Health of older people

Health of older people organisations and websites

Links to useful websites and resources on the health of older people in New Zealand and overseas.

National and international links

  • Age Concern NZ
    An independent, charitable, not-for-profit organisation working to promote the rights, quality of life and well-being of older people around New Zealand.
  • Agewell
    Age Concern is a not-for-profit, charitable organisation, dedicated to promoting quality of life and well-being of older people, and advocating positive healthy ageing for people of all ages. This website is administered by Age Concern North Shore and funded by the Ministry of Health.
  • Australian Department of Health and Ageing
    Information on better health and active ageing, including Guidelines for Medication Management in Residential Aged Care Facilities.
  • Australian Resource Centre for Healthcare Innovations
    Australian Resource Centre for Healthcare Innovations includes innovations in the improvement of the continuity and effectiveness of care for older people in the acute sector and in the community.
  • Carers New Zealand
    A charitable trust dedicated to improving the lives of family carers.
  • Centre for Policy on Ageing
    Includes links to worldwide resources in ageing.
  • ElderNet
    This site functions as an international gateway to senior’s sites on the Internet; it includes sections on health, housing, retirement, lifestyle, financial and legal matters.
  • Elder-net NZ
    Designed to provide access to up-to-date and comprehensive information about services that are available for older people.
  • Greypower NZ
    Greypower is an association for all New Zealanders aged 50 and over and acts as a public voice to represent the views and issues of its members.
  • Health Canada
    Includes reports on integrated care and seniors care from Canada’s Health Transition Fund.
  • HealthEd
    HealthEd is a catalogue of free health resources from the Ministry of Health.
  • Healthy People 2010 Information Access Project
    Evidence-based strategies to achieve health promotion objectives.
  • Innovative Care for Chronic Conditions: Building Blocks for Action
    The Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health Cluster at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva created this report to alert decision-makers throughout the world about dramatic increases in the burden of chronic conditions, and to present health care solutions for managing this challenge.
  • International Federation on Ageing
    The IFA is a consultative NGO to UN agencies. Their work revolves around upholding and protecting the rights of older persons and the benefits they contribute internationally.
  • Live stronger for longer
    Provides information and resources for older people and their carers about preventing falls and fractures. (Jointly published by ACC, MoH, Health Quality & Safety Commission.)
  • Nelson Marlborough District Health Board
    The Nelson Marlborough District Health Board have Elder Friendly Guidelines for services and business when the client is an older person.
  • Sorted
    A site by the Office of the Retirement Commissoner with information about a recent campaign that aims to emphasise the importance of developing financial skills throughout life in order to achieve an adequate retirement income for later life.
  • SuperGold Card
    The SuperGold Card is a discounts and concessions card issued free to all eligible seniors and veterans in recognition of the contribution they have made, and continue to make to New Zealand society. It also allows its holders access to a wide range of business discounts and facilitates easy access to government entitlements and local authority services and concessions.
  • SeniorLine
    SeniorLine is a national service that aims to help people aged 65 years and over, their family/whānau, or carers considering rest-home or long-stay hospital care, or who are already in care. Information available includes how to get help to stay at home, short term relief care, caregivers, as well as the systems around long term residential care, including the residential care subsidy. 
  • United Nations Programme on Ageing
    The aim of this programme is to facilitate and contribute to the creation of ‘a society for all ages’. The formal declarations and information on the recommendations from the Valencia Forum and the Madrid UN 2nd World Assembly on Ageing are available on this site.

Page last updated: 15 July 2008

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