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The Aged Care Ministerial Advisory Group has released an independent report, A Place to Grow Old: Securing the Future of Aged Care. It recommends major reform to provide a more integrated care system for older New Zealanders and their families. Grey Power speaks out on the proposals.
Grey Power New...
The Aged Care Advisory Group’s recent report: A Place to Grow Old: Securing the Future of Aged Care includes 40 recommendations across six areas of reform. Many issues have been raised repeatedly by Grey Power. This new document again tackles failings in aged health care with the hope that...
Grey Power national president, David Marshall was among some 1000 attendees at a July Health and Election Forum in Mangere. The speaker, Dame Judy McGregor, a former Human Rights Commissioner, addressed issues deemed important to NZ seniors.
Fifteen years after she conducted a statutory inquiry into employment conditions in the...
There is nothing ‘retiring’ about Tracey Martin.
The chief executive of the Aged Care Association of New Zealand was full of vigour and determination when sharing her vision for aged care in New Zealand at the Grey Power Federation AGM in June.
Having spent a year largely explaining ‘residential care’, where...
In 2010, Grey Power, working with others, released a special report into the state of the aged care sector. “What does the future hold for New Zealanders?” it asked, and concluded: “It is time for a revolution in how we provide age care services to the elderly.”
Grey Power emphasised...
Grey Power Wellington member, Alastair Duncan questions decisions being made by the Aged Care Ministerial Advisory Group.
As illustrated by the current publicity about challenges seniors and families face in recovering their investment in retirement village housing, the aged care industry is big business.
The ‘care’ side of the residential aged...
June, a resident in a care home, attended a presentation by an advocate about the Code of Rights. She learned these rights apply to all health and disability care, and that she could raise concerns about her care.
June was worried about the timing of her medication. Her doctor instructed...
Celebrations have rung out across Hopper Living retirement villages in recent weeks after the group scored multiple wins in NZ’s Best Retirement/Lifestyle Villages and Care Facilities Awards for 2025.
In particular, the Enduring Excellence Award went to for Maygrove Village in Orewa (pictured above) which can toast 10 years of...
Seniors New Zealand is proud to announce the winners and finalists of NZ’s Best Retirement/Lifestyle Villages and Care Facilities for 2025 recognising 50 standout facilities and four group providers across Aotearoa for exceptional resident experience, care quality and community life.
Hopper Living has delivered one of the most comprehensive showings...
A NEW APPROACH TO THE MEDICAL LANDSCAPE
Inspiration for CaringStay began back in 2021 when I spent time with my mum who lives in a spacious apartment in central Wellington. There, she has often hosted friends – or friends-of-friends – who’d been in hospital. They would stay for a few...
