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The CARE Village in Ngongotah\u0101 overlooks Lake Rotorua. Photo \/ Megan Wilson<\/p>\n
Aged Care Association chief executive Tracey Martin said she took the select committee to CARE Village \u201cto show how far care for those with dementia has come\u201d.<\/p>\n
Martin said the model could be replicated in many different ways, for example, as apartment-style living in multi-storey buildings.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe key is an accurate understanding of the person needing the care, their past and present. How they interact with others and so on.\u201d<\/p>\n
Martin said it was not suitable for anyone with violence as part of their condition response as it put other residents at risk.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverything about this model is grounded in an appropriate funding model and a more honest holistic assessment process to ensure the service fits the person.\u201d<\/p>\n
Committee chairman and Tauranga MP Sam Uffindell said the village was an \u201coutstanding setting, based on the concept of giving people in need of care the opportunity to go about their normal life\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cResidents appeared to have a greater sense of dignity and freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n
Uffindell said the model could be rolled out further nationally. <\/p>\n
\u201cI would strongly encourage suitable providers to work closely with the CARE Village to identify and provide future opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The CARE Village in Rotorua. Parliament\u2019s health select committee recommended the Government consider enabling “alternative aged care models” similar to how the village works. <\/p>\n
He would like to see the model used in Tauranga, where the proportion of population aged 65 and older was 20% at the last Census \u2013 greater than the national average of 17%.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone wants to see our elderly folks live with care, dignity and respect and this model offers families a unique choice where their loved ones can thrive in their later years.\u201d<\/p>\n
Health NZ ageing well acting director Mark Powell said the Government was considering the committee\u2019s findings.<\/p>\n
While New Zealanders generally had access to services that provided a good standard of care, reviews of aged care had highlighted challenges, he said.<\/p>\n
They included an \u201coutdated\u201d funding model that did not support aged care providers to sustain service levels or to invest and build new services, and there being \u201cno cohesive and integrated\u201d system that provided the care people needed at the right time and place, Powell said.<\/p>\n
Access to services could be inconsistent and inequitable, differing across groups of people and nationally.<\/p>\n
Powell said Health NZ welcomed innovation in aged care and had contracts with several other aged residential care providers delivering \u201cunique models of care\u201d.<\/p>\n
Providers interested in developing similar services could contact Health NZ\u2019s regional ageing well teams.<\/p>\n
Powell said the Government was establishing a Ministerial Advisory Group to provide independent advice to ministers on the aged care system. <\/p>\n
Work was expected to begin by the end of January and the group would report back with recommendations by the middle of next year.<\/p>\n
Megan Wilson<\/a> is a health and general news reporter for the Bay of Plenty Times and the Rotorua Daily Post. She has been a journalist since 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What\u2019s special about the CARE Village is that residents live in households of six people grouped by lifestyle…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192342,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[536,7500,799,119770,78,9814,4960,5338,1304,40940,117,111,43,139,69,3111,14727,24265,530,38715,119771,41142,14446,166,8238,23534,6923,80],"class_list":["post-192341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-care","tag-december","tag-dementia","tag-gazebos","tag-in","tag-listening","tag-live","tag-makes","tag-morning","tag-musicians","tag-new","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-out","tag-outside","tag-perform","tag-residents","tag-rotoruas","tag-sails","tag-shade","tag-stand","tag-sunny","tag-under","tag-village","tag-what","tag-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192341\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}