Are Home Based Care Policies Compromising Health? | Grey Power NZ

A generation of policy makers have developed care for the elderly based on the assumption that they are better off in their own homes, with home care support. However, is it time to question whether this policy is actually compromising many elderly people’s health and well-being?

For some older people, at-home based care works well, especially if its combined with support from family and friends. But for others, they get to a point where staying at home is not safe, they feel isolated and lonely and their health and well-being is deteriorating.
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