Huis Immanuel

Huis Immanuel is a care facility for the frail and elderly based in Gansbaai. The home specialises in professional caring for elderly residents, terminal patients and those people afflicted with dementia and Alzheimer’s. The staff at Huis Immanuel focus on both the physical and spiritual health of their residents in a warm homely environment. Huis Immanuel is equipped to care for 12 residents.

About

Sister Tertia Scholtz and Theunis Scholtz are the owners of Huis Immanuel.

Sister Tertia Scholtz

Sister Tertia qualified as a nursing sister in 1974 and has extensive knowledge and experience in just about every aspect of medical care. Her expansive career boasts an awe-inspiring timeline that spans over 4 decades. Sister Tertia has a deep passion for what others in the medical profession often find most daunting and is most content when dealing with life-threatening situations. This attribute came in handy when she worked in the emergency rooms and intensive care units of hospitals in Mossel Bay and Cape Town.

Tertia could very well be referred to as a modern-day Florence Nightingale due to her immense sense of duty to those in need of medical help and assistance. Her career history highlights include:

Jetting off to England in 2003 to head an advanced Alzheimer's home
Working as the school sister at a juvenile offender’s facility
Working at the Cheré Botha School, which was originally part of the Down’s Syndrome Association of the Western Cape

Theunis Scholtz

Theunis qualified as a Medic in 2010 and has been active in the field ever since. He focuses on Huis Immanuel’s emergency cases and prides himself on being an active responder.

Huis Immanuel

Immanuel means ‘God is with us’ and this is the ethos that the Huis Immanuel team live by daily.

Each day begins with spiritual readings, praise and worship to uplift not only the residents but the staff as well.

Services

Huis Immanuel offers a wide range of basic-care and high-care services that include but are not limited to:

Basic-Care:

Post-surgery recovery care
Monitoring recovery
Keeping clients mobile
Encouraging interaction
Companionship
Assisting with personal hygiene
Administering medication

Wound care
Changing dressings
Escorting clients to doctors’ appointments
Assisting in keeping clients active
Basic exercise routines
Accompanying clients on outings

High-Care:

Nursing care
Alzheimer's care

Dementia care
Hospice care

Added to Huis Immanuel’s regular services, Sister Tertia personally conducts weekly check-ups to ensure her level of excellence is maintained.

Please note the Huis Immanuel team no longer offers home-care services.

The Home

Huis Immanuel is a four-bedroom home that serves as a care facility for ten permanent and non-permanent residents in a home-away-from-home environment.

On-site staff members include qualified and experienced carers who are supervised by a registered nursing sister. There is a trained paramedic living on the premises.

Amenities:

TV
DStv
Three meals a day
Tea time (twice daily)
Snacks
On-site hairdresser
Games

Exercise activities
Outings (at a small extra cost)
Drop-offs at church of choice
Shopping outings on Pensioner’s Day
Escorting to doctors appointments (visits outside Gansbaai will be at an extra cost)