“A frozen meal may be only $5 or $6,” Cochrane said.
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Meals on Wheels has offered a food delivery service to the housebound and ill in Temuka since 1970. There was just one person requiring Meals on Wheels in Temuka now so the DHB had offered to deliver to them, she said. “Over the last few years we’ve been down to about eight meals a day.” Looking back the former volunteer said she enjoyed talking to recipients. “I used to love doing it and seeing the smile on their face and having a chat.” She doubts Meals and Wheels will be back in Temuka in the future.
He said he had resized his business from 65 staff to 15 because of the impact of Covid-19 on tourism. “It certainly has not been easy for any of us. I know that some of my team have struggled.”
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Fox Glacier Guiding chief executive Rob Jewell says he welcomes the offer of mental wellbeing support for tourism-dependant communities. He said he hoped his peers in the industry would also take up the offer given the pain and hardship he had seen in the community as a result of the absence of international tourists. “I’ve just seen the pain that has been evident in the communities.”
Dopamine is a neurotransmitter which affects mood, pleasure and motivation. It is harder for P users to maintain sobriety because their mood often takes a long time to lift due to the depletion of dopamine, making relapse rates high, Kibble said. She said the DHB had sought community feedback since February on how it could respond more effectively.
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The South Canterbury District Health Board has undertaken a feedback process to respond better to the strain on mental health and addiction services. (File photo) She said wide-spread consultation had been undertaken, including the SCDHB Māori Health Advisory Committee workshop, Arowhenua Whānau Services consultation, consumer led consultation with Pasifika and the SCDHB Consumer Council. The SCDHB had also received numerous individual submissions, group submissions in addition to meetings with individuals and groups for feedback.
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the main Timaru vaccination clinic at Woollcombe House, on Wednesday. Temuka woman Brenda Moir said described the process of getting a vaccine as “smooth”. Those with appointments are greeted, their details checked before the are asked how they are feeling and told about the vaccine – including what to expect and any side effects they may experience. Moir said she barely had time to sit down in the waiting room, before she was ushered into a cubicle and asked to confirm she was feeling well before recieveing her first dose. “I was really impressed. It was a smooth process. I was jabbed and did not even know it had happened,” Moir said as she sat with a cup of water and waited 20 minutes to ensure she did not react.
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HealthCare New Zealand restructured in early 2020, centralising jobs to call centres, prompting protests across the country. Now another restructure has been proposed (file photo). Acting chief executive Josephine Gagan said the latest proposal would eliminate “back and forward” communication between the new centralised service centres and the branches by simplifying systems. The changes include creating a centralised human resources team, setting up a “service review team” to manage the registered nurses, and replacing local branch managers with “relationship managers”. There were 287 staff who would be affected by the changes, ranging from roles being disestablished to a change in title.