The Health and Wellbeing of Older People and Kaumatua
Date of publication: December 1997
Public Health Goal
To improve, promote and protect the health of older people/kaumatua.
Relevant Objectives
- To maintain and improve mobility amongst older people/kaumatua.
- To protect older people/kaumatua from preventable infectious diseases such as influenza.
- To reduce disability from incontinence.
- To improve and maintain social support for older people/kaumatua.
- To reduce death rates and disability from injuries.
- To promote older people/kaumatua mental health and wellbeing.
- To increase participation of older people/kaumatua in regular physical activity.
- To reduce the incidence of food-related health disorders by improved nutrition of older people/kaumatua.
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