Professor Merryn Gott (Director of Te Arai Care and End of Life Research Group discusses how older people were disempowered as a result of negative media representation during the first Covid-19 outbreak.
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Professor Merryn Gott, Director of the Te Ārai Group, recently shared the results of its 'Have Our Say' letter-writing project at the Nelson Tasman Positive Ageing Expo.
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What’s in the news around NZ? In this post we cover recent articles of interest published by a variety of news organisations around NZ including NZ Herald, Otago Daily Times, Radio NZ, Stuff.co.nz, Beehive.govt.nz, Newshub. to name but a few. To access the article simply click on the link provided and you …
Read More »Humour in politics can be difficult. The humour of politicians is usually in inverse proportion to their power and ego. With Twitter many politicians fire from the lip and expose their twitishness in their twitters. Judith Collins is one who some might say got ahead of herself in the humour …
Read More »Free Information Session Thursday 14 August 1pm – 3pm Kumeu Community Hall Advance Directives – Your Voice Living Wills What type of care do you want towards the end of your life? How do you tell others what you want them to know? Come along and explore how to write …
Read More »Good afternoon, The New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF) will be screening around the country during July, August and September. We have recently launched this year’s programme for Wellington and we have a number of wonderful films featuring seniors, which we wanted to bring to your attention. Alive Inside 2014 …
Read More »People must not turn a blind eye if they suspect an older person is being abused or neglected and Age Concern continues to spread this message. Age Concern Canterbury’s CEO Simon Templeton says it is vital people speak out and a phone call to Age Concern is the right …
Read More »Keynote Speakers: Sharon Brandford Sponsor of the IHC Successful Ageing project and encouragement of DT qualification within IHC. Beth McDougall Beth trained as a Registered Nurse and has spent all of her career working in Aged Care, currently is the Dementia Care Advisor for Bupa NZ. Beth is …
Read More »Access Homehealth has established its first Auckland base following the purchase of Howick Baptist Healthcare’s home support services. Access is not-for-profit organisation fully owned by Rural Women New Zealand. Its involvement in home support services started in the 1920s with the Bush Nursing Service and now extends to seventeen DHBs …
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