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Te Whatu Ora Review Delays Pay Equity For Care And Support Workers
Thursday, 5 October 2023, 1:32 pm | NZ Aged Care Association
Te Whatu Ora is delaying the urgent pay equity claim for care and support workers by insisting on an extra ad hoc review. The last-minute demand is an excuse to interrupt the process and reduce the pay for our sector’s most vulnerable workers. Te Whatu ... More >>
Aged Care Association Welcomes National’s Health Workforce Policy
Sunday, 30 April 2023, 7:27 pm | NZ Aged Care Association
The Aged Care Association (ACA) welcomes National’s health workforce policy. ACA chief executive Simon Wallace says the policy is well targeted and will support the aged care sector to recruit the nurses it desperately needs. Simon Wallace says, ... More >>
Presbyterian Support Central Enliven Is Top Winner In Aged Care Awards
Friday, 26 August 2022, 7:57 pm | NZ Aged Care Association
Presbyterian Support has taken top honours in the New Zealand Aged Care Association/EBOS Healthcare Excellence in Care Awards for 2022. The not-for-profit organisation’s Enliven Central aged care services, which operates eight retirement villages and ... More >>
No One Dies Alone a winner in aged care
Thursday, 24 October 2019, 12:25 pm | NZ Aged Care Association
A volunteer programme that has provided more than 400 hours of time for dying residents at an aged care facility in Auckland has won the New Zealand Aged Care Association/EBOS Healthcare Excellence in Care Awards for 2019. More >>
Strikes highlight importance of funding for caregivers
Friday, 8 August 2014, 1:33 pm | NZ Aged Care Association
“It’s time for our Government to take action that will, at a minimum, achieve pay parity for our caregivers,” says Martin Taylor, Chief Executive of the New Zealand Aged Care Association. More >>
Aged Care: Increase In Minimum Wage Needs to Be Funded
Friday, 28 February 2014, 9:09 am | NZ Aged Care Association
The NZ Aged Care Association agrees with the Prime Minister’s statement that those on low wages deserve to benefit from a booming economy. More >>
Court of Appeal Equal Pay Case Starts Monday
Sunday, 2 February 2014, 10:48 am | NZ Aged Care Association
Tomorrow the Court of Appeal will begin a two day hearing into the Bartlett v Terranova Case to determine if the Employment Court was right in its interpretation of the 1972 Equal Pay Act. More >>
My Parent needs care. What do I do?
Wednesday, 8 January 2014, 3:33 pm | NZ Aged Care Association
Finding out about the aged care system for an ageing parent or relative is an extremely stressful time for most people. But it doesn’t need to be. A new website launched by the New Zealand Aged Care Association (NZACA) today is designed to remove this ... More >>
Dominion Post newspaper cited for Aged Care story
Thursday, 26 September 2013, 2:48 pm | NZ Aged Care Association
Wellington-based newspaper Dominion Post has misled its readers by publishing the headline “Flood of rest home complaints” the New Zealand Aged Care Association says. More >>
Short Term Care For the Elderly Being Undermined By DHBs
Wednesday, 24 July 2013, 4:48 pm | NZ Aged Care Association
Many DHBs are undermining short term elderly respite care by underfunding the service and using the contracts as Trojan horses to force unwelcome contract changes on providers. More >>
Consumer Magazine Gets It Wrong on Rest Homes
Friday, 12 July 2013, 12:24 pm | NZ Aged Care Association
Consumer Magazine in its latest article, “The majority of rest homes are falling short” has fundamentally misunderstood how regulations in the health sector work, says the New Zealand Aged Care Association. More >>
High Court case to highlight discrimination
Monday, 24 June 2013, 9:33 am | NZ Aged Care Association
A High Court case set down for hearing in Auckland next week will highlight differences in government funding of private aged care providers and funding for caregivers in hospitals run by District Health Boards, the New Zealand Aged Care Association says. More >>
NZACA Welcomes Increased Funding For Quality Initiative
Tuesday, 30 April 2013, 3:08 pm | NZ Aged Care Association
The NZ Aged Care Association welcomes today’s announcement of an additional $1.5 million dollars for the national roll out of an IT based comprehensive clinical assessment (CCA) tool known as ‘interRAI’. More >>
NZACA Welcomes Consultation on Premium Charging
Tuesday, 11 December 2012, 3:57 pm | NZ Aged Care Association
The New Zealand Aged Care Association (NZACA) said today it welcomed the Government’s announcement to consult over premium charging in the aged care sector. More >>
Approach to Aged Care Quality Initiative Disappointing
Friday, 19 October 2012, 11:19 am | NZ Aged Care Association
Today’s decision by the Associate Minister of Health forcing aged-care providers to implement the InterRAI quality initiative by 2014 is very disappointing, says the New Zealand Aged Care Association. More >>
Ministry Improves Audit Process In Aged Care Sector
Wednesday, 19 September 2012, 11:46 am | NZ Aged Care Association
The second report released by the Auditor General into the effectiveness of auditing standards of New Zealand rest homes highlights the improvements made in the Government’s certification and auditing process. More >>
Pay Parity for caregivers possible if retirement age raised
Thursday, 14 June 2012, 4:21 pm | NZ Aged Care Association
The New Zealand Aged Care Association (NZACA) recommends increasing the retirement age by three months to bridge the pay differences between caregivers working in the private and public sectors. More >>
NZACA Welcomes HRC Inquiry Finding
Wednesday, 9 May 2012, 11:05 am | NZ Aged Care Association
The New Zealand Aged Care Association welcomes the main finding from the Human Rights Commission report that recommends increasing government funding by up to $140 million to support pay parity with staff employed by District Health Boards. More >>
Nurses union Create-a-Crisis Show Continues
Monday, 3 October 2011, 1:52 pm | NZ Aged Care Association
The Nurses union and its industrial adviser Rob Haultrain are attempting to create, in vain, the impression that the quality of aged residential care in New Zealand is in crisis, but continue to miss the point. What they are ignoring is the looming ... More >>
Good Level of Confidence in Aged Residential Care
Wednesday, 27 July 2011, 1:08 pm | NZ Aged Care Association
The New Zealand public continue to have a good level of confidence in residential care for the aged, the New Zealand Aged Care Association (NZACA), said today. The results arise from an annual survey undertaken by independent researchers Colmar ... More >>
