{"id":28322,"date":"2025-09-17T19:45:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T19:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/28322\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T19:45:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T19:45:06","slug":"enliven-disabilitys-3-8m-apartments-open-in-napier-giving-younger-disabled-people-a-home-away-from-rest-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/28322\/","title":{"rendered":"Enliven Disability\u2019s $3.8m apartments open in Napier, giving younger disabled people a home away from rest homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"IGIlsTinqXLQ\" style=\"display:none\">Churchill\u2019s daily routine reflects the constant effort of living with disabilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"IGIlsTinqXLQ\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cI need help getting out of bed, having a shower, getting dressed, undressed, I need to have food cut up,\u201d she told Hawke\u2019s Bay Today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"IGIlsTinqXLQ\" style=\"display:none\">Churchill cut the ribbon to officially open Rowan Apartments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"IGIlsTinqXLQ\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThis building wouldn\u2019t have happened without everyone that\u2019s worked behind the scenes and on site. Thank you to everyone on the Give a Brick Wall for donating, and to the volunteers and workers who made this possible,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"IGIlsTinqXLQ\" style=\"display:none\">The project has been entirely community-funded, with a $1m contribution from the Royston Health Trust and support from the J.D. Harris Family Trust, the Frimley Foundation and the \u201cGive a Brick\u201d campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"IGIlsTinqXLQ\" style=\"display:none\">Project manager Nick Ward said the building was \u201cshoehorned in\u201d on a small, triangular site and raised nearly a metre above street level to stay safe in any future storms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"IGIlsTinqXLQ\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cIt\u2019s not an average house. It\u2019s not an average commercial building. It\u2019s a bespoke, purpose-built care facility,\u201d Ward said.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Rowan Apartments, a $3.8m housing complex for younger disabled adults, officially opened in Taradale on Tuesday. Photo \/ Florence Charvin\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Rowan Apartments, a $3.8m housing complex for younger disabled adults, officially opened in Taradale on Tuesday. Photo \/ Florence Charvin<\/p>\n<p class=\"IGIlsTinqXLQ\" style=\"display:none\">The apartments were designed to hospital-level standards, while maintaining a homely feel. Features include hydraulic rise-and-fall kitchen benches, wide corridors, ceiling hoists, accessible bathrooms and automated entry systems.<\/p>\n<p class=\"IGIlsTinqXLQ\" style=\"display:none\">The building also has 70 solar panels, back-up water supplies, a generator and hospital-grade fire safety systems.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Each apartment is fitted with hospital-grade features, including ceiling hoists for mobility support.\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Each apartment is fitted with hospital-grade features, including ceiling hoists for mobility support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"IGIlsTinqXLQ\" style=\"display:none\">Enliven Disability continues to welcome donations to support future projects.<\/p>\n<p class=\"IGIlsTinqXLQ\" style=\"display:none\">Organisers say opening the apartments isn\u2019t the finish line, but the next chapter in a long-term plan to invest further in comprehensive disability services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Churchill\u2019s daily routine reflects the constant effort of living with disabilities. \u201cI need help getting out of bed,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28323,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[28027,16200,4995,28026,9522,28025,71,13800,1345,6800,78,3607,111,43,139,69,5493,384,28029,28028],"class_list":["post-28322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-38m","tag-apartments","tag-away","tag-disabilitys","tag-disabled","tag-enliven","tag-from","tag-giving","tag-home","tag-homes","tag-in","tag-napier","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-open","tag-people","tag-rest","tag-younger"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}