Age Concern Wellington / May 2024
Age Concern Wellington is a registered charity providing services and support for people aged 65 and over in the Wellington, Porirua, Upper Hutt and Lower Hutt region. Our vision is for our older population to be a thriving, respected and engaged part of our community.
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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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Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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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
- Accepted from Age Concern Wellington feed by feedreader
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- elderly
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