Parklands was a residential facility in Pukekawa,south of Auckland. The MOH has now closed this facility down after investigations showed Clients were forced to live in crowded, dirty conditions surrounded by more than 35 small dogs, fed inadequate food, neglected by untrained staff, provided with no meaningful activities and denied access to their own money.Residents…
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Exercise and Live Longer…
Supercare4u.com transports a wide section of our elderly population and we see all variations of mobility with them. The latest report to come out of the MOH says that Elderly Kiwis should exercise more if they want to live longer and ensure they are not a burden on the already stretched public health system. What…
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Gold Card Cuts
Our Politician, Winston Peters, introduced the Gold Card for senior citizens. This allows them discounts on Travel and Purchases. Organisations are now seeing that these discounts can have a financial impact on their bottom line so steps are happening to restrict the use of these cards. Grey Power is calling on the Auckland Council to…
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New Hope for Leukaemia Patients
New Zealand researchers have found a new way to fight chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, a blood cancer that affects one in 400 Kiwis over the age of 70. Haematologist Robert Weinkove of the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research said bone marrow transplantation was currently the only curative treatment for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) and involved replacing…
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