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As a Grey Power Zone Seven committee member, she represented patients throughout Southland and Otago. Southern DHB's manager for the health of older people Sharon Adler said all providers were subject to regular monitoring. This included certification audits every 18 months; six-monthly reviews of quality indicators like timeliness, complaints, and quality of care planning; and monthly reviews of service metrics like case mixes, demographics, and travel time, she said. Adler gave the board's Disability Support Advisory Committee an overview of the service at a meeting on Monday, explain...

Southern District Health Board defends overnight discharges of elderly patients 28 Apr, 2021 11:20 PM 3 minutes to read The 11 patients were discharged from the emergency department rather than wards. Photo / ODT Otago Daily Times Elderly patients discharged overnight from Southern hospitals received appropriate care, the district health board says. Figures released recently by the National Party showed that in January, the Southern District Health Board discharged 11 hospital patients over the age of 80 between 1am and 8am. That was criticised by Grey Power Otago president Jo Millar, who sai...

Press Release – Grey Power New Zealand Grey Power is pleased to note that the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine has arrived in the country and inoculations have already started with our most vulnerable workers. We look forward to this becoming available to our members, in fact, to all older people. … Grey Power is pleased to note that the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine has arrived in the country and inoculations have already started with our most vulnerable workers. We look forward to this becoming available to our members, in fact, to all older people. We are all aware that vaccinations are the most eff...