Aging in New Zealand: Ka haere ki te ao pakeketanga

Date
2020
Authors
Parr-Brownlie, LC
Waters, DL
Neville, S
Neha, T
Muramatsu, N
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Journal Article
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Oxford University Press (OUP)
Abstract

Aotearoa-New Zealand is expecting the number of older adults to double in the next 20 years. Despite publicly funded health and welfare support for older citizens, the aging experience differs across ethnic groups. This creates opportunities and challenges for health and social services to deliver culturally safe and equitable care for all older New Zealanders. Longitudinal and large data sets are pivotal for characterizing the aging experience from birth to advanced age. The New Zealand research funding system responded to predicted demographic changes by increasing funding in order to inform and address key health and well-being issues for older people. In addition, government strategies and policies increasingly focus on social aspects of aging and health inequities and require researchers and organizations to be better connected to end-users. New Zealand needs to continue to fund research that identifies unique and courageous service delivery solutions that result in positive social, financial, psychological, and physical aging for older New Zealanders.

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Indigenous , Māori , Pacific , Health and well-being , Public policies
Source
The Gerontologist, Volume 60, Issue 5, August 2020, Pages 812–820, https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnaa032
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