Alzheimers New Zealand

Alzheimers New Zealand raises awareness of dementia, provides information and resources, advocates for high-quality services, and promotes research about prevention, treatment, cure and care.

Carers New Zealand

The Carers New Zealand charity provides support for family carers.

Health & Disability Commissioner

The office of the Health & Disability Commissioner works to promote and protect the rights of health consumers and those with disabilities.

Hospice New Zealand

The national hospice organisation.

The hospice movement in New Zealand – 25 years on

An article by Michael McCabe published by The Nathaniel Centre in 2004.

The New Zealand Carers' Strategy

An Action Plan for 2019 to 2023 accessible from this link was developed in consultation with whānau, aiga and carers and in partnership between a cross-government working group and the New Zealand Carers’ Alliance, a network of not-for-profit organisations. 

A guide for carers – He aratohu mā ngā kaitiaki. Wellington: Ministry of Social Development, 2013.

Bland, Marian. ‘Betwixt and between: a critical ethnography of comfort in New Zealand residential aged care.’ Journal of Clinical Nursing 16 (2007): 937–944. 

Jorgensen, Diane, Parsons, Matthew, Jacobs, Stephen and Arksey, Hilary. 'New Zealand informal caregivers and their unmet needs.' New Zealand Medical Journal 123, no. 1317 (2010).

Kirkman, Allison. ‘Caring “from the duty and the heart”: gendered work and Alzheimer’s disease.' Women’s Studies Journal 24, no. 1 (2011): 2–16.

Kirkman, Allison. ‘Formal and informal care: caring as paid and unpaid labour.’ In Health and society in Aotearoa New Zealand, edited by Kevin Dew and Peter Davis, 113–126. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 2004.

Opie, Anne, ed. Caring alone: looking after the confused elderly at home. Wellington: Daphne Brasell, 1991.

Tennant, Margaret. ‘Disability in New Zealand: an historical survey.’ New Zealand Journal of Disability Studies 2 (1996): 3–33.

Tennant, Margaret. Paupers and providers: charitable aid in New Zealand. Wellington: Allen & Unwin/Historical Branch, Dept of Internal Affairs, 1989.

The New Zealand carers’ strategy and five-year action plan 2008. Wellington: Ministry of Social Development, 2008.