Community

The Dementia Action Plan 2020 to 2025, released in May, has as one of its four objectives “building accepting and understanding communities” to improve the wellbeing of people living with the disease. “Stigma and a lack of awareness, poor understanding and barriers to inclusion are among the most devastating things …

A team of musicians and event industry experts are bringing live music to the country’s retirement villages during the COVID-19 response, and they need your help. The programme, called From Us With Aroha, has launched an appeal to raise the $200,000 needed to get the wheels rolling on its two …

The job market does not support older adults in the workforce as much as it could. There is a lingering perception that older workers do not have up-to-date skills and attitudes, especially in terms of technology and overtime. These perceptions are often incorrect; however, they do create a major barrier …

Older people, particularly those with underlying health conditions, were initially thought to be more susceptible to COVID-19, but in many ways older people and retirees may be better equipped psychologically to cope with this very strange time we find ourselves in. Older people have the experience of retirement to draw …

Janine led our latest paper from our Ageing Well project exploring ways to alleviate loneliness among diverse cultural groups. It helps fill a gap in current understanding about whether befriending services influence older peoples’ experiences of social isolation and loneliness, and if so, how We explored older adults’ experiences of, and attitudes …

Kia ora koutou, Mark Wilson here, Eldernet’s newest staff member. I have joined the team as a writer and editor for print and online, so you can expect to hear from me quite often. I hope to hear from many of you also. When I say ‘joined’ the team, as …

Seems there’s a lot of talented writers out there – 172 of you entered the Generus Living Short Story Competition run by the Retirement Villages Association, and the high quality of entries led the judge, Whitcoulls’ Joan McKenzie, to announce a ‘top 10’ of winners. There were three broad topics …

Age Concern New Zealand want to make sure all older people are supported through the Covid-19 pandemic. During a time of uncertainty and social distancing it is normal to feel distressed and experience symptoms of stress. Age Concerns are here to help you. Age Concerns are based in 40 locations …

As we know, it is important now more than ever to keep connected with one another and while many believe the digital world is a foreign place for over 70s, Metlifecare is bringing its residents into the digital age to combat social isolation. Metlifecare has launched its new online activities …

As the COVID19 lockdown is in place across the country it’s given me (Esther Perriam, Director of Eldernet) some time to think about what we’ve done so far, and what we might yet have to do. It’s fair to say, that being a nationwide business based in Christchurch we’ve faced …