In The Media

Brien Cree, Managing Director/Executive Chairman of Radius Care, shares his opinion about why the sector needs an Aged Care Commissioner, and what he expects from this position. This March, we finally welcome New Zealand’s first Aged Care Commissioner, Carolyn Cooper. That’s good news – for the first time, we’ll have …

With New Zealand set to reach the peak of its Omicron outbreak in the coming weeks, the Government is dialing back some the restrictions currently in place – particularly as many of these were developed to protect an unvaccinated population. The focus now is to make life simpler and closer …

Alongside increases to other benefits and payments, 1 April 2022 brings a small rise to the NZ Super pension payment (see the Work and Income website for new rates). Coinciding with increases to the pension rates come increased calls for changes to be made to the scheme, to ensure its …

The use of Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) has been widened during Omicron Phase 3 to test people who are symptomatic or a household contact. This is to ensure that New Zealand conserves its PCR tests for those who most need them – namely those who are unwell and therefore more …

Solicitor Marcia Read from Gibson Sheat Lawyers provides a legal perspective on assisted dying in New Zealand.

While the Government claims it’s digital-first model is about “putting people first” [i], it serves to only put some people first.

So, while a care home is your home, it might pay to think of it more as a flat or communal house.

The great thing about Ryman’s campaign is that if portrays older people exactly as they are: passionate, independent people who are very much still full of life.

While experts agree that vaccination is our best chance against protecting all kiwis against Covid-19, there is recognition across the board that individuals’ rights to not be vaccinated must be upheld

The announcement of a new Ministry for Disabled People no doubt came as welcome news to the more than 1 million disabled people in New Zealand – particularly older people, who bear the brunt of the existing two-tier system. Despite older people having significantly higher rates of disability (59 per cent compared to 21 per cent for adults under the age of 65), they are less likely to receive equitable funding and support – and therefore, face poorer health outcomes as a result.