Media Watch
"Have you people got something against the elderly in the community?"
Access to rest homes in Otago and Southland may be made tougher in an effort to cut costs…
Otago/Southland home support slashed
Otago and Southland DHBs cut Access to Older Person’s [sic] Community Based Support Services
Otago and Southland District Health Boards (DHBs) media release:
[we are reviewing] access criteria for those receiving community based support services such as domestic assistance – however those most in need of help will continue to receive it.
Weekly Accredited Visiting Service (AVS) visit is "a joy"
Otago/Southland seniors to lose home support?
Assessment services assessed
Otago Daily Times, on Wed, 17 Feb 2010 http://www.odt.co.nz/tags/health/93806/assessment-services-assessed
Needs assessment staff in
Elderly lose support after telephone reviews
Labour spokesperson Ruth Dyson challenged Health Minister Tony Ryall in Parliament about cases where people had lost home-support assistance.
Aged care no place for penny-pinching
This is not an area in which the Government should be penny-pinching. It may also be that society needs to rethink how it takes care of the elderly... writes the Dominion Post in an editorial.
Inspiring Seniors
Radio New Zealand's Nine-to-Noon presents a series of interviews with people enjoying active ageing.
System under fire after aged-care death
The death of a rest-home resident after an altercation with another dementia patient has prompted fresh calls for an overhaul of the aged-care system.
More elderly turning to foodbanks
…The number needing food last year more than doubled compared with 2008, according to the Family Works Presbyterian Support South Canterbury elder protection service.
Co-ordinator Geeta Muralidharan said financial difficulties led to stress and self-neglect. Many older people could not pay their power bills and would compromise on food, which led to them asking Family Works for help.
Malnutrition feared among elderly
Fears are being raised that more than half of Canterbury's elderly are at risk of malnutrition, with "significant" under-resourcing preventing them getting help.