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Caring For Your Precious Older Pet

Like us, our furry and feathered friends may need extra help as they age. By Diana Noonan When I was younger and cycling my way around Britain, I once spent…

Hoarding, A Disorder That Can Be Distressing For Everyone

Dr Maree Todd, a geriatrician for Auckland Hospital, says Mary J’s experience with her Mum’s hoarding can be tricky to deal with. “This is the story of someone with a hoarding…

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Dressing Table Nostalgia!

Take a treasure-filled trip down memory lane with residents of Bupa’s Waterlea and Bethesda facilities! Many of the beautiful items featured in this article were given by husbands and parents…

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St John Caring Caller

Download the St John Caring Caller brochure and add it to your own electronic carer infopack! St John Caring Caller is a free telephone friendship service that regularly puts people…

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Factsheet: Oral Care for Someone Who is Dying

Produced in partnership with Carers NZ, Hospice NZ, and the Carers Alliance. This helpful factsheet provides practical advice and information to help maintain good oral care for someone who is…

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Booklet: Delirium – Information for patients, family / whānau & friends

This booklet produced by the Waitemata DHB provides information to family, whānau, and visitors of people with delirium. Delirium, or acute confusion, can be alarming for the sufferer and family providing…

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Carer stories: Polio Then + Now

Two Family Care readers share their inspiring stories about living with, and caring for a family member with polio. Edith Morris contracted polio as a child, and like many New…

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Carer Story: We’re All Going on a Summer Holiday!

The annual family post-Christmas vacation to Whangamata was the event of the year. Five weeks of sunshine, endless hours of boogie boarding, fish and chips with the town’s entire seagull…