Events
Tauranga National Council of Women is proud to support community initiatives that reflect the UN Decade four objectives
This where you will find out about the various projects.
We will assist you to focus your community event and list it here.
Enquiries, please contact:
Pauline Bennett. p.027 4728556. e.bennett.pauline50@gmail.com
The UN Decade of Healthy Ageing has four key themes:
Ageism - Changing how we think, feel, and act towards age and ageing.
Age-friendly communities - Developing communities in ways that foster the abilities of older people.
Integrated care - Delivering person-centered care and primary health services that are responsive to older people.
Long-term care - Providing long-term care for those who need it.
These pages will list events and community initiatives under these four theme headings.
Do scroll down to see what is happening. Do consider what you, your group, or organisation might do. It may be small - a discussion perhaps that may lead to something grand. It may be something for today that impacts others and makes a difference for tomorrow. It all matters. Our Elders are precious.
Please make sure you include Elders in all you do. They are our wisdom keepers. Their knowledge serves us today and for tomorrow.
“It is the Kaumatua, Kuia and Kaitiake of the mana whenua who are able to provide matauranga- traditional knowledge.” Pio Kawe.
The very first Decade event was held in Tauranga on the 24th of June 2023.
Te Whata Ora Hauora a Toi, Bay of Plenty held a hui Healthy Ageing and LifeCurve at Tauranga Hospital.
Organised by Dr Sarah Mitchell and her team from Tauranga Hospital.
People attended from all over Aotearoa New Zealand, present and online. They enjoyed a key presentation from visiting Professor Peter Gore the founder of LifeCurve from the UK, who highlighted the importance of maintaining functionality and the many ways to maintain it with the support of an APP to tailor a personalised approach. Presenters included:
Dr Ngaire Kerse MNZM from Auckland University Medical School spoke about her extensive research on ageing in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Kathy Everitt Manager of the LifeCurve Project here in Tauranga, is developing a nationwide network of Life Curve App users.
Carole Gordon MNZM a social and political gerontologist, highlighted the challenges of longevity including the urgency for policies to provide a community ecosystem for later-life wellbeing.
Lucy asks:
Well, what are you planning?
Where shall we go today?
I am keen to know what’s happening.
Changing how we think, feel, and act towards age and ageing
We can improve economic development, harness intergenerational knowledge, and create more equitable, healthier, and happy societies: a world for all ages.
The following projects support this objective:
FRAMING LONGEVITY
An ongoing project that contributes to the UN Decade and WHO programme for combatting ageism.
Ageism was identified as a major issue contributing to social isolation, suffering, and death during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was evidenced globally by the World Health Organisation. COVID “lived experience” research in Tauranga indicated efforts were needed to address systemic and culturally deep ageism.
The Framing Longevity project is a collaboration between local governments, health, and community agencies to overcome the homogenising of older people, particularly through actively disaggregating data. Parties will structure inclusive “all ages” data, imagery, and language systems so that the diversity of Elders becomes visible and stereotypes challenged. It is expected that policies will better align with the ageing of communities. It is a beginning effort to understand ageism as a form of discrimination and prejudice that limits the value of a person through definitions and stereotypes of old age that deny human rights. ‘Framing’ impacts the interlocking structural systems of racism, sexism, heterosexism, and ageism. Ageism limits life.
Lead Contact: Carole Gordon MNZM . CGConsulting. caroleceg@gmail.com
More information: www.framinglongevity.com
Framing Longevity projects to disaggregate data are underway.
Western Bay of Plenty Primary Health Organisation reports a significant impact from changing their data profiling to include all age cohorts to 100+. CEO Lindsey Webber is impressed with the increased awareness and analysis that has come from now showing all the age groups instead of a 65+ grouping of older people.
Linsey says, This an important shift in efforts to deliver primary care services to a diverse a high ageing community.”
Western Bay of Plenty District Council has begun the process of changing data profiling. It is expected that community plans will be more focused to meet the needs of growing numbers of Elders.
Tauranga City Council plans to progress a disaggregation of data in their systems. It has changed data gathering by age cohorts in community surveys.
TAURANGA MOANA KAUMATUA KORERO
Elders are going to consider the UN Decade themes and decide what is important to them and their whanau for ageing well - kia eke kairangi ki tetaikaumatuatanga.
Lead Contact: Charlie Tawhiao Chair Tauranga Moana Iwi Collective.
Developing communities in ways that foster the abilities of older people.
As population ageing and urbanization rapidly progress worldwide, making our cities and communities more age-friendly is crucial to maximise the opportunities offered by longer lives. Anew guide released by the World Health Organization (WHO), National programmes for age-friendly cities and communities, provides a clear framework for accelerating the creation of age-friendly environments: better places to grow, live, work, play, and age.
The following projects support this objective
PACIFIC MATUA CONVERSATIONS
A group of Pacific older people - Matua - plan to discuss ageing and being older in the City.
They plan to meet at Ave Nui to discuss their role and place in the community and their well-being. They are keen to talk about staying happy and healthy themselves and to learn more about family and community health. Matua will look into the UN themes and explore the topics to develop further ideas and actions.
Lead facilitator: Sameli Tongalea p.028 4173435
COLAB ELDER SURVEY TE PUKE - TO WAHI - OUR PLACE
Hangaia te hāpori, kia puāwaitia ai ngā iwi katoa
The team at COLAB are keen to understand the issues and challenges facing Elders in Te Puke.
An Elder survey is underway. It is expected to provide information to assist further conversations about living longer and ageing well in Te Puke. The outcomes will contribute to an age-friendly community.
CONTACT: Chris Johnstone <coordinator@colabcommunity.nz> 027 601 5321 | www.colabcommunity.nz
LIFECURVE NZ
The LifeCurve™ is about ageing well.
This is an app that gives people the tools to age better by providing knowledge, advice, encouragement, and resources.
The LifeCurve™ quiz enables you to map how you are ageing. A personalised results package has movement routines and hints and tips on how to age better, stay active and be safe. App users can receive personalised advice based on research and knowledge from physiotherapists and occupational therapists.
Lead contact: Kathy Everitt, Te Whatu Ora a Toi Bay of Plenty
More information: https://www.lifecurve.co.nz/
Delivering person-centered integrated care and primary health services that are responsive to older people.
THE FUTURE OF HOME-BASED COMMUNITY CARE
As communities become older there is an increasing need for specialised Elder care services. There are worthy health goals that include person-centered care and integrated care services. There is also evidence of failures in the delivery models of care for vulnerable older people.
A growing global effort to improve care systems and maximise resources is giving focus to home-based care assisted by technologies.
Western Bay of Plenty Rural Women has initiated a collaborative NCW Tauranga Decade project to better understand the ‘local current delivery of care services and possible gaps in contract systems.’ A research project is underway led by Age Concern in association with Massey University.
Lead Contact: Angela Scott, Tauranga Age Concern.
Provide long term care to people who need it.
The following projects support this objective