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Aged care report must not be ignored
Monday, 28 May 2012, 10:05 am | Elder Family Matters
Elder Family Matters is calling on the government to take up the Human Rights Commission’s recommendations on properly funding aged care, after it ignored other recent reports and its own election promises. More >>
Valuing Caregiving for Older New Zealanders
Wednesday, 21 December 2011, 10:12 am | Elder Family Matters
In the last two weeks there has been an increasing groundswell of unrest from Caregivers believing that they are undervalued and underpaid. While rest home workers from Radius Residential took to the streets in Christchurch in support of a pay claim last week, ... More >>
Elderly compromised by lack of quality home-based care
Wednesday, 13 July 2011, 5:22 pm | Elder Family Matters
New Zealanders should be concerned at the lack of quality control in the in-home care industry, as the Auditor General highlighted in its report on home-based support services for older people, Elder Family Matters general manager Lawrie Stewart says. More >>
Opportunity missed in aged care report
Friday, 15 October 2010, 4:55 pm | Elder Family Matters
Quality is the keyword missing from today’s report into aged care, says Wellington’s leading in-home care provider. More >>