Political leaders quizzed on aged care funding
Is the aged residential care sector underfunded? And will it see an increase in funding? Associate Health Minister Jenny Salesa, who opened the three-day New Zealand Aged Care Association Conference attended by more than...
The implications of demographic transition for aged care and New Zealand
Like many countries, New Zealand is ageing – and ageing fast – and in the next years we will transition into a very different demographic profile.
But it is a transition we are not prepared...
‘No One Dies Alone’ a winner in aged care
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...
Healthy older adults sought for swallowing study
University of Auckland doctoral candidate Marie Jardine is investigating age-related swallowing changes, particularly in adults 80-years-old and over.
Jardine says prior research has mostly focused on the 60-80 years bracket, however with the world's ageing...
Medical interventions aren’t always the best option for older people
Choosing Wisely clinical lead Dr Derek Sherwood says just because medical interventions are available doesn’t mean we should always use them. Choosing Wisely, coordinated by the Council of Medical Colleges, supports reducing unnecessary tests, treatments and procedures...
New Zealand’s first Dementia Action Plan drafted
The Director-General of the World Health Organisation said, “we do not have a comprehensive and affordable plan for coping with the tidal wave of dementia that is coming our way…we cannot wait to take action. The job...
Memory Walk to Parliament to deliver global dementia report
The report, “Attitudes to Dementia”, tracks the world’s largest survey to date on people’s attitudes and stigma around dementia. Seventy thousand people across 155 countries participated, including 1,088 New Zealanders.
One of those New Zealanders...
Time for a new wave of dementia design
Writing in the 2019 Alzheimer Disease International Annual Report released on World Alzheimer’s Day (September 21), Prof Cunningham suggested the impetus may now be present to see dementia design innovation become prevalent in society.
He said there...
Keeping up with your fitness may delay the development of Alzheimer’s in old age
Exercising for 30 minutes four times a week may delay brain deterioration in people likely to develop Alzheimer's, scientists have shown.
Researchers from the University of Texas found that people who had an accumulation of...
New frailty guides to empower nurses and reduce variation for patients
As Aotearoa’s aged population increases, the recognition and treatment of frailty has become crucial to all health care environments.
Ngā aratohu maimoa hauwarea | Frailty care guides, published today by the Health Quality & Safety...
DR WELLNESS
More than just a ‘pill for every ill’
Dr Tracy Chandler (a.k.a. Dr Wellness) says we need to move beyond the current ‘pill for every ill’ model of general practice to a more patient-centred integrative approach.
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