Older people given less than 24 hours to move
Media release
10 July 2008
"How would you feel if you were given less than 24 hours to leave your home?" asks Age Concern.
The organization that works for New Zealand's older people is commenting on the immediate transfer of Belhaven Resthome
residents to another location.
"The safety of vulnerable older people is a paramount concern," Age Concern New Zealand's chief executive Ann Martin
says.
"Age Concern works to combat elder abuse wherever it occurs and we welcome moves, however belated, to keep the Belhaven
residents safe.
"However, it might be far better for the vulnerable senior residents to be kept safe in the place they regard as their
home, and their carers given additional assistance and oversight, rather than moved with such unseemly haste.
"A managed transition out of Belhaven would have been better for everyone," Ann Martin says.
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