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FUTURE-FOCUSSED APPROACHES FOR REST-HOME-ONLY PROVIDERS SNEHA PILLAI & RABIKAH BEGUM / September 2025 The authors extend their sincere appreciation to the aged care providers that generously contributed their time, expertise, operational information, and considered perspectives...
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- •FUTURE-FOCUSSED APPROACHES FOR REST-HOME-ONLY PROVIDERS SNEHA PILLAI & RABIKAH BEGUM / September 2025 The authors extend their sincere appreciation to the aged care...
- •Their willingness to engage openly and constructively has provided valuable insights that have significantly informed the development of this work.
- •Thank you to Kpiti Retirement Trust, and its staff, residents and families who kindly allowed us into their home to take photographs for this report.
- •'The question is not if change will come, but how prepared we are to adapt to it.' AGED CARE ASSOCIATION NEW ZEALAND The Aged Care Association (ACA) initiated this...
- •Te Whatu Ora | Health NZ has categorically stated that there is no formal policy to reduce or remove rest home provision.
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FUTURE-FOCUSSED APPROACHES FOR REST-HOME-ONLY PROVIDERS SNEHA PILLAI & RABIKAH BEGUM / September 2025 The authors extend their sincere appreciation to the aged care providers that generously contributed their time, expertise, operational information, and considered perspectives to this project. Their willingness to engage openly and constructively has provided valuable insights that have significantly informed the development of this work. Thank you to Kpiti Retirement Trust, and its staff, residents and families who kindly allowed us into their home to take photographs for this report. 'The question is not if change will come, but how prepared we are to adapt to it.' AGED CARE ASSOCIATION NEW ZEALAND The Aged Care Association (ACA) initiated this project in response to mixed signals from government and government agencies about the future of rest home level care. Te Whatu Ora | Health NZ has categorically stated that there is no formal policy to reduce or remove rest home provision. H
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