HealthInfo Canterbury

Community groups & agencies for older people

  HealthInfo recommends the following pages

Advocacy

• Age Concern Canterbury
• Carers New Zealand
• Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
• Grey Power
• Nationwide Health and Disability Advocacy Service

Continuing education

• SeniorNet

Financial and legal advice

• Citizens Advice Bureau
• Community Law Canterbury

Government agencies

• Ministry of Health
• Ministry of Social Development and Ministry of Social Development – Services for Seniors brochure
• Work and Income

Health and disability information

• Aspire Canterbury information service
• Disability Information Centres
• Enable New Zealand: Lifelong design checklist (link opens a PDF)
• Health and Disability Commissioner
• Retirement Villages Association of NZ
• Seniorline

Retirement issues

• Eldernet
• Commission for Financial Capability

Social contact

• St John Caring Caller
• Te Whare Awhero (Hope House) Communities and Neighbours (CAN) and their pamphlet
• Rockers of Ages

Written by HealthInfo clinical advisers. Last reviewed February 2017.

Page reference: 52995

Review key: HISSO-48278