Rest Homes
Caregivers back equal pay campaign
The caregiver whose court case has propelled efforts to achieve gender pay parity is emotional after the government formed a taskforce. Audio
West Coast DHB to close Buller rest home
The West Coast District Health Board is closing an aged care facility in Westport as occupancy levels continue to fall.
Morphine brought from home to deal with mother's pain
A woman in her 50s dying of cancer in an Oamaru rest home got such poor palliative care her daughter brought more morphine from home to deal with her agony. Audio
Community groups say people left isolated and miserable due to lack of ethnic care homes
Indian community groups in Auckland say the lack of rest home provision for people from different ethnicities is leaving some feeling isolated, and is affecting their health. Audio
Serious failings at Tauranga rest home - HDC report
A Tauranga rest home is under fire from the Health and Disability Commissioner for failing to pick up that an 81-year-old woman had fractured her hip until six days after a fall. Audio
Rocky the turtle returns
Rocky is the much-loved pet at the Tainui Village Rest Home in New Plymouth. That is until about seven months ago. Then Rocky just disappeared. For seven months the residents would ask, "Where's… Audio
Ideas for 14 November 2010 - God's Waiting Rooms
Last week it was reported that nearly a quarter of the residents in a study of 15 of Wanganui's 17 rest homes were suffering from malnourishment. It's the latest in a series of disturbing headlines… Audio
