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Kalandra Trained Carers Set the Standard
In a world dominated by an ageing society, the demand for the provision of care that older people expect and deserve is rapidly outstripping current support staff numbers and ability. Kalandra’s purpose is to meet that demand and, by extending Health Care Assistant knowledge and skills, to optimise the standard of care received by aged people in New Zealand and internationally.
Kalandra Education Group is a unique training provider, focussing on ways to improve the life of the older person.
Kalandra empowers the carers, extending their knowledge and skills and improving the quality and range of care offered. Established in 2016, Kalandra is registered and accredited by The New Zealand Qualification Authority and is a Category 2 provider.
It is built on a value system that holds caring, respect and knowledge at its core. As a training organisation it provides leadership in health care support by: • Collaborating with
Stakeholders – Aged
Care Providers, Health
Care Agencies, Sector Organisations and Peak
Bodies, Students and
Alumni. • Identifying Training
Needs – present and future. • Programme
Development - Actively developing and sharing innovative, high quality training programmes. • Demonstrating Best
Practice across the sector.
Programme content is aligned to the latest international standards and is designed to improve the quality, range and delivery of care offered to the older person. All our Health Care Assistant training programmes are NZQA approved.
Kalandra employs a team of professionals with backgrounds in health and business with cumulatively more than 60 years’ experience in tertiary education. Students graduate with the knowledge and ability to contribute and provide the highest standard of care for their clients.
As a training organisation Kalandra is committed to setting the global standard in care. Its vision is to improve the life of vulnerable people, while transforming care through developing and sharing innovative education.