Dementia, Respite & Carer Pressure
Goal: Connect diagnosis, post-diagnostic support, respite, legal planning, culture, and carer wellbeing
For: People with dementia, whānau, aiga, carers, clinicians, providers, and service planners.
Planned collection: Implementation evidence for dementia and mate wareware support, with explicit Māori, Pacific, rural, and regional service coverage.
34 indexed resources · 3 explicitly mapped. Additional resources match saved collection rules. Counts and pack status do not establish current entitlement, service availability or a complete reviewed pack.
This pack is still planned
Mapped and rule-matched source candidates are available below. They have not been promoted into a complete curated pack.
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Collection resources
1–15 of 34 matching resources (34 in the collection).
06-10_0030_Prompt32_DementiaMateWarewareUpdates
2026-06-10_0030_Prompt32_DementiaMateWarewareUpdates
Published: 2026 · Accessed: June 2026
Office for Seniors — Enduring Power of Attorney: two-page A4 information leaflet, March 2025
Office for Seniors — Te Tari Kaumātua
Published: March 2025 · Accessed: June 2026
Health NZ / Sapere — January 2024 aged-care funding and service-model strategic assessment
Health New Zealand
Published: 16 Jan 2024 · Accessed: 9 October 2026
Ministry of Health — National Framework for Home and Community Support Services (HCSS), 2020
Ministry of Health
Published: 27 Aug 2020 · Accessed: June 2026
MSD — Initial Agreement to Draft Carers’ Strategy Action Plan and Public Consultation (2025 Cabinet Paper)
Office of the Associate Minister for Social Development and Employment; released by MSD
Published: 19 Dec 2025 · Accessed: June 2026
Health NZ - Web Capture - Home Support Services
Health NZ
Published: 2026 · Accessed: June 2026
Joint NGO Submission — Strengthening Support for Unpaid or Informal Carers (2026)
Family for Every Child and four partner organisations
Published: 2026 · Accessed: June 2026
2026 Australian Source Brief - My Aged Care Navigation Model
2026 Australian Source Brief
Published: 2026 · Accessed: June 2026
Whaikaha — Home and Community Support Services: Tier Two Specification (Version 2.1, August 2023)
Whaikaha — Ministry of Disabled People
Published: August 2023 · Accessed: June 2026
MSD — A Guide for Carers / He Aratohu mā ngā Kaitiaki, July 2021
Ministry of Social Development
Published: July 2021 · Accessed: June 2026
Ageing Well National Science Challenge — Ka Mua Ka Muri: A decade of ageing well in Aotearoa and beyond
Ageing Well National Science Challenge
Published: 2024-04 · Accessed: June 2026
Alzheimers NZ — 16 August 2024 submission to the aged-care neurological cognitive disorders inquiry
Alzheimers New Zealand
Published: 16 Aug 2024 · Accessed: June 2026
Breaking Barriers: Understanding the social connection challenges of older adults — An Auckland and Tauranga perspective
Age Concern Auckland and Age Concern Tauranga
Published: August 2024 · Accessed: June 2026
HDC-hosted author’s desktop review for the Aged Care Commissioner report (April 2024 final version)
Author’s desktop review hosted by the Health and Disability Commissioner
Published: 2024-04 · Accessed: June 2026
NZDA - Roadmap to Better Oral Health
NZDA
Published: 2024 · Accessed: June 2026
Briefing actions
A snapshot of selected source points and recorded relationships across this collection. It includes source dates and evidence boundaries, rather than just the current results page.
Featured resources (2)
The kaitiaki group — Alzheimers NZ, Dementia NZ, NZ Dementia Foundation, and Te Mate Wareware Advisory Rōpū — presented the refreshed Dementia Mate Wareware Action Plan 2026–2031 to Associate Minister of Health Hon Casey Costello at the Alzheimers NZ Summit on 24 September 2025.
March 2025 Office for Seniors introductory EPA leaflet and preparation checklist; two physical pages, separate from legal forms and standard explanations.
Selected indexed source points
10 selected points from 190 distinct indexed points. These excerpts and editorial summaries can be historical or conditional.
Leadership & Advisory Group / Te Whakaruruhau — provides strategic advice to Government on implementing the Action Plan
Example source: 06-10_0030_Prompt32_DementiaMateWarewareUpdates
Published: 2026 · Accessed: June 2026Network / Te Tūhononga — open to providers, workforce, people living with dementia, whānau, experts
Example source: 06-10_0030_Prompt32_DementiaMateWarewareUpdates
Published: 2026 · Accessed: June 2026The original contains two physical pages and is headed Enduring Power of Attorney. The footer identifies 6847OFS MAR 2025; Adobe production/modification metadata is 24 March 2025, which does not establish an exact first-release day (physical pp.1–2).
Example source: Office for Seniors — Enduring Power of Attorney: two-page A4 information leaflet, March 2025
Published: March 2025 · Accessed: June 2026Source evidence boundary
March 2025 introductory leaflet, two physical pages, not a five-page comprehensive legal guide, prescribed form package or standard explanation. Its simplified-language disclaimer defers to relevant legislation. Source identity and current publisher-byte match are verified, but this review does not certify every legal proposition, an individual EPA’s validity, capacity or activation, or current discounts/fees. The prior 2024-named source URL is broken; the preserved 2025 PDF filename, original hash and June 2026 access label remain unchanged. Exact first-release day is unknown; footer edition, technical production, web update and evidence-review dates are separate.
The current Office for Seniors creation page links this same leaflet, and the publisher-hosted PDF is byte-identical to the bundle. The catalogue’s former /assets/Uploads/EPA-guide-2024.pdf URL returned HTTP 404 on review.
Example source: Office for Seniors — Enduring Power of Attorney: two-page A4 information leaflet, March 2025
Published: March 2025 · Accessed: June 2026Source evidence boundary
March 2025 introductory leaflet, two physical pages, not a five-page comprehensive legal guide, prescribed form package or standard explanation. Its simplified-language disclaimer defers to relevant legislation. Source identity and current publisher-byte match are verified, but this review does not certify every legal proposition, an individual EPA’s validity, capacity or activation, or current discounts/fees. The prior 2024-named source URL is broken; the preserved 2025 PDF filename, original hash and June 2026 access label remain unchanged. Exact first-release day is unknown; footer edition, technical production, web update and evidence-review dates are separate.
The leaflet distinguishes property EPAs covering financial matters from personal care and welfare EPAs covering health and living arrangements. It describes multiple property attorneys but one personal care and welfare attorney (physical p.1).
Example source: Office for Seniors — Enduring Power of Attorney: two-page A4 information leaflet, March 2025
Published: March 2025 · Accessed: June 2026Source evidence boundary
March 2025 introductory leaflet, two physical pages, not a five-page comprehensive legal guide, prescribed form package or standard explanation. Its simplified-language disclaimer defers to relevant legislation. Source identity and current publisher-byte match are verified, but this review does not certify every legal proposition, an individual EPA’s validity, capacity or activation, or current discounts/fees. The prior 2024-named source URL is broken; the preserved 2025 PDF filename, original hash and June 2026 access label remain unchanged. Exact first-release day is unknown; footer edition, technical production, web update and evidence-review dates are separate.
An appointed attorney need not be a lawyer. The leaflet encourages a trusted person who understands the role and is willing and able to undertake it; this is distinct from obtaining professional help to prepare the document (physical p.1).
Example source: Office for Seniors — Enduring Power of Attorney: two-page A4 information leaflet, March 2025
Published: March 2025 · Accessed: June 2026Source evidence boundary
March 2025 introductory leaflet, two physical pages, not a five-page comprehensive legal guide, prescribed form package or standard explanation. Its simplified-language disclaimer defers to relevant legislation. Source identity and current publisher-byte match are verified, but this review does not certify every legal proposition, an individual EPA’s validity, capacity or activation, or current discounts/fees. The prior 2024-named source URL is broken; the preserved 2025 PDF filename, original hash and June 2026 access label remain unchanged. Exact first-release day is unknown; footer edition, technical production, web update and evidence-review dates are separate.
Its property-EPA example allows authority before decision-making capacity is lost. The checklist asks when the property EPA should take effect; the leaflet does not provide comprehensive activation or capacity-assessment rules (physical pp.1–2).
Example source: Office for Seniors — Enduring Power of Attorney: two-page A4 information leaflet, March 2025
Published: March 2025 · Accessed: June 2026Source evidence boundary
March 2025 introductory leaflet, two physical pages, not a five-page comprehensive legal guide, prescribed form package or standard explanation. Its simplified-language disclaimer defers to relevant legislation. Source identity and current publisher-byte match are verified, but this review does not certify every legal proposition, an individual EPA’s validity, capacity or activation, or current discounts/fees. The prior 2024-named source URL is broken; the preserved 2025 PDF filename, original hash and June 2026 access label remain unchanged. Exact first-release day is unknown; footer edition, technical production, web update and evidence-review dates are separate.
Preparation prompts include powers and limits, people to consult, assets and debts, who receives copies, financial oversight and replacement attorneys (physical p.2). These are discussion prompts, not completed legal instructions.
Example source: Office for Seniors — Enduring Power of Attorney: two-page A4 information leaflet, March 2025
Published: March 2025 · Accessed: June 2026Source evidence boundary
March 2025 introductory leaflet, two physical pages, not a five-page comprehensive legal guide, prescribed form package or standard explanation. Its simplified-language disclaimer defers to relevant legislation. Source identity and current publisher-byte match are verified, but this review does not certify every legal proposition, an individual EPA’s validity, capacity or activation, or current discounts/fees. The prior 2024-named source URL is broken; the preserved 2025 PDF filename, original hash and June 2026 access label remain unchanged. Exact first-release day is unknown; footer edition, technical production, web update and evidence-review dates are separate.
Fees and possible discounts/payment arrangements are discussed as options to investigate. No fixed fee, guaranteed discount or provider-specific offer is established by the leaflet (physical p.2).
Example source: Office for Seniors — Enduring Power of Attorney: two-page A4 information leaflet, March 2025
Published: March 2025 · Accessed: June 2026Source evidence boundary
March 2025 introductory leaflet, two physical pages, not a five-page comprehensive legal guide, prescribed form package or standard explanation. Its simplified-language disclaimer defers to relevant legislation. Source identity and current publisher-byte match are verified, but this review does not certify every legal proposition, an individual EPA’s validity, capacity or activation, or current discounts/fees. The prior 2024-named source URL is broken; the preserved 2025 PDF filename, original hash and June 2026 access label remain unchanged. Exact first-release day is unknown; footer edition, technical production, web update and evidence-review dates are separate.
The footer states that its language is simplified and relevant legislation should be consulted where wording conflicts. The two-page leaflet does not contain the prescribed EPA forms or full witness/signature requirements (physical p.2).
Example source: Office for Seniors — Enduring Power of Attorney: two-page A4 information leaflet, March 2025
Published: March 2025 · Accessed: June 2026Source evidence boundary
March 2025 introductory leaflet, two physical pages, not a five-page comprehensive legal guide, prescribed form package or standard explanation. Its simplified-language disclaimer defers to relevant legislation. Source identity and current publisher-byte match are verified, but this review does not certify every legal proposition, an individual EPA’s validity, capacity or activation, or current discounts/fees. The prior 2024-named source URL is broken; the preserved 2025 PDF filename, original hash and June 2026 access label remain unchanged. Exact first-release day is unknown; footer edition, technical production, web update and evidence-review dates are separate.
Recorded advocacy uses
5 selected points from 38 distinct indexed points. These excerpts and editorial summaries can be historical or conditional.
Policy teams
Example source: 06-10_0030_Prompt32_DementiaMateWarewareUpdates · indexed in 27 source records
Published: 2026 · Accessed: June 2026Researchers
Example source: 06-10_0030_Prompt32_DementiaMateWarewareUpdates · indexed in 27 source records
Published: 2026 · Accessed: June 2026Service planners
Example source: 06-10_0030_Prompt32_DementiaMateWarewareUpdates · indexed in 27 source records
Published: 2026 · Accessed: June 2026Keep introductory leaflets clearly distinct from prescribed forms, standard explanations and detailed legal guidance.
Example source: Office for Seniors — Enduring Power of Attorney: two-page A4 information leaflet, March 2025
Published: March 2025 · Accessed: June 2026Source evidence boundary
March 2025 introductory leaflet, two physical pages, not a five-page comprehensive legal guide, prescribed form package or standard explanation. Its simplified-language disclaimer defers to relevant legislation. Source identity and current publisher-byte match are verified, but this review does not certify every legal proposition, an individual EPA’s validity, capacity or activation, or current discounts/fees. The prior 2024-named source URL is broken; the preserved 2025 PDF filename, original hash and June 2026 access label remain unchanged. Exact first-release day is unknown; footer edition, technical production, web update and evidence-review dates are separate.
Preserve edition-month and source-link accuracy so a superseded or broken hosting path does not mislabel the actual 2025 leaflet.
Example source: Office for Seniors — Enduring Power of Attorney: two-page A4 information leaflet, March 2025
Published: March 2025 · Accessed: June 2026Source evidence boundary
March 2025 introductory leaflet, two physical pages, not a five-page comprehensive legal guide, prescribed form package or standard explanation. Its simplified-language disclaimer defers to relevant legislation. Source identity and current publisher-byte match are verified, but this review does not certify every legal proposition, an individual EPA’s validity, capacity or activation, or current discounts/fees. The prior 2024-named source URL is broken; the preserved 2025 PDF filename, original hash and June 2026 access label remain unchanged. Exact first-release day is unknown; footer edition, technical production, web update and evidence-review dates are separate.
Business/provider implications
5 selected points from 8 distinct indexed points. These excerpts and editorial summaries can be historical or conditional.
Support providers can use the checklist for appointment preparation and referrals; the leaflet does not verify a provider’s fees, discounts or legal-service suitability.
Example source: Office for Seniors — Enduring Power of Attorney: two-page A4 information leaflet, March 2025
Published: March 2025 · Accessed: June 2026Source evidence boundary
March 2025 introductory leaflet, two physical pages, not a five-page comprehensive legal guide, prescribed form package or standard explanation. Its simplified-language disclaimer defers to relevant legislation. Source identity and current publisher-byte match are verified, but this review does not certify every legal proposition, an individual EPA’s validity, capacity or activation, or current discounts/fees. The prior 2024-named source URL is broken; the preserved 2025 PDF filename, original hash and June 2026 access label remain unchanged. Exact first-release day is unknown; footer edition, technical production, web update and evidence-review dates are separate.
Retain reference years and survey definitions when using regional occupancy or funding analysis for planning.
Example source: Health NZ / Sapere — January 2024 aged-care funding and service-model strategic assessment
Published: 16 Jan 2024 · Accessed: 9 October 2026Source evidence boundary
Bundled PDF cover and official indexed publisher metadata establish January 2024. Direct Health NZ browser retrieval was restricted. Regional occupancy figures cite the NZACA 2023 survey; original response sample and bed denominator were not independently established in this capture. Preserve those limits and reference periods.
Use its workforce, cultural competence, clinical oversight and continuity expectations for service-design review. Verify current contractual and training requirements separately.
Example source: Ministry of Health — National Framework for Home and Community Support Services (HCSS), 2020
Published: 27 Aug 2020 · Accessed: June 2026Source evidence boundary
Historical August 2020 commissioning/design framework for DHB-funded older-person HCSS, not an eight-page binding national standard or a current all-age disability-service guide. Original 29-page PDF and live primary PDF are byte-identical. Its 2017/18 expenditure, 2018 consultation, demographic forecasts, historical funding rules and agency structure are time-bound. July 2021/2022 development and rollout dates are intentions; implementation was not established by this review. Appendices contain draft/unconfirmed measures, not present service guarantees. Source identity and full text were reviewed, but current contracts, eligibility, workforce rules and all clinical/legal propositions were not comprehensively audited. Preserve the original filename, category and June 2026 access label; publication, September technical production and October 2026 evidence review are distinct.
Navigators and support providers can use the topic structure for intake and referral conversations, while verifying current agency responsibilities and funding approvals before advising on purchases or paid family care.
Example source: MSD — A Guide for Carers / He Aratohu mā ngā Kaitiaki, July 2021
Published: July 2021 · Accessed: June 2026Source evidence boundary
July 2021 general navigation booklet, with 60 physical pages including cover and blank/note pages; not undated or a 2026 revision. Full original text and current linked PDF byte identity were checked. It retains historical DHB/Ministry arrangements, payment and subsidy criteria, family-paid-care/Individualised Funding restrictions, equipment thresholds, contact details and employment/legal/clinical information. Two current primary checks establish changed NZ Super residence and Total Mobility rules; this is not a complete current-law, benefits, directory or clinical audit. The 31-page spreads PDF is a distinct layout/file; no full cross-layout text-equivalence claim is made. HTML creation/modification dates and technical PDF production do not establish first publication or a new edition. Preserve the original undated filename, original hash, category and June 2026 access label.
Reported tools and community programmes offer leads for further evaluation; confirm evidence, training, permissions and current implementation before adopting them.
Example source: Ageing Well National Science Challenge — Ka Mua Ka Muri: A decade of ageing well in Aotearoa and beyond
Published: 2024-04 · Accessed: June 2026Source evidence boundary
Historical accessible research retrospective, primarily Phase Two 2019–2024, published April 2024. May upload/modification and launch-story dates are distinct from the printed publication month. Project descriptions, reported uptake and future intentions are not a current service inventory, clinical protocol or independently verified programme-wide outcomes. Caregiver observations arise from recipient assessments, not all carers; no national present-day distress rate is inferred. Raw extraction repeats some off-layout footer numbers, so physical page references are used. Original PDF, filename, hash and June 2026 capture/access are preserved; current publisher download matched on 10 October 2026.
Consumer implications
5 selected points from 11 distinct indexed points. These excerpts and editorial summaries can be historical or conditional.
Discuss the person’s wishes, attorney responsibilities, limits, consultation and oversight before an advice appointment, and make a practical list of assets, debts and intended recipients of copies.
Example source: Office for Seniors — Enduring Power of Attorney: two-page A4 information leaflet, March 2025
Published: March 2025 · Accessed: June 2026Source evidence boundary
March 2025 introductory leaflet, two physical pages, not a five-page comprehensive legal guide, prescribed form package or standard explanation. Its simplified-language disclaimer defers to relevant legislation. Source identity and current publisher-byte match are verified, but this review does not certify every legal proposition, an individual EPA’s validity, capacity or activation, or current discounts/fees. The prior 2024-named source URL is broken; the preserved 2025 PDF filename, original hash and June 2026 access label remain unchanged. Exact first-release day is unknown; footer edition, technical production, web update and evidence-review dates are separate.
Check current forms, legal advice, signing and activation requirements separately; discounts and online preparation options do not remove those requirements.
Example source: Office for Seniors — Enduring Power of Attorney: two-page A4 information leaflet, March 2025
Published: March 2025 · Accessed: June 2026Source evidence boundary
March 2025 introductory leaflet, two physical pages, not a five-page comprehensive legal guide, prescribed form package or standard explanation. Its simplified-language disclaimer defers to relevant legislation. Source identity and current publisher-byte match are verified, but this review does not certify every legal proposition, an individual EPA’s validity, capacity or activation, or current discounts/fees. The prior 2024-named source URL is broken; the preserved 2025 PDF filename, original hash and June 2026 access label remain unchanged. Exact first-release day is unknown; footer edition, technical production, web update and evidence-review dates are separate.
Explains historical funding and access issues; current eligibility and care choices require current service guidance.
Example source: Health NZ / Sapere — January 2024 aged-care funding and service-model strategic assessment
Published: 16 Jan 2024 · Accessed: 9 October 2026Source evidence boundary
Bundled PDF cover and official indexed publisher metadata establish January 2024. Direct Health NZ browser retrieval was restricted. Regional occupancy figures cite the NZACA 2023 survey; original response sample and bed denominator were not independently established in this capture. Preserve those limits and reference periods.
Ask how your goals, preferences, whānau and changing needs appear in the support plan, and who coordinates reassessment or missed-visit concerns. The framework provides questions rather than determining eligibility.
Example source: Ministry of Health — National Framework for Home and Community Support Services (HCSS), 2020
Published: 27 Aug 2020 · Accessed: June 2026Source evidence boundary
Historical August 2020 commissioning/design framework for DHB-funded older-person HCSS, not an eight-page binding national standard or a current all-age disability-service guide. Original 29-page PDF and live primary PDF are byte-identical. Its 2017/18 expenditure, 2018 consultation, demographic forecasts, historical funding rules and agency structure are time-bound. July 2021/2022 development and rollout dates are intentions; implementation was not established by this review. Appendices contain draft/unconfirmed measures, not present service guarantees. Source identity and full text were reviewed, but current contracts, eligibility, workforce rules and all clinical/legal propositions were not comprehensively audited. Preserve the original filename, category and June 2026 access label; publication, September technical production and October 2026 evidence review are distinct.
Confirm present funding, local availability and agreed support with the relevant current agency or provider; historic DHB criteria and draft time targets do not establish individual entitlement.
Example source: Ministry of Health — National Framework for Home and Community Support Services (HCSS), 2020
Published: 27 Aug 2020 · Accessed: June 2026Source evidence boundary
Historical August 2020 commissioning/design framework for DHB-funded older-person HCSS, not an eight-page binding national standard or a current all-age disability-service guide. Original 29-page PDF and live primary PDF are byte-identical. Its 2017/18 expenditure, 2018 consultation, demographic forecasts, historical funding rules and agency structure are time-bound. July 2021/2022 development and rollout dates are intentions; implementation was not established by this review. Appendices contain draft/unconfirmed measures, not present service guarantees. Source identity and full text were reviewed, but current contracts, eligibility, workforce rules and all clinical/legal propositions were not comprehensively audited. Preserve the original filename, category and June 2026 access label; publication, September technical production and October 2026 evidence review are distinct.
Government-hosted source links
8 examples of 15 recorded links to government or Parliament hosts. This does not certify that every document is government-authored or that every public body is covered.
- Office for Seniors — Enduring Power of Attorney: two-page A4 information leaflet, March 2025
- Health NZ / Sapere — January 2024 aged-care funding and service-model strategic assessment
- Ministry of Health — National Framework for Home and Community Support Services (HCSS), 2020
- MSD — Initial Agreement to Draft Carers’ Strategy Action Plan and Public Consultation (2025 Cabinet Paper)
- 2026 Australian Source Brief - My Aged Care Navigation Model
- Whaikaha — Home and Community Support Services: Tier Two Specification (Version 2.1, August 2023)
- MSD — A Guide for Carers / He Aratohu mā ngā Kaitiaki, July 2021
- NZDA - Roadmap to Better Oral Health
Related recorded trackers (3)
Aged Care Funding and Residential Care
Recorded watchpoint: Government decisions, funding, and implementation responsibilities for advisory recommendations.
Entry updated: 8 Oct 2026
Dementia, Disability and Health Services
Recorded watchpoint: Funded dementia actions and implementation guidance under the Disability Support Services Act 2026.
Entry updated: 8 Oct 2026
Elder Abuse Justice and Consumer Protection
Recorded watchpoint: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day follow-up and justice portfolio monitoring.
Entry updated: 9 Jun 2026