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To celebrate World Health Day 2021, MySkill – a New Zealand-based training provider specialising in the aged care, disability, and home and community health sector – offered industry professionals the opportunity to take its ‘Person-centred approach’ online training course for free. Eldernet’s Content Creator and newest recruit, Mason Head, completed …

Charities are bracing for an expected surge in demand as the onset of winter and growing fears recent legislative changes may increase rents – place additional stress on families. To help address the increase in need, a social enterprise that derives its funding from its hospitality and retail operations is …

Dementia affects almost all of us. Nearly four out of five Kiwi families have to support or know someone who develops dementia.

Te Arai Research Group at the University of Auckland aim to uncover experiences of hospital visiting for patients receiving end of life care during the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. Visiting policy and practice around end of life care during COVID-19 periods of restriction are the subject of several research projects currently …

Millions of vaping products imported into New Zealand will be required to display warning labels in te reo Maori if new Government proposals are implemented. Under the new proposals, e-cigarettes containing nicotine would be required to carry a warning label advising of the potential for addiction to the product in …

“My shadow’s the only one that walks beside me.” Green Day, “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” I am surrounded by people, I am loved and respected, and yet I often feel lonely. I am about to turn 60, the young side of older adulthood, but I’ve experienced many of the things …

Would you like to gain knowledge, skills and confidence to improve the mental health care of people with an intellectual disability? People with an intellectual disability have a higher rate of mental disorders than the general population, but less access to mental health care. The University of New South Wales is providing …

Disability Directorate are working with Standards New Zealand and the health sector to review standards related to health and disability services. These standards are important because they set out the minimum requirements for fair and equitable health and disability services. Requiring people to meet these standards will improve the experience and …

Martin Hawes wrote ‘the bible’ on trust law in New Zealand in 1995. That first book, revised and reprinted many times over, remains the ‘go to’ reference for those considering putting their assets into a trust. The book’s latest iteration, Family Trusts: The must-have New Zealand guide, considers trusts in …

Here at Eldernet we continue to receive photos and much appreciation for our delivery of a birthday cake and card to those businesses first to join retirementvillages.co.nz, our specialist villages website. The occasion? The site has marked its first birthday, and with numbers like more than  400,000 page views in that …