Getting Out in the Garden
Cultivating a garden is a great activity for seniors, it’s fun, purposeful, and provides numerous health benefits. Gardening Lowers Stress Studies have found that…
Cultivating a garden is a great activity for seniors, it’s fun, purposeful, and provides numerous health benefits. Gardening Lowers Stress Studies have found that…
Being socially involved and active gives people a sense of belonging. Meaningful social relationships, social activities, and community events are essential for meeting the…
Complete Equipment Clean & Decontamination in 6 Minutes at the Touch of a Button Hubscrub is the ultimate equipment cleaning and infection control solution…
The New Zealand Aged Care Association (NZACA) has rejected the Government’s annual funding increase of 1.2 percent as an insult to an industry losing…
Research has shown that a greater sense of social cohesion and community belonging positively impacts health behaviours and overall wellness of adults both young…
New Zealanders are living longer. By 2034, just over a fifth of our total population – around 1.2 million people – will be 65…
Greyhound Rescue has partnered with HammondCare to bring a spark of joy and companionship to people in residential aged-care homes. The programme is based…
Mater Health and Bupa today announced an expanded partnership that will provide patients with new virtual and in-home care services, reducing the need to…
It looks like the Government has again failed New Zealand’s aged residential care (ARC) sector with Budget 2022, ignoring pay parity for aged care…
Author: Karuna Hospice Service CEO Tracey Porst Talking about death and dying is still strangely a taboo subject. No one in the “prime of…
Rostering is like doing a 90×90 Sudoku. It is massively time-consuming with so many complexities, trade-offs and often unpredictable demand drivers to consider on…
International Nurses Day (IND) is observed around the world on 12 May to mark the contributions that nurses make to society. The International Council of…