Ageing

A new range of supplements will help people live to 100 or longer, says pharmacist Greg Macpherson, the chief executive of New Zealand firm SRW Laboratories

A new range of supplements will help people live to 100 or longer, says pharmacist Greg Macpherson, the chief executive of New Zealand firm SRW Laboratories

The ongoing revamp of services Auckland pharmacies provide to aged-care and residential facilities will now not be completed until late next year, the Waitematā DHB has confirmed

Advance care planning is now everyone’s business, writes primary care nurse and researcher Barbara Docherty, noting reluctance from rest home providers

World-first research from New Zealand has revealed a doubling of fracture risk for elderly patients on multiple medications, which can have deadly consequences

The Ministry of Health’s historical record of death and its causes since 1948 shows a sharp decline in mortality over 66 years but progress is slower for Māori