You can view this information in New Zealand Sign Language here. NZ’s Relay Services are changing in just under one week. From 1 February 2021, some people will experience changes to the way they access and use these services. A new-look website will combine all relay services in one place, …
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Support at Home
Sometimes a little extra support is all you need to remain living healthily and independently in your own home. There are many providers that offer support services, all across New Zealand and many of these have detailed information about their services on the Eldernet site. The type of services on …
Read More »Age Concern Auckland and A Better Chance work together
Age Concerns specialised Asian Services team working in partnership with A Better Chance Charitable Trust have introduced some new activities. One of these involves, inviting older Chinese people living alone to come to a dumpling making class. While they are making dumplings, they deliver talks on Positive Ageing – during …
Read More »Age Concern Auckland – Creating Crucial Social Connections
Each week 554 Age Concern volunteers across Auckland visit an older person, spending time with them to help alleviate their loneliness and isolation. We have been delivering this service for almost 30 years and during that time around 15,000 volunteers have made this special connection. Our thanks to you all. …
Read More »A Hearing Journey – A Consumer Perspective
Often we don’t realise we are quite deaf until that beloved, but brave, family member or friend erupts with frustration or sits you down to have one of those conversations about the impact your hearing loss is having on others. Hearing impairment can seem like an irritation for another person. …
Read More »Read all about it – Reason Magazine available for download
Te Arai Research Group from the University of Auckland have published the latest issue of Reason magazine. Inside you’ll learn about the new kete of knowledge for Māori whānau, one of the creative outputs (by Dr Tess Moeke-Maxwell and her co-researchers on the Pae Herenga project. It represents four years …
Read More »Are you going to strawberry fayre? Selwyn Park creates abundant strawberry and lavender field to enhance resident engagement
The Selwyn Park team in Whangarei have created a resident focussed ‘Berri-licious’ project. The initiative, which has seen them cultivate a strawberry and lavender field within the village grounds, is now providing an abundance of fresh, luscious strawberries and offers many more benefits for residents, families, staff and the local …
Read More »Christmas has arrived at Eldernet
The Christmas fairies have turned up at the Eldernet office and sprinkled their good cheer.
Read More »National Bowel Screening Programme rolls out across NZ
The team from the Canterbury National Bowel Screening Programme have great resources and are happy to visit groups to get their important message out to the wider Canterbury community. People in the 60-70 aged group will receive a FREE bowel screening test in the mail depending on where they live …
Read More »Keeping safe from online scammers
Common sense and a healthy amount of scepticism can keep you safe from those who want to rip you off. If an offer seems too good to be true, then it probably is. In the same way that being fearful of others can lead older people to isolate in their …
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