village, Christchurch 0.8 km away
- George Manning Lifecare & Village 1.0 km away
- Arvida Rhodes on Cashmere 1.0 km away
Where this comes from
- Address
- 137 Barrington Street, Somerfield, Christchurch
- Phone
- (03) 332 5897
- Region
- Canterbury
- Source: Eldernet listing (somerfield-rest-home), read 15 and 16 October 2026 (listing, care levels, vacancies)
- Source: Ministry of Health certification page, read 15 and 16 October 2026 (certificate, beds, audits)
- Source: Ministry of Health maximum contribution notice, read 15 and 16 October 2026 (standard room cap)
- Source: goldenhealthcare.co.nz/rest-homes/somerfield-house-rest-home, read 15 and 16 October 2026 (premium rooms and care suites on the operator's site)
Confidence: high for care levels and contact details, which the home lists itself, and for certification, which is the Ministry's own record. Vacancies change daily.
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