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  •   Home > News > Health & Safety

    As our aging population grows the aged care sector is being strained

    As our aging population grows the aged care sector is being strained


    Since May, North Shore Hospital has had a 20-bed ward full of people - with no medical reason to be there.

    Aged Care Association Chief Executive Tracey Martin says many of them will be older people needing aged care.

    She says in Auckland there's a very tight supply of care.

    Martin says both residential care facilities and Psychogeriatric care have almost no capacity.

    © 2025 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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