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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).

So you have decided that moving into a care home is the right option for you. Now that you have made the move, there are a few simple things you can do to help make your new surroundings feel like home. The majority of homes will allow you to bring …

Sometimes older people put up with difficult situations relating to their health and wellbeing when they don’t have to. It may be possible to sort these problems out. This is where an assessment can be helpful. It’s like standing back and taking stock of all the things that might be …

‘Care Apartments’, provide a different sort of accommodation than is usually accessed by those needing residential care. (They are also referred to as care suites, residential care suites, care in a village, serviced apartments and other similar sounding name). Care Apartments may give you more choice about where you live …

There is a new fitness craze sweeping residential care centers across the world – silent discos. A silent disco is an event where people dance to music listened to on wireless headphones. Rather than using a speaker system, music is broadcast via Bluetooth with the signal being picked up by wireless headphone receivers worn by …

New Zealand’s aged care sector is experiencing a chronic nursing shortage and we now have a crisis situation on our hands. Immigration laws and procedures have made recruiting nurses from overseas tougher while our local nurses are leaving residential aged care in droves to take up higher paying positions in …