Retirement Living

For some, older age is an opportunity to cash in their chips and do everything they’ve ever wanted, using all the money they’ve saved in the process. Others, for example, see money as something that transfers across generations, and they will want to leave a little (or a lot) for their whānau to use in the future.

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

New research published today by the Health Quality & Safety Commission (the Commission) is the first of its kind to better understand, raise awareness of and start discussion about the quality of care for Māori and aged residential care (ARC).

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 the choice to receive assisted dying is entirely up to the eligible person (in fact, it is against the law to pressure someone in any way, have you considered that the home you live in may not be the home you die in?

While the fastest way to get your My Vaccine Pass is online, there are plenty of other options for people who don’t have access to the internet, a smartphone, or a printer.

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.

New Zealand’s health care sector is mobilising to prepare for a projected surge in the number of COVID patients isolating at home, including the development of a telehealth training model.

As COVID-19 restrictions are slowly lifted, people should plan to reconnect as soon as it is safe to do so, researchers say.