New Year’s resolutions are a great idea. They’re about tweaking the daily and weekly habits that stop us from being the person we want to be. They’re often about eating, saving or exercising better, but these ones are tough to maintain – chips, trips and Netflix are hard habits to …
Read More »Public Trust
Dispelling the dementia myths
By 2050 the number of New Zealanders with dementia will be able to fill Wellington Stadium five times. It’s a statistic that makes dementia one of New Zealand’s most pressing health challenges. While the impact of dementia on our society as a whole may be well known, many Kiwis don’t …
Read More »Scared but not prepared dementia survey
It’s one of the biggest challenges facing the country’s health system – one that will cost the economy $4.5 billion and affect more than 170,000 New Zealanders by 2050. It’s dementia, and 91% of New Zealanders are frightened of it, according to a new survey by Public Trust and Dementia …
Read More »Time to test your trust
New Zealanders love trusts. In fact, we have one of the highest numbers of trusts per capita in the world. But it’s a love affair that is soon to be tested with the arrival of a new Trusts Bill. The new Bill will more clearly set out the rules of …
Read More »