Health of Older People in New Zealand

Links

National links - New Zealand

Age Concern NZ (www.ageconcern.org.nz)
An independent, charitable, not-for-profit organisation working to promote the rights, quality of life and well-being of older people around New Zealand.

Agewell (www.agewell.org.nz)
Age Concern is a not-for-profit, charitable organisation, dedicated to promoting quality of life and well-being of older people, and advocating positive healthy ageing for people of all ages. This website is administered by Age Concern North Shore and funded by the Ministry of Health.

Carers New Zealand (www.carers.net.nz)
Carers New Zealand is a charitable trust dedicated to improving the lives of family carers; it is led by a steering committee of experienced carers, health professionals and social workers. This website is a national information channel for the 750,000+ New Zealanders who provide care at home for sick, frail, elderly, disabled or injured family members and whanau.

ElderNet (www.eldernet.com)
This site functions as an international gateway to senior’s sites on the Internet; it includes sections on health, housing, retirement, lifestyle, financial and legal matters.

Elder-net NZ (www.eldernet.co.nz)
Designed to provide access to up to date and comprehensive information about services that are available for older people.

Greypower NZ (www.greypower.co.nz)
Greypower is an association for all New Zealanders aged 50 and over and acts as a public voice to represent the views and issues of its members.

HealthCERT
Certification of healthcare services

Health Education Resources (www.healthed.govt.nz)

Nelson Marlborough District Health Board (www.nmdhb.govt.nz)

Elder Friendly Guidelines
Guidelines for services and business when the client is an older person. (Nelson Marlborough District Health Board)

Office of the Retirement Commissioner (www.sorted.org.nz)
This site has information about a recent campaign that aims to emphasise the importance of developing financial skills throughout life in order to achieve an adequate retirement income for later life.

Residential Care line (www.adhb.govt.nz/rcline)
Residential Care Line is a national service that aims to help people aged 65 years and over, their family/whanau, or carers considering rest home or long stay hospital care, or who are already in care. Information available includes how to get help to stay at home, short term relief care, caregivers, as well as the systems around long term residential care, including the residential care subsidy.

SuperGold Card (www.supergold.govt.nz)
The SuperGold Card replaces both the Community Services Card and NZ Super Card currently issued to New Zealand Superannuation and Veteran's Pension recipients.

It is a discounts and concessions card issued free to all eligible seniors and veterans in recognition of the contribution they have made, and continue to make to New Zealand society.

It also allows its holders access to a wide range of business discounts and facilitates easy access to government entitlements and local authority services and concessions.

National links - Australia

Australian Resource Centre for Healthcare Innovations (ARCHI) - Aged Care (www.archi.net.au)
Aged Care covers innovations in the improvement of the continuity and effectiveness of care for older people in the acute sector and in the community.

National links - Canada

Health Canada (www.hc-sc.gc.ca)
Includes reports on integrated care and seniors care from Canada’s Health Transition Fund.

The National Evaluation of the Cost-Effectiveness of Home Care (www.homecarestudy.com)
Canadian research on home care. Includes the Synthesis Report (PDF, 400 KB which summarises the entire project, and an accompanying press release (PDF, 81 KB).

National links - United Kingdom

Centre for Policy on Ageing (www.cpa.org.uk)
Includes links to worldwide resources in ageing

HiQuality: Guidelines on health information quality

International links

APAC: Guidelines for medication management in residential aged care facilities (www.health.gov.au)

Global action on ageing (www.globalaging.org)
An international grassroots citizens group that works on issue of concern to older people. It advocates by, with and for older people worldwide and reports on older peoples’ needs and potential in the global economy

Healthy People 2010 Information Access Project – Partners in Information Access for Public Health Professionals (phpartners.org)
Evidence-based strategies to achieve health promotion objectives.

International Federation on Ageing (www.ifa-fiv.org)
The IFA is a consultative NGO to UN agencies. Their work revolves around upholding and protecting the rights of older persons and the benefits they contribute internationally.

United Nations Programme on Ageing (www.un.org)
The aim of this programme is to facilitate and contribute to the creation of “a society for all ages”. The formal declarations and information on the recommendations from the Valencia Forum and the Madrid UN 2nd World Assembly on Ageing are available on this site.

WHO (www.who.int)

Innovative Care for Chronic Conditions: Building Blocks for Action
The Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health Cluster at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva created this report to alert decision-makers throughout the world about dramatic increases in the burden of chronic conditions, and to present health care solutions for managing this challenge.

Page last updated: 15 July 2008