Retirement Living and Aged Care Summit 2022: Bigger, Bolder, and Better Than Before
The Retirement Living and Aged Care Summit is expected to be the largest event in Christchurch for over a decade. Combining forces, the Retirement…
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Staff Shortages Force Closure of Upper Hutt Nursing Home after 100 Years in Operation
After nearly 100 years of operation in the Upper Hutt area, St Joseph’s Home of Compassion elder care facility has announced its closure, which…
National’s Backtrack on Health Funding not Surprising
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) said the National Party is backtracking on its promise to match health funding…
Government Steps Up Action to Plug Skills Gaps
Additional workers are able to enter the country for sectors affected by international labour shortages Aged care, construction and infrastructure, meat processing, seafood, seasonal…
New Mobile Diagnostic Tech Set to Boost NZ’s Nuclear Medicine Capacity
Thousands of Kiwis living with cancer, cardiovascular disease and other chronic conditions are set to benefit from the arrival of new mobile diagnostic technology,…
Webinar | Navigating EV Charging Technology
ABB, the pioneering technology leader that works closely with utility, industry, transportation and infrastructure customers to write the future of industrial digitalisation, recently shared…
Ryman Step Up to Support Grass Roots Dance Groups
Ryman Healthcare is supporting grassroots community dance groups by offering three $5,000 grants to those groups that encourage people of all ages and abilities…
Now is Not the Time to Give Up Wearing Mask
“It’s not time to give up your mask use just yet.” This is the message University of Otago (Wellington) epidemiologist Michael Baker had for…
In-Home Palliative Care Will Ease Hospital Burden
More funding for in-home palliative care services is urgently needed as the number of Australians requiring palliative care increases. An ageing population, coupled with…
Aged Care Sector Welcomes Health Recruitment Service
Aged care providers are welcoming the Government’s health recruitment service announcements as a positive move to help shore up workforce shortages across the health…
New Research Highlights Wider Effects of Budgetary Pressures
The current economic uncertainty is affecting more than New Zealanders’ pockets, according to the latest Southern Cross Healthy Futures Report, with the cost-of-living crisis…
Calls for 20-Year-Old Funding System to be Reviewed
Government funding has not kept-up with the challenges faced by the aged care sector, a sector that has been hit by staff cost increases,…