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Multiple deprivation in older adults: How to help prevent the inevitable
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Multiple deprivation in older adults: How to help prevent the inevitable
Wednesday 13 September 2023, 12:35 AM
Positive therapeutic relationships can be surprisingly encouraging for older people [Image: AJ Watt on iStock]
Specialist GP Ngaire Kerse looks at the results of a recently published report on vulnerability among older people in Aotearoa
Key points, There is real deprivation among older people in Aotearoa – a recent report indicates 13 per cent of those aged 65 and over experience multiple disadva, Pract Green w Pale Yellow
References
1. Pinto SA, Mok P, Warn V. Older people experiencing vulnerability and multiple disadvantage: A report on the needs of older people (65+) in health, housing, finance, social connections, and access. Wellington, NZ: Social Wellbeing Agency; 2023.
2. Exeter DJ, Zhao J, Crengle S, et al. The New Zealand Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD): A new suite of indicators for social and health research in Aotearoa, New Zealand. PLoS One 2017;12(8):e0181260.
3. Exeter DJ, Browne M, Robinson-Chen T, et al. The Older Persons’ Index of Multiple Deprivation: Measuring the deprivation circumstances of older populations in Aotearoa New Zealand. Health Place 2022;76:102850.
4. Myck M, Najsztub M, Oczkowska M. Implications of social and material deprivation for changes in health of older people. J Aging Health 2020;32(5-6):371–83.
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