THE WAY OF THE FUTURE
Driverless buses carrying senior citizens around in rural areas of Japan could soon be normality. Trials have begun in which six-seater shuttles operate to…
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THE TOUGH TALKS
A team of doctors and scientists have engineered a conversational bot to assist people needing to talk about terminal illness. The ‘End-of-life chatbot’ facilitates…
VILLAGE PROFILE: THE SANDS
Situated on the Browns Bay waterfront on Auckland’s North Shore, The Sands offers a premium option for aged care. Private and spacious suites provide…
CHRONIC STAFFING SHORTAGE FACING CARE INDUSTRY
The retirement village industry continues to face a staffing crisis and calls for staffing levels to be urgently reviewed and mandatory numbers to be…
SYSTEMIC CHANGES
A major new report has found that the current funding model for aged residential care does not meet people’s needs and should be changed….
New research points to Industry future growth
With around 42,000 retirees now living in over 400 retirement villages in the big six portfolio in New Zealand, this sector of life has…
WEARABLE ART HELPS END BLINDNESS
You can now get your hands on wearable art thanks to a new collaboration between Specsavers and Dick Frizzell. Featuring the artist’s iconic wood…
KADCYLA FUNDING
PHARMAC has released a proposal to fund Kadcyla (trastuzumab emtansine, T-DM1) for women with advanced HER2 positive breast cancer. “This is fantastic news for…
MEET THE GROWERS
BHARAT BHANA – BHANA FAMILY FARMS Bharat Bhana’s family have been growing potatoes and vegetables in Pukekohe since the late 1950s. Bharat grew…
THE FUTURE OF ACCESSIBLE PACKAGING
The future of accessible packaging is being driven by a new partnership between Arthritis New Zealand and Packaging New Zealand. Arthritis New Zealand and…
QUINTESSENTIAL NEW ZEALAND
Quintessential New Zealand is a new contemporary square format 144-page hardcover case bound coffee table style book. Quintessential New Zealand can be branded with…
COUNTDOWN TRIALS MOBILITY AWARENESS APP
Countdown’s Dunedin stores are trialling CCS Disability Action’s Access Aware app. The Access Aware app enables passers-by to upload a photo of any car…