Aged Care

The Chief Ombudsman is concerned that people are being put in secure aged care facilities without the proper legal authority. Audio

The Australian government is putting up the price of aged care as part of what it's described as a "once in a generation" overhaul. A crisis of bed availability and financial strain prompted an… Audio

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.  Audio

People living with dementia are waiting too long for assessments, and can languish for years before getting respite or residential care according to Alzheimers New Zealand. The aged care sector is 20… Audio

Three years after a landmark case over the impact of gifting on subsidies for long term residential care, a legal expert says the guidelines are still unclear and confusing. The 2018 case related to… Audio

"Shambolic" is how one rest home boss is describing the Covid-19 vaccine rollout.

Aged care residents and workers are in the priority two category, and according to the government's own timetable are… Video, Audio

According to new research, almost 75 percent of healthy Australians aged over 70 years use complementary medicines, either daily or occasionally. But how necessary are these supplementary medicines… Audio

A three year research project across 35 aged care facilities has concluded consistent workplace policy on intimacy and sexuality is necessary and would impact on residents' quality of life and their… Audio

Nursing staff in Melbourne resthomes are warning many of the elderly people they're looking after are losing the will to live after being so isolated during the prolonged lockdown. Audio

With community transmission detected all aged care facilities have closed their doors until midnight on Friday to anyone but staff and suppliers. Grey Power President Mac Welch talks to Jesse about… Audio

Harsh lockdown conditions in Victoria, such as those previously imposed in New Zealand, are set to be announced within days by Premier Daniel Andrews. Australian correspondent Rebekah Holt joins the… Audio

A new VUW School of Nursing report into aged residential care facilities has found them ill equipped to accommodate the increasing number of New Zealanders who need bariatric specific care, due to… Audio

New research has found that negative social factors were often more compelling reasons for elderly to enter care than than physical health issues. People who said they were lonely were almost 20 per… Audio

The forced eviction notice given to some elderly residents at the Merivale Retirement Village in Christchurch is sparking calls for a law change. So what are the current protections and agencies that… Audio

A modest lift in sales and demand for aged care have lifted the half year underlying profit of the country's third largest rest home operator. Audio