Focusing on the Future: Report to Government Published: 12 Dec 2013 This report to the Government arises from a triennial Review of retirement income policies, held during 2012 and 2013. The overarching challenge faced by this Review, as…
Evaluation of the Bowel Screening Pilot Published: 04 Sep 2012 The Ministry of Health has contracted Litmus and Sapere Research Group to undertake an evaluation of the four-year Bowel Screening Pilot, which began in the Waitemata…
Who hires older workers? A first look at industry variations in the recruitment of mature workers Published: 01 Mar 2009 This research note is concerned with age structure variations in firms’ hiring patterns. It uses data from the Linked Employer-Employee Dataset (LEED) to document variations in…
Disabled People and Provision for Retirement Published: 01 Sep 2007 In 2003, background papers to the review of retirement income policy noted that comment was required on the issues faced by disabled people1 just as they…
Learning from in-patient falls: Analysis of a sample of reported serious adverse events Published: 01 Nov 2013 Patient falls resulting in harm are one of the most frequently reported adverse events in hospitals. Of the 730 serious adverse events reported by district health…
Evaluation of the Nurse Practitioner in Aged Care Published: 13 Jun 2013 This report is an evaluation of a demonstration site coordinated by Health Workforce New Zealand, in response to a GP shortage in the MidCentral region. Nurse practitioners work…
Reducing Harm from Falls - Evaluation of the Mini-Collaborative Aged Residential Care Programme in the Wellington Region Published: 01 Sep 2014 The Health Quality & Safety Commission (HQSC) in conjunction with the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) and three Wellington-based District Health Boards (DHBs), established a mini-collaborative to…
The Business of Ageing: Realising the Economic Potential of Older People in New Zealand: 2011 - 2051 Published: 01 Oct 2013 The Business of Ageing Project highlights the contribution older people will make to New Zealand’s economic competitiveness over the next 40 years. It looks at the…
Alcohol use in advanced age: Findings from LiLACS NZ Published: 16 Dec 2014 Alcohol use in advanced age: Findings from LiLACS NZ presents key findings about the frequency and amount of alcohol use and the relationship between falls and…
Extra help with daily activities in advanced age: Findings from LiLACS NZ Published: 01 Nov 2015 Extra help with daily activities in advanced age: Findings from LiLACS NZ presents key findings about extra help received with daily activities by Māori (aged 80-90…
