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Summary

This booklet provides information to older people and their families and whānau on how to access needs assessment and home support services.

It provides a description of what it means to be needs assessed and how services are provided.

You can find an up-to-date list of needs assessment agencies and their contact details on the Needs Association and Service Co-ordination Association website.

Publishing information

Publication date
Citation

Ministry of Health. 2011. Needs Assessment and Support Services for Older People - What you need to know. Wellington: Ministry of Health.

ISBN
978-0-478 37443-8 (print), 948-0-478-37444-5 (online)
HP number
5313
Copyright status

Owned by the Ministry of Health and licensed for reuse under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence.

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