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NZ First/Labour Positive For Aged Residential Care
Tuesday, 18 October 2005, 3:15 pm | Healthcare Providers
The aged residential care sector today welcomed the NZ First and Labour Confidence and Supply agreement, which promises to address the issue of elder care as a priority in next year's budget. More >>
NZNO Report Questionable
Monday, 3 October 2005, 5:12 pm | Healthcare Providers
“The NZNO report ‘Snap shot of staffing levels’ released on Sunday does not validate in any way the NZNO views for the introduction of mandatory minimum staffing levels”, says Martin Taylor, CEO of HealthCare Providers NZ. More >>
Aged Care Strikes Premature
Friday, 30 September 2005, 8:25 am | Healthcare Providers
Industrial action in aged care facilities is hurting the wrong parties, and puts the care and well-being of elderly at risk. Government funding and DHB apathy are at fault for current wage levels, says Martin Taylor, CEO of Healthcare Providers ... More >>
Premature Strike Action In Aged Residential Care
Friday, 16 September 2005, 2:57 pm | Healthcare Providers
This week the NZNO and SFWU delivered strike action notices to two of the countries largest aged residential care providers. The strike action is set to occur in late September and will involve hundreds of workers and affect many facilities. More >>
Care Sector Welcomes Labour’s Commitment
Thursday, 15 September 2005, 9:54 am | Healthcare Providers
Healthcare Providers NZ welcomed Finance Minister Michael Cullen’s commitment today to significantly increasing funding for aged residential care. More >>
Care Sector Welcomes National's Policy
Tuesday, 6 September 2005, 2:19 pm | Healthcare Providers
Aged Residential Care Sector Welcomes National's Policy Commitments The National Party today released its policy for aged residential care. More >>
Waitemata DHB Unable To Deliver
Tuesday, 30 August 2005, 5:18 pm | Healthcare Providers
Earlier this year the Government promised Holidays Act compensation to aged care providers. However, despite receiving the compensation funding months ago, Waitemata District Health Board has failed to pass it on to providers. More >>
Fair Share for Aged Care Rally
Thursday, 25 August 2005, 12:26 am | Healthcare Providers
Nurses, Care givers, Providers, Unions, residents and their families are holding a rally in Dunedin’s Upper Octagon this Friday August 26th, between 11am and 12 pm, to urge the government to increase funding for age care services. More >>
Elderly Access To Residential Care Under Threat
Wednesday, 24 August 2005, 3:14 pm | Healthcare Providers
Elderly New Zealanders will not have access to aged residential care in the future unless funding is increased now. More >>
Government Under Funding Hurts Nurses, Caregivers
Friday, 12 August 2005, 4:15 pm | Healthcare Providers
The second, “Who Cares? You Should,” campaign theme focuses on unfair nurse and caregiver pay rates in aged residential care, caused by government under funding. More >>
Announcements Expected In Aged Residential Care
Tuesday, 9 August 2005, 8:53 am | Healthcare Providers
The major political parties are expected to tell more than 300 aged residential care providers tomorrow how they propose to resolve the crisis in the health care sector. More >>
Providers launches Who Cares? You Should Campaign
Friday, 5 August 2005, 5:13 pm | Healthcare Providers
Healthcare Providers NZ officially launches its Who Cares? You Should campaign at Sky City in Auckland, 5:15pm, Monday 8th August. The campaign is aimed at highlighting the issues faced in aged residential care and raising awareness with the public. More >>
Conference Spotlights Aged Residential Care
Friday, 5 August 2005, 5:06 pm | Healthcare Providers
Healthcare Providers represents the aged residential care sector, which covers rest homes, geriatric private hospitals, dementia units and psychogeriatric units. More >>
Billboards Highlight Aged Care Crisis
Monday, 1 August 2005, 10:45 am | Healthcare Providers
Today billboards will go up in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch to highlight the crisis in aged residential care caused by government under-funding. More >>
Minister of Rural Affairs Acknowledges Crisis
Friday, 29 July 2005, 11:45 am | Healthcare Providers
HealthCare Providers NZ today congratulated Damien O’Connor for acknowledging the need to address the crisis in aged residential care, in his speech to the Inaugural Rural Health Summit. More >>
Re-Spun Govt Claims On Aged Care Funding Continue
Wednesday, 27 July 2005, 10:38 am | Healthcare Providers
Government MPs are claiming ‘record increases’ in aged care funding, however, residential care providers have yet to see one cent of the budget’s promised funding boost. More >>
PM Wide Of The Mark On Aged Residential Care
Monday, 4 July 2005, 4:34 pm | Healthcare Providers
In a letter to elderly New Zealanders the Prime Minister claims funding is now ‘increasing rapidly for aged residential care’. More >>
Govt. Continues to Ignore Aged Care Rural Crisis
Monday, 27 June 2005, 2:45 pm | Healthcare Providers
Healthcare Providers Chief Executive Martin Taylor was disappointed that Associate Health Minister Damien O'Connor failed to address the issue of aged residential care in his speech to the rural sector workshop today. More >>
Government & DHBs Short change Aged Care Providers
Friday, 17 June 2005, 2:42 pm | Healthcare Providers
On May 4 at HealthCare Providers NZ policy summit Pete Hodgson said, “Pressures arising from the Holidays Act will be addressed in the upcoming budget”. However, the amount of money allocated is inadequate and will not address the costs of this piece of ... More >>
Age Care Budget Announcement Not What It Seems
Monday, 30 May 2005, 2:24 pm | Healthcare Providers
In a RNZ interview last Friday Pete Hodgson confirmed provider's fears that the $71 Budget boost for residential aged care may be spent by DHBs on other services, i.e., there is no guarantee it will go to residential care providers. More >>
