By Mary Longmore
July 19, 2024
Upset residents and their families and friends turned out to support staff striking over a proposal to cut 400 care hours a week at a Wellington aged care facility.
Read more... ‘We are family’ — residents rally around nursing staff after bosses propose cutting 400 care hours
By Mary Longmore
June 14, 2024
After two years of limbo, thousands of care and support workers this week lodged a claim for equal pay with the Employment Relations Authority (ERA).
Read more... Time to ‘get serious’ as pay equity claim for health’s lowest paid women workers lodged with ERA
By Mary Longmore
June 20, 2023
Caring for Aotearoa’s ageing rainbow community and the importance of “flourishing” in aged care — for both nurses and residents — were among topics at the recent NZNO college of gerontology nurses conference.
Read more... Being queer in aged care
By Cate Macintosh
April 18, 2023
On Saturday, over 2000 nurses and health care assistants around the country hit the streets to demand action on the health staffing crisis. For many, it was also a chance to seek solace with their fellow exhausted colleagues while facing another winter of chronic short-staffing.
Read more... Aged-care nurse makes heartfelt plea at Day of Action