Advocacy and Policy Change to the reporting of pressure injuries in aged residential care Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission has shared a letter to the sector,…Sneha PillaiMay 7, 2024
Media Releases ACA appoints Hon. Tracey Martin as new chief executive The Aged Care Association is delighted to announce the appointment of Hon. Tracey Martin as…Sneha PillaiApril 24, 2024
Media Releases New Zealand’s elders need fit-for-purpose aged care – now and into the future The Sapere report on the state of the aged care affirms what the government has…Sneha PillaiApril 19, 2024
Past Events Workshop for facility managers and aspiring leaders (June 2024) The Aged Care Association is pleased to announce the programme for the 2024 workshop for…Sneha PillaiApril 18, 2024
Media Releases Aged Care Commissioner’s report raises concerns over shortage of aged residential care beds Yesterday’s report by the Aged Care Commissioner highlights worsening health outcomes for older people, who…Liz RobinsonMarch 8, 2024
Media Releases Te Whatu Ora review delays pay equity for care and support workers Te Whatu Ora is delaying the urgent pay equity claim for care and support workers…Liz RobinsonOctober 5, 2023
Media Releases Crashing hospital beds highlight the domino effect of the aged care crisis The Aged Care Association has today launched a multiplatform campaign to urge the government to…Liz RobinsonAugust 7, 2023
Media Releases Aged Care Association welcomes National’s health workforce policy The Aged Care Association (ACA) welcomes National’s health workforce policy. ACA chief executive Simon Wallace…Liz RobinsonMay 1, 2023
Media Releases Pay parity for aged care nurses ‘promised but not delivered’ Despite the former Minister of Health’s promise of pay parity for aged care nurses, what…Liz RobinsonMarch 8, 2023
Events_Old Nurse registration applications The Association met with the Nursing Council in early February 2023 to discuss the processing…Liz RobinsonFebruary 9, 2023
Past Events Wrap-up of the Managers and Aspiring Leaders workshop (2023) And that’s a wrap! Ka pai to everyone who made it to this series of…Lili BushDecember 16, 2022
Media Releases Aged residential care providers thrilled with Green List news The Aged Care Association is thrilled to hear that nurses are to be added to…Liz RobinsonDecember 12, 2022
Media Releases Funding for aged care nurse pay parity a huge win for sector Funding to bring aged care nurses’ pay up to the level of public hospital nurses…Liz RobinsonNovember 28, 2022
Advocacy and Policy Our journey to pay parity Successive governments have enabled a growing pay disparity between nurses who care for people in public hospitals…Liz RobinsonNovember 25, 2022
Media Releases Disconnect between immigration settings and reality The disconnect between the Government’s immigration policy and what is actually happening on the ground…Liz RobinsonNovember 23, 2022
Media Releases Mercy Parklands closure an absolute tragedy says Aged Care Association The closure of Mercy Parklands carehome in Auckland is an absolute tragedy says the NZ…adminOctober 31, 2022
EventsEvents_Old 2022 Summit Wrap-up Annual Summit 2022 New Zealand Aged Care Association (NZACA) & Retirement Villages Association (RVA) Annual…Lili BushSeptember 13, 2022
Advocacy and PolicyData and Insight Report: Supporting equitable and timely access to aged residential care A report by the NZACA analysing data collected through interRAI 2020-21.SupportJuly 5, 2022
Advocacy and Policy Health and Disability Services Standards Review (2019–2021) The following standards were reviewed and combined into the one, updated 2021 Standard. Health and…Lili BushMarch 17, 2022
Advocacy and PolicyData and InsightFor Employers ARC Industry Profile 2021-22 A comprehensive report on the state of the aged residential care (ARC) sector.SupportMarch 15, 2022