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Age Concern Wellington Region in the News This Christmas
- Age Concern Wellington
- Age Concern Wellington Region Highlighting Loneliness As A Major Issue For Many Seniors This Christmas – read all about it here (click here)…
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Fairness in Aged Care
- Age Concern Wellington
- Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier (Reprinted with permission from the Office for Seniors. Source “Seniors Newsletter” – December 2024 and Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier) As the Chief Ombudsman, I have a unique and independent role that helps New Zealanders deal with government agencies. We have played this important role in New Zealanders lives since 1962, the ... Read more
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Free service from the fire service
- Age Concern Wellington
- Fire and Emergency New Zealand offer free Home Fire Safety Visits to people, family and whānau who require fire safety advice. Recently one of our staff received a Home Fire Safety visit from the Fire Service and was suitably impressed with the efficiency and with the information provided. A Home Fire Safety Visit is a ... Read more
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Read our latest newsletter
- Age Concern Wellington
- Welcome to another edition of our newsletter. We’re enjoying the slightly warmer weather, we hope you are as well. There’s plenty of useful information, news and events in this issue. Thanks for sharing a few minutes of your day with us. Please give us a call on 04 499 6646 or email info@acwellington.org.nz if you would like to get in ... Read more
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Scammers are a tricky bunch.
- Age Concern Wellington
- Scammers are a tricky bunch. I thought I was fairly astute when it comes to detecting a scammer, but that confidence was demolished very quickly this week. I was taken in by an impersonation scammer. I received a call from “Visa” credit cards with an automated voice telling me that they had noticed a couple ... Read more
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Steady As You Go Goes Inside
- Age Concern Wellington
- At the invitation of the Department of Corrections, Age Concern has taken on a new challenge for Steady As You Go supremo Ann Dalziel to establish an exercise class for the older inmates at Rimutuka Prison in Trentham. Ann and Age Concern have established over 40 falls prevention exercise classes around the Wellington Region. These ... Read more
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Our latest newsletter
- Age Concern Wellington
- Welcome to another edition of our newsletter. We hope your week is going well. It’s been a little while since you received our last newsletter – we’ve been busy with our annual appeal, an office move, Seniors’ Week & Making Connections Day, and more. Read all about it in this week’s newsletter, as well as ... Read more
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We’ve Moved!
- Age Concern Wellington
- We’ve been providing services for older people in the Wellington Region since 1976. Our vision is for the older population to be a thriving, respected and engaged part of the community. For the past 17 years, we’ve been based in Anvil House on Wakefield Street. At the end of October, we relocated to Level 4 ... Read more
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Scam Savvy Seniors
- Age Concern Wellington
- Our recent online Scam Quiz results show that participants are well aware of the dangers posed by scammers. With over 95% of the 169 participants passing the quiz with scores above 50%, it’s clear that people are becoming more scam-savvy. Impressively, nearly half of those who took part achieved a perfect score of 100, and ... Read more
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Banks Are Stepping Up Against Scammers
- Age Concern Wellington
- Recently, Kiwibank advised its customers that the banking industry is working to develop and launch a “Confirmation of Payee” service to avoid making payments to scammers. The service checks whether the account name matches the account number of the person or business you are paying before you push the button to make the payment. The ... Read more
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Our Latest Enews for your enjoyment
- Age Concern Wellington
- KIA ORA Welcome to another edition of our newsletter. We hope your week has started well. It’s been a significant last few weeks with the tangi of Kīngi Tūheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII, and the anointing of his daughter Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō as the new Māori Queen. What a moving sight it ... Read more
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HIV Enlightenment and a Jolt to the System
- Age Concern Wellington
- A recent training session for staff at Age Concern Wellington Region caused me to adjust one of my innate or unconscious biases, and review some of the others. Abby and Heather from the Positive Speakers Bureau addressed us on HIV awareness with particular attention to ageing with HIV through their involvement with Positive Women Inc. ... Read more
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Support for Rates Payments
- Age Concern Wellington
- “In this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes” and if you are a homeowner this includes rates. The common theme about rates this year has been the significant increases in levy rates set by most local councils in the Wellington Region. The recent rates notices can cause concern for some sections of the ... Read more
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Dementia is not a normal part of Aging
- Age Concern Wellington
- Some people age in a healthy way while others don’t. Researchers at the Canadian McMaster Institute for Research on Aging contends that good heart health can ease the challenges of aging. This is backed up by similar studies in the England and Scotland based on the UK Biobank. The results stem from a Canadian longitudinal ... Read more
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A Beautiful Night Out
- Age Concern Wellington
- At Age Concern Wellington Region, we enjoy partnering with many different organisations around the Region. Recently, we were pleased to be able to offer all our wonderful volunteers and Companion Services clients an opportunity to attend the Orpheus Choir concert on 24 August at a discounted price. The Orpheus Choir offered all our volunteers a ... Read more
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Enjoy reading the latest edition of our Newsletter
- Age Concern Wellington
- KIA ORA A few shy daffodils are appearing: spring must be around the corner, but it’s still cold at night. We hope you’re keeping warm and healthy. Thanks for sharing a few minutes of your day with us. Please give us a call on 04 499 6646 or email info@acwellington.org.nz if you would like to ... Read more
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ENewsletter for July
- Age Concern Wellington
- KIA ORA Welcome to another edition of our newsletter. We have some fantastic events coming up – including guided tours of Pukeahu National War Memorial Park and a Curious Conversation with Brad Cohen – Director of the New Zealand Opera. Don’t miss out! Read the full newsletter here
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Tea and tech in Lower Hutt
- Age Concern Wellington
- Age Concern Wellington Region offers personalised tech support for seniors at various events across the Wellington Region. In March, staff and volunteers dedicated a day to assist seniors in Epuni, Lower Hutt, where participants brought their smartphones, laptops, and tablets, often accompanied by a lengthy list of questions. “I’m just so worried about losing my ... Read more
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Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, 5010, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Be “on patrol” for scams
- Age Concern Wellington
- BE “ON PATROL” FOR SCAMS Age Concern has joined with the ANZ bank to raise awareness of scams and advise on how to identify and deal with them. They have brought back a CHiPs TV star (Erik Estrada) to encourage Kiwis to be ‘on patrol’ and take more sceptical approach to scams as tactics scammers ... Read more
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Winter Blues.
- Age Concern Wellington
- Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) or “winter blues” is a form of depression that can occur with the change of season, from autumn to winter. Most people tend to change their behaviour during the colder months, hibernating at home and possibly feeling less energetic, which is natural. SAD is a step up from that, it can ... Read more
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Our Latest newsletter
- Age Concern Wellington
- Welcome to another edition of our newsletter. We hope you’re having a good day despite the cold weather. In two days, it will be the shortest day of the year – then we’ll be heading towards longer days and Spring won’t be far away. This newsletter is full of news, events, and useful information. Thanks ... Read more
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Kay on the Radio – Hear About Advance Care Planning
- Age Concern Wellington
- Click on the image below to hear Age Concern’s Kay Webster talk about Advance Care Planning on Wellington Access Radio…
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Renewing your driver licence after 75
- Age Concern Wellington
- Just like a driving test, having a medical examination to ensure you are still fit to drive can be daunting – but it is important, both for your own safety and the safety of other road users. You must renew your driver licence on or before its expiry date if you wish to continue driving ... Read more
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Our Latest Newsletter
- Age Concern Wellington
- Welcome to another edition of our newsletter. We hope you’re having a good day despite some of the rather rough weather we’ve been having. Stay warm! This newsletter is full of lots of little bits and pieces of valuable information and a number of upcoming Age Concern events for you to join – including ... Read more
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Meeting Mama Rose at Tea and Tech
- Age Concern Wellington
- “Now that I’m retired, people call me Mama Rose,” Rosettastone tells me as we work on her laptop together at our recent Tea and Tech event in Tawa. “I always keep an eye on anything to do with Age Concern. And I saw this advertised and thought I must come!” Mama Rose proudly explains that ... Read more
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Phone Calls From Around the World
- Age Concern Wellington
- “I never know when he’s going to ring,” says Arnold, “but I always look forward to his calls.” Sometimes life brings surprising friendships into our path. Alan has been calling Arnold for the past two years. Unlike most of Age Concern’s Phone Friend volunteers, Alan calls from all over the world. “He called from Malaysia ... Read more
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Residential Care Facilities and Charges
- Age Concern Wellington
- Recently we had enquiries regarding the premium charged by rest homes for bathrooms for those residents who rely on the Residential Care Subsidy. Delving into the conditions charges made by rest homes alongside the conditions relating to the Residential Care Subsidy can get quite complex. Rest homes are mandated to provide rooms for subsidised residents ... Read more
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Wills for Blended Families
- Age Concern Wellington
- The aim in writing a will is to ensure that everyone you care for gets a fair and reasonable share of your assets when you die. The usual way is a simple mirror will in which you leave everything to your spouse or partner, with the provision that on the death of the spouse/partner those ... Read more
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The Latest eNews
- Age Concern Wellington
- Welcome to another edition of our newsletter. We hope you’re having a good day and enjoying some of Wellington’s recent lovely autumn sunshine. Be sure to grab a cuppa before you sit down to read this newsletter. It is full of valuable information and a large number of upcoming Age Concern events for you to ... Read more
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What Really Makes Us Happy?
- Age Concern Wellington
- Asking yourself what really makes you happy can cause some brain-strain; thinking about your life and the times when you’ve been most happy. But getting people to respond to this question is not the best way to measure what really makes us happy. Our memories are often flawed and bitsy and can be very creative ... Read more
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