Health of Older People
Contact
Lisa Gestro
Manager Health of Older People, Disability & Palliative Care
09 630 9943 x 26097
021 895 104
LGestro@ADHB.GOVT.NZ
Introduction
The Health of Older People (HoP) portfolio is principally responsible for the care of people within Central Auckland who are aged 65 and over. The ADHB is charged with implementing the national Health of Older People Strategy, which is concerned to a large degree with the enactment of the ‘Ageing in Place’ philosophy – a fundamental shift in care provision which will enable older people to remain safely in their homes with support for longer or indefinite periods of time, delaying or preventing admission to residential care wherever possible. As such, the ADHB recognise that the older population fall into a continuum of need where strategies need to, for example, prevent ill health, promote wellness, support and help manage long term conditions, provide acute help and services such as residential and domiciliary care.