The last of the 41 residents at Nazareth Rest Home has left the building.
The closure of the home, owned by the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart, was announced last month and residents were assured they could stay at Nazareth until they had a new home to go to.
Tineke Stokes, chief executive of Mary McKillop Care Ltd which was contracted to manage the facility said there were enough rest home beds in Whanganui to take all 41.
Read more: Whanganui DHB response to concerning wait times to get into rest home care
Whanganui projected to need 3 more rest homes by 2020 to avoid crisis, says NZ Aged Care Association
Closing Whanganui rest home was losing money - owner
Generally speaking they could choose where to go and some had three or four choices but Stokes couldn't say whether everyone got to go to the home of their choice because
Some of the district's rest homes were already full, and had waiting lists.