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Tāmaki tauawhi kaumātua, Age-friendly Auckland Draft Action Plan
Have your say on Auckland city council’s draft age-friendly action plan.
Keep Calling
Lilian, who suffers from Parkinson’s disease, sings at home alone and lonely, until Michael, himself suffering mental health challenges, joins a volunteer group phoning the elderly for company. Keep Calling is a beautiful short film about their story.
Covid-19 lockdown: Fighting loneliness as visitors barred at aged care facilities
Stuff reporter, Jake Kenny, writes about how the lack of outside visitors is affecting older people in care facilities
Nature of contact adjusted for aged-care services
An Otago Daily Times article gives service provider perspectives on how contact with older people has changed since the first lockdown.
Connect + Conversations
US-based organisation Social Health Labs is running a great series of webinars with top experts on various aspects social connection.
Move for Dementia
Alzheimers New Zealand is asking everyone to move and fundraise for dementia this September for World Alzheimers Month
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