Abbeyfield is a NZ wide Charity providing quality rental accommodation for older people in a purpose built home where each resident has a private studio with en-suite and use of the communal areas, the lounge, dining room, laundry, gardens. A live in housekeeper manages the house and maintains the communal area also providing two cooked meals per day. The house is run by a volunteer committee which keeps the cost down. There are two houses in Nelson, on in Tahuna and the other in Stoke.