Health of Older People in New Zealand

National Workshop 2006

Hon Pete Hodgson, Minister of Health, hosted a national workshop on the Health of Older People on 26 September 2006.

The meeting's purpose was to bring together perspectives from all parts of the aged care sector – consumers, providers, planners and funders, and policy advisors – so that the sector can collectively and collaboratively consider the future direction of services for older people.

Provided below are copies of the agenda, presentations and workshop evaluation in PDF and Word formats (where possible):

Workshop agenda

• Workshop agenda, 26 September 2006 (Word, 102 KB)
  Workshop agenda, 26 September 2006 (PDF, 14 KB)

Our Future – setting the scene

• Lysbeth Noble, President Age Concern, Wellington - Words of wisdom for the workshop (PDF, 205 KB)
  
  
• Deb Kerry, Ministry of Health & Sam Cliffe Northern DHB Support Agency - Identifying the drivers of service needs from the data (PDF, 84 KB)

Consumer Participation – exploring ways in which consumer participation can support improved relationships and outcomes

• Malia Hamani, National Pacific Aiga Carer Network (TOPAC) (PDF, 126 KB)
  
  
• Carol Andrews, Health Promotions, Age Concern on the accredited visitors service - Improving social connectedness - The Accredited Visiting Service (AVS) (PDF, 70 KB)
  
  
• Diana Pedlow, Programme Manager, Older Adult Fall Prevention & David Campbell, Programme Manager, National Falls Prevention Strategy on ACC and the health sector working in partnership to prevent falls in older people - Preventing Falls in Older People: Partnership Opportunities (PDF, 163 KB)

Service models – InterRAI, reporting on the assessment tool pilot

• Nigel Millar & Bridget Larkin Canterbury DHB - The interRAI Home Care Assessment (PDF, 33 KB)
  
  
• Deb Kerry & Mathew Parsons, Ministry of Health - ASPIRE, Assessment of Services Promoting Independence and Recovery in Elders (PDF, 1 MB)

Planning for the future – Panel discussion on identifying capacity and workforce needs

• Sue Peacock, Ministry of Social Development & Hawkes Bay DHB - Joint local industry partnership supporting ageing in place (PDF, 548 KB)
  
  
• Julian Inch CEO, DHBNZ
  • Workforce planning (PDF, 121 KB)
    
    
  • The non-regulated workforce in the health and disability sector - Executive summary (Word, 43 KB)
    The non-regulated workforce in the health and disability sector - Executive summary (PDF, 33 KB)
    
    
• Eileen Brown , CTU - Better training, fair pay and greater recognition (PDF, 91 KB)

Workshop evaluation

• Identifying opportunities to work together in the future (Word, 75 KB)
  Identifying opportunities to work together in the future (PDF, 35 KB)

Page last updated: 24 July 2007