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<strong>Community</strong><br />
resources<br />
<strong>2019</strong><br />
your guide<br />
to organisations<br />
that care<br />
proudly published by
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PUTTING WELLBEING at the centre<br />
If life is hard, complicated or just<br />
confusing, visit The Loft on the first floor<br />
of Eastgate Shopping Centre and see if<br />
they can help.<br />
The Loft is a collaborative partnership of<br />
community, social and health services that<br />
are focussed on improving the wellbeing<br />
of people in the Christchurch community,<br />
particularly children and their whānau.<br />
The Loft is evolving and improving how<br />
people access and experience social and<br />
community-based support, which can<br />
be a daunting and confusing experience.<br />
Traditionally, people are required to<br />
work out what help they need and then<br />
seek it, often from multiple sources. The<br />
Loft removes those barriers because it<br />
provides an immediate and integrated<br />
response to complex individual, whānau<br />
and community needs, from one place.<br />
The Loft space has been intentionally<br />
designed to encourage and welcome<br />
visitors in manner that is immediate and<br />
mana-enhancing. As one client described<br />
it, “for the first time, I was being listened<br />
to.”<br />
People can just walk in the door without<br />
an appointment or even knowing what<br />
service they need – The Loft team helps<br />
them through that process.<br />
The Tautāwhi Manuhiri ensures that<br />
visitors and clients are met with<br />
manaakitanga and aroha; a Navigator<br />
works with the children, adults and<br />
whānau who walk in the door with high<br />
and complex social needs to decide<br />
what will best support them; and Te<br />
Ara Atea – Family Violence Wayfinder<br />
provides immediate, specialist ‘make safe’<br />
interventions for people experiencing<br />
family violence. If the best support is not<br />
available in The Loft, people will be helped<br />
to access it externally.<br />
A recent Loft client said “Everyone<br />
was very friendly, they just all had that<br />
empathy…and then I started getting all the<br />
referrals, and what would be done, and<br />
there were follow-ups. It didn’t feel like,<br />
‘well, here you go and look for it yourself.<br />
It was very proactive. It’s been great.”<br />
www.theloftchristchurch.org.nz<br />
0800 TO LOFT<br />
1 ST floor Eastgate Shopping Centre<br />
theloftchristchurch.org.nz<br />
0800 TO LOFT (86 5638)<br />
“They played a part<br />
in something that<br />
has changed my life.<br />
Without them,<br />
I’d still be suffering.”<br />
<strong>Community</strong> &<br />
Social Services<br />
Health<br />
Services<br />
OPENING HOURS: Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm<br />
Services currently represented at The Loft are:<br />
• Anger management<br />
• Budgeting advice<br />
• Child health, parenting and community support<br />
• Citizen’s Advice Bureau<br />
• Help to access housing<br />
• Family violence services<br />
• Legal advice<br />
• Refugee and migrant services<br />
• Return-to-work assistance for people with mental<br />
health conditions<br />
• Sexual assault support for people 18 and over<br />
• Small loans (no interest and low interest)<br />
• Social work support<br />
• Specialist peer support<br />
• Support to overcome harm from gambling<br />
(including specialist support for Pasifika people)<br />
OPENING HOURS: Monday – Thursday, 8am – 8pm;<br />
Friday, 8am – 5pm; Saturday, 10am – 4pm<br />
An integrated primary healthcare centre offering general<br />
medical, midwifery, pharmacy, physiotherapy, mental health<br />
and older person’s services is located in an adjacent space.
COMMUNITY RESOURCES <strong>2019</strong><br />
3<br />
TOO MANY NEW ZEALANDERS<br />
not exercising enough<br />
New UK research has found that even<br />
people who have been quite inactive much<br />
of their life will benefit from exercise when<br />
they are middle-aged or older.<br />
A Cambridge University team of<br />
researchers examined the relationship<br />
between trends in physical activity levels<br />
over time and mortality risk among adults<br />
in middle age and older.<br />
ExerciseNZ chief executive Richard Beddie<br />
says many Kiwis will be shocked to learn<br />
that New Zealand is the 13th-worst in the<br />
world for physical inactivity and the worst<br />
in the developed world.<br />
“Exercise is the number-one sport in New<br />
Zealand with more than half a million<br />
participants, and growing research<br />
confirms the health benefits of activity for<br />
all Kiwis. But we should be much better<br />
than that in terms of numbers,” Richard<br />
says.<br />
“We have a massive crisis in New Zealand<br />
in terms of people’s inactivity. We urgently<br />
need a co-ordinated approach to solve it,<br />
involving government, local authorities,<br />
schools and workplaces so we can<br />
increase the quality and length of life of all<br />
New Zealanders and reduce the burden on<br />
the public health system.<br />
“The exercise industry is ready and willing<br />
to do its part and we want to present to a<br />
government select committee on how to<br />
address the issue. We need action and we<br />
need it now.”<br />
As countless research studies have<br />
shown, exercise can lower the risk of<br />
cardiovascular disease, cancer and<br />
diabetes, and increase life expectancy.<br />
The UK academic research looked at the<br />
effects that exercise in middle and older<br />
age have on the risk of premature death<br />
and lifespan. It showed that no matter<br />
when anyone starts to exercise in life, they<br />
can still reap the benefits.<br />
Richard agrees it is not too late for the<br />
almost 50 per cent of New Zealanders<br />
that don’t do enough physical activity to<br />
earn the health benefits of exercise.<br />
“World Health Organisation guidelines<br />
say people should exercise 150 minutes<br />
of movement a week, or 30 minutes five<br />
times a week or 90 minutes of moderate<br />
to intense activity a week,” he says.<br />
“The Cambridge research showed that<br />
even those that have been inactive for<br />
much of their lives will make significant<br />
health gains in life expectancy and quality<br />
of life if they start moving more regularly.<br />
“The UK team examined how changes in<br />
exercise levels over time affect a person’s<br />
risk of dying from any cause, as well as<br />
dying from specific conditions — such as<br />
cardiovascular disease.”<br />
The researchers found out how much<br />
exercise older adults need in order to<br />
boost their reasoning skills and their<br />
brains’ processing speed.<br />
Also, the results suggested that even<br />
if someone decided to exercise after<br />
being physically inactive, the benefits for<br />
longevity would still be significant.<br />
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COMMUNITY RESOURCES <strong>2019</strong><br />
MEDICAL PRACTICE<br />
dedicated to local community<br />
“Modern Medicine – Traditional Values”<br />
Serving our community for more than 80 years, Lincoln Medical Centre is<br />
the general practice which has taken care of entire families for generations.<br />
We welcome new patients living or working in our area.<br />
Services available to enrolled patients include:<br />
• GP Services (we can offer consultations in various languages:<br />
French, Mandarin, Filipino, Sinhalese & Spanish)<br />
• online appointment booking • skin checks & minor surgery • travel clinic<br />
• blood tests • children’s clinics • liquid nitrogen clinic with our nurses<br />
• please visit our website for more information<br />
Hours: Mon, Wed & Fri: 8am - 5pm | Tue & Thurs: 8am - 7pm<br />
Sat: 9am - 12pm (excluding Public Holidays)<br />
1 Gerald St, Lincoln | Tel: 03 3<strong>25</strong> 2411 | Fax: 03 3<strong>25</strong> 2432 | www.lincolnmedical.nz<br />
Situated in the heart of<br />
Lincoln, Lincoln Medical<br />
Centre is the Family General<br />
Practice that has served<br />
the local community for<br />
generations. At Lincoln<br />
Medical they practise<br />
modern medicine and hold to<br />
traditional values. Their goal is<br />
that patients feel the warmth<br />
and the dedication of the<br />
team.<br />
The team consists of eight<br />
General Practitioners as<br />
well as a team of nurses<br />
and receptionists, who<br />
are committed to helping<br />
meet the needs of enrolled<br />
patients. For urgent care they<br />
provide a doctor dedicated<br />
to emergencies, and specific<br />
children’s clinics.<br />
They also offer extended<br />
evening hours on Tuesdays<br />
and Thursdays, as well as<br />
Saturday mornings for<br />
enrolled patients. For routine<br />
appointments. Patients are<br />
encouraged, when possible,<br />
to book in advance to ensure<br />
they are able to see their<br />
doctor of choice at their<br />
desired time.<br />
They continue to provide<br />
home visits to those facing<br />
long and sometimes<br />
painful illnesses, as well as<br />
collaborating with District<br />
Nurses in the provision of<br />
palliative care. As a team,<br />
they are dedicated to<br />
providing you and your family<br />
with the highest quality care<br />
they possibly can.<br />
At Better Denture we have a range<br />
of services and options available.<br />
Free denture check<br />
Free consults<br />
Free quotes<br />
New dentures<br />
Same-day reline<br />
Same-day repairs<br />
Sport mouth guards<br />
6 Brynley Street, Hornby | Phone 03 349 5050 | www.betterdenture.co.nz
COMMUNITY RESOURCES <strong>2019</strong><br />
5<br />
Steven of Just Funerals<br />
FUNERAL<br />
SERVICES<br />
to meet every<br />
family’s needs<br />
When a loved family member passes<br />
away, it is important for those arranging<br />
the funeral to find a funeral director that<br />
meets their needs in every way.<br />
Just Funerals on Blenheim Road is able to<br />
do that, providing a totally professional<br />
funeral service for the bereaved family and<br />
friends. There is a selection of affordable<br />
funeral options available, including burials,<br />
with a price range starting from $1745<br />
for direct cremation, and they also offer<br />
repatriation and burial at sea services.<br />
Steven has the skills to deal with clients<br />
sensitively, first discussing with them what<br />
they would like for their loved one, then<br />
making all the arrangements and guiding<br />
them through the process. He regards it as<br />
a privilege to help families when they are<br />
at their most vulnerable.<br />
Just Funerals was established in<br />
Christchurch 18 months ago, and is a<br />
branch of the well-established, Aucklandbased<br />
Just Funerals. A family business, it is<br />
owned and operated by Steven and Vicky<br />
Davey, together with their son Oliver, who<br />
at 19 is the youngest fully qualified funeral<br />
director in New Zealand.<br />
The Just Funerals website has information<br />
on all their services, then to speak to<br />
Steven, phone 0800 804 663. He is<br />
available 24/7.<br />
Just Funerals, a family<br />
owned and operated<br />
company with<br />
qualified, registered<br />
and experienced staff.<br />
Non-Service<br />
Cremation<br />
JuSt $1,745<br />
Commital<br />
service with<br />
cremation<br />
just $3,950<br />
Chapel<br />
service with<br />
cremation<br />
JuSt $6,500<br />
Family<br />
burial<br />
service<br />
From $3,400<br />
Phone 0800 804 663 - 24 Hour Availability | Email: info@justfunerals.co.nz<br />
christchurch.justfunerals.co.nz
6 COMMUNITY RESOURCES <strong>2019</strong><br />
MANA IN MAHI HELPS<br />
businesses grow and young<br />
jobseekers thrive<br />
TRIED & TRUSTED BRAND<br />
through generations<br />
A programme advocating<br />
“Strength in Work” is a “winwin”<br />
for both Canterbury<br />
businesses looking for staff<br />
and local young people<br />
looking for work.<br />
The Mana in Mahi programme,<br />
led by the Ministry of Social<br />
Development, helps young<br />
New Zealanders get valuable,<br />
sought-after skills and<br />
qualifications to kick start<br />
their career.<br />
For employers, taking on a<br />
trainee is a big commitment,<br />
especially for smaller<br />
businesses. Mana in Mahi<br />
helps with the costs of preemployment<br />
and on-the-job<br />
training.<br />
It also provides support to<br />
help them get an industry<br />
training qualification,<br />
including an apprenticeship,<br />
and employees can work<br />
towards incentive payments.<br />
Canterbury Work Services<br />
Manager Simon Scott says<br />
the programme is a “win-win”<br />
for both the employer and<br />
employee.<br />
“This is a great opportunity<br />
for you to grow your business<br />
with support from us – and<br />
we also support your new<br />
employee”.<br />
Not only does Mana in Mahi<br />
help businesses gain skilled<br />
and knowledgeable people,<br />
it also helps the wider<br />
Canterbury community by<br />
giving our young people a<br />
kick-start to achieve their<br />
training and career goals.<br />
“Mana in Mahi can help you<br />
make a difference for young<br />
people. Helping a jobseeker<br />
find work can be incredibly<br />
rewarding for both the<br />
employee and the employer,”<br />
Scott said.<br />
“Together, we can help build<br />
a better long term future for<br />
Canterbury”.<br />
For more information on how<br />
this could help you into work,<br />
or help you hire some talented<br />
staff, talk to your local Work<br />
and Income work broker, email<br />
us at Mana_in_Mahi@msd.<br />
govt.nz or call us on 0800<br />
778 008.<br />
The iconic Rawleighs brand has<br />
been known for generations in<br />
New Zealand, and Christchurch<br />
distributor Fiona Head is<br />
thrilled to represent it.<br />
Originally from Hawkes<br />
Bay, Fiona came to<br />
Christchurch for<br />
work in 2015, and<br />
says that’s when<br />
she rediscovered<br />
Rawleighs after<br />
40 years.<br />
“My mother and<br />
grandparents<br />
used to buy<br />
Rawleighs,” Fiona<br />
says, “but I hadn’t<br />
had any other contact<br />
with the products until I joined<br />
up with the company. I became<br />
a master distributor in 2017<br />
and since then I haven’t looked<br />
back.”<br />
Fiona’s distribution area covers<br />
most areas of Christchurch<br />
as well as Oamaru, with the<br />
product range including<br />
everything from medicinal<br />
items through to home care<br />
and personal care products,<br />
and spices for cooking.<br />
“Rawleighs is a tried and<br />
trusted name that has<br />
been in the market for<br />
over 100 years. Their<br />
products are all<br />
top quality, and<br />
they really work,”<br />
Fiona says.<br />
“They are<br />
reasonably<br />
priced too, and<br />
they last for years.”<br />
Customers are<br />
invited to call round to<br />
see the full range of products<br />
on display and available for<br />
purchase at Fiona’s home.<br />
She also has catalogues for<br />
customers to take home for<br />
future reference. Her address<br />
is 283 Woolridge Road,<br />
Bishopdale, phone 550 1544, or<br />
022 086 7300.<br />
Now available in Christchurch and surrounding areas!<br />
For catalogue/pricelist, contact us.<br />
Independent Rawleighs Distributor<br />
Fiona Head, 283 Woolridge Road, Harewood, Christchurch 8051<br />
Ph: 03 550 1544 Mob: 022 086 7300 E: bandovar@orcon.net.nz
COMMUNITY RESOURCES <strong>2019</strong><br />
7<br />
KNITTING WITH LOVE<br />
for tiny babies<br />
MUSIC TRAINING<br />
good for brain function<br />
The knitting group Pod-Cast-<br />
On meets every Monday,<br />
10am-11.30am at the WEA<br />
on Gloucester Street. Led by<br />
experienced and passionate<br />
knitter Kazuko, this group<br />
produces much-needed pure<br />
wool knitwear for babies in<br />
the Christchurch Neonatal<br />
Unit.<br />
While knitting, they listen to<br />
and discuss a podcast chosen<br />
by the group. By the end of<br />
last term more than 40 items<br />
of clothing had been lovingly<br />
stitched and taken to the<br />
hospital. Mostly vests and<br />
jumpers, they are used during<br />
the babies’ stay in hospital<br />
and go into take-home packs<br />
for new families.<br />
Pure New Zealand wool<br />
keeps little ones warmest in<br />
winter and the knitters like<br />
to think that the love poured<br />
into each item helps too. The<br />
group is free to attend (they<br />
just ask for a $2 donation<br />
towards buying wool), with<br />
experienced and novice<br />
knitters all welcome. If you are<br />
a keen knitter looking for an<br />
outlet for your knitting, or are<br />
eager to learn, why not join<br />
them. Donations of pure wool<br />
also gratefully received.<br />
Pod-Cast-On is one of over<br />
40 courses and events in<br />
the Education Programme<br />
at the Canterbury Workers<br />
Educational Association<br />
(WEA), located on Gloucester<br />
Street, opposite the Art<br />
Gallery. From arts to current<br />
affairs, dance to philosophy, it<br />
has something for everyone.<br />
Visit www.cwea.org.nz or drop<br />
in and pick up a timetable.<br />
Did you know that musical<br />
training can change brain<br />
structure and function for the<br />
better? It can also improve<br />
long-term memory and lead<br />
to better brain development,<br />
particularly for those starting<br />
young.<br />
So, why wait? Join the<br />
Christchurch School of<br />
Music. CSM is a not-for-profit<br />
organisation with a strong<br />
focus on community. Catering<br />
for ages from two to 92, they<br />
have something for everyone.<br />
For the young ones there are<br />
pre-school and junior classes<br />
– ‘Take off with Music’, where<br />
four and a half year-olds can<br />
start on Suzuki strings, while<br />
at age six the recorder is a<br />
great instrument to learn.<br />
There is a fantastic deal for<br />
beginner recorder players –<br />
just $52 for a year of tuition<br />
including a recorder and a<br />
book. New enrolments are<br />
being taken now for Term 3.<br />
Older children and adults<br />
may opt for group or<br />
individual lessons on a<br />
specific instrument (including<br />
voice). With six orchestras,<br />
two concert bands, a Big<br />
Band, a jazz combo, six<br />
wind ensembles, rock<br />
bands, two choirs, chamber<br />
groups, a Samba band and a<br />
guitar ensemble there is an<br />
ensemble to suit all levels and<br />
ages.<br />
If affordability is an issue,<br />
CSM may be able to offer a<br />
discount through funding<br />
provided by the Rata<br />
Foundation.<br />
To find out more about CSM,<br />
or to enrol, got to www.csm.<br />
org.nz.<br />
CANTERBURY WORKERS EDUCATIONAL<br />
ASSOCIATION<br />
www.cwea.org.nz<br />
59 Gloucester Street, Christchurch,<br />
03 3660285
8 COMMUNITY RESOURCES <strong>2019</strong><br />
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For anyone with a disability<br />
or impairment, whether it<br />
is temporary or permanent,<br />
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Aspire Canterbury, a not-forprofit<br />
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“Our aim is to encourage<br />
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For the elderly, who have<br />
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9<br />
Volunteer surgeon Ian Bradford<br />
in the Charity Hospital’s busy<br />
Colonoscopy clinic.<br />
HELPING CANTABRIANS<br />
in need<br />
The Canterbury Charity Hospital is the only<br />
one of its kind in New Zealand and provides<br />
free day surgery, medical<br />
treatments, dentistry, oral surgery and<br />
counselling to Cantabrians in need and has<br />
had over 17,000 patient visits since it first<br />
opened its doors in 2007.<br />
To be eligible to be seen at the Charity<br />
Hospital, patients have been turned down<br />
by the public health system, do not have<br />
medical insurance or the means to pay for<br />
their treatment privately. Patients also need<br />
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dentist.<br />
The hospital’s services are frequently<br />
updated depending on need and currently<br />
include colonoscopy (acute and screening),<br />
gynaecology and women’s health, general<br />
surgery (abdominal, rectal), oral surgery and<br />
dentistry, counselling (self-referral), orthopaedics<br />
(upper and lower limb), cataracts,<br />
urology and varicose veins.<br />
The Charity Hospital’s busy Colonoscopy<br />
service fills an unmet need in the public<br />
health system by providing free screening<br />
to men and women aged under 50 with<br />
rectal bleeding; one of the main symptoms<br />
of colorectal cancer, as they are not seen by<br />
the CDHB.<br />
The Canterbury Charity Hospital also provides<br />
professional training, development and<br />
education for clinicians and also provides<br />
work experience for student nurses and<br />
other health professionals. Their interactive<br />
technology in both the general surgery theatre<br />
and the Colonoscopy theatre enables<br />
them to run educational seminars.<br />
The hospital also has a community room<br />
which is available for like-minded community<br />
groups to use for free including first aid<br />
and resuscitation courses.<br />
The Canterbury Charity Hospital Trust does<br />
not receive any Government funding and<br />
relies on fundraising events, donations,<br />
charitable organisations and bequests to<br />
raise the $800,000 required to run its free<br />
services.<br />
The hard work and dedication of around<br />
300 volunteers is the reason that the hospital<br />
can provide all its treatments and counselling<br />
for free. These volunteers include<br />
surgeons, dentists, anaesthetists, nurses,<br />
technicians, denture makers, gardeners,<br />
administration and other support staff who<br />
all give generously of their time.<br />
To donate, find out more about the current<br />
services on offer or to enquire about gifting<br />
your skills then please visit the hospital website<br />
at www.charityhospital.org.nz or email<br />
us at reception@charityhospital.org.nz.<br />
HAVE YOU BEEN DECLINED TREATMENT<br />
BY THE CANTERBURY DHB?<br />
The Canterbury Charity Hospital may be able to help you if you...<br />
• Have a letter from the CDHB saying you have been declined treatment<br />
• Do not have medical insurance<br />
• Cannot afford treatment privately (means tested)<br />
• Have a referral from your doctor<br />
Our current services are free and include...<br />
• Colonoscopy<br />
• Gynaecology and women’s health<br />
• General surgery<br />
• Orthopaedics<br />
• Urology<br />
• Cataracts<br />
• Varicose veins<br />
We also provide some oral surgery and dentistry services with a<br />
dentist’s referral and counselling by self-referral.<br />
The Charity Hospital does not receive any Government funding.<br />
To find out more or to make a donation visit www.charityhospital.org.nz
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Baby On The Move started in<br />
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COMMUNITY RESOURCES <strong>2019</strong><br />
family visiting for a month or more, Baby<br />
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Baby On The Move stores can be found<br />
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SUPPORTING<br />
THOSE LIVING<br />
with diabetes<br />
Diabetes Christchurch Inc is a support<br />
organisation for people living in the<br />
Canterbury region that have diabetes, as<br />
well as their family and friends.<br />
They offer support, information, advocacy<br />
and non-clinical education on all aspects<br />
of diabetes. Their diabetes shop has a<br />
wide range of medical products including<br />
blood glucose testing metres, blood<br />
glucose test strips, lancets, fingerpickers,<br />
ketone test strips, diabetes cookbooks,<br />
hypo treatments, medical grade shoes and<br />
socks, travel bags, the popular Jok ‘n’ Al<br />
sauces and toppings, sugar-free treats and<br />
diabetes and gluten-free recipe books.<br />
Diabetes Christchurch membership offers<br />
you contact with other people with this<br />
chronic condition, and exercise and<br />
activities with their age-related support<br />
groups and discounted shop products.<br />
You can contact the office/shop on<br />
9<strong>25</strong>-9972 – they are located at 21 Carlyle<br />
Street, Sydenham, with good parking.<br />
The friendly staff can help you find further<br />
information about different aspects of<br />
diabetes care or make an appointment for<br />
the subsidised podiatry toenail clipping<br />
service, or you may like to attend various<br />
group education classes for Type 2, or a<br />
supermarket tour. The society occasionally<br />
arranges social outings and functions<br />
for members and the general public,<br />
open meetings with diabetes-related<br />
guest speakers and a High Tea party in<br />
November for members aged over 80.<br />
You can become involved with the<br />
diabetes awareness programmes or other<br />
fundraising and volunteer activities in<br />
your area. Please see the calendar of<br />
events on the website and Facebook page.<br />
The website www.diabeteschristchurch.<br />
co.nz has links to lots of information,<br />
other diabetes services, or you can use<br />
the online shop to purchase a range of<br />
diabetes products.<br />
Information Centre and Library:<br />
Thesociety shop is open Monday to<br />
Friday from 9am to 4pm. They have a<br />
good library of pamphlets, books and<br />
magazines, food, exercise and other<br />
related diabetes issues. All members<br />
receive a copy of their Viewpoint<br />
newsletter, which includes information<br />
and education on all aspects of diabetes<br />
and updates on local events, as well as<br />
local, national and international diabetes<br />
research.<br />
Diabetes Christchurch Inc would love to<br />
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so please email Lynne, the manager at<br />
ltaylor@diabeteschristchurch.co.nz<br />
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13<br />
EYE SPECIALISTS<br />
SERVICING their community<br />
CARE IN THE COMMUNITY<br />
for over 35 years<br />
Hoon Hay Medical Centre is<br />
a friendly and professional<br />
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Doctor choice means patient<br />
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Open from 8.15am to 5.30<br />
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appointments may also be<br />
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The purpose-built, recently<br />
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Specialist services include<br />
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New patient enrolments<br />
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Make Hoon Hay Medical<br />
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Richard Suckling<br />
Optometrists<br />
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Optometrists Richard<br />
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photography, and they<br />
check for glaucoma, cataract<br />
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Eyesight is precious, and they<br />
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They also have an<br />
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REGULAR EYE EXAMS<br />
vital to detect glaucoma<br />
Denture experts Christchurch Denture Care<br />
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With more than 60 years of experience and multiple<br />
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When it comes to dentures, there is nothing they cannot<br />
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Thousands of New Zealanders<br />
are right now at risk of going<br />
blind. It is estimated 115,000<br />
Kiwis over the age of 40 have<br />
glaucoma, but only half of them<br />
know it.<br />
That leaves 57,500 people who<br />
could potentially lose their<br />
eyesight.<br />
Glaucoma is the leading cause<br />
of preventable blindness in<br />
New Zealand, so Glaucoma<br />
New Zealand has been urging<br />
people to get behind its annual<br />
<strong>July</strong> appeal.<br />
Now in its 11th year, the annual<br />
appeal, Light up Glaucoma,<br />
raises awareness and funds to<br />
help Glaucoma New Zealand<br />
continue its sight-saving work.<br />
Glaucoma is the name given<br />
to a group of diseases that<br />
damage the eye’s optic nerve.<br />
The nerve fibres progressively<br />
die taking away the peripheral<br />
vision first. Therefore, there are<br />
no symptoms until the disease<br />
is quite advanced.<br />
The most common form<br />
of glaucoma is open-angle<br />
glaucoma, which is hereditary.<br />
A family history of glaucoma<br />
can increase your risk of<br />
the disease tenfold. As New<br />
Zealand’s population ages,<br />
more people will be at risk<br />
of developing glaucoma.<br />
Currently one in 10 people over<br />
the age of 70 have glaucoma.<br />
Worldwide, 4.5 per cent of the<br />
population has glaucoma - 64<br />
million people - and that’s<br />
expected to grow to 111.8<br />
million worldwide by 2040.<br />
Early detection is<br />
critical<br />
While the statistics are<br />
sobering, Glaucoma New<br />
Zealand chair Professor Helen<br />
Danesh-Meyer says with early<br />
detection and treatment,<br />
blindness from glaucoma can<br />
be prevented with medication,<br />
surgery and laser treatment.<br />
“That’s why it’s so important<br />
to raise awareness about<br />
glaucoma and remind people<br />
of the importance of getting<br />
regular eye examinations,<br />
because it could potentially<br />
save the sight of thousands<br />
of people,” Professor Danesh-<br />
Meyer says.<br />
Known as the silent thief of<br />
sight, glaucoma has no early<br />
symptoms.<br />
“By the time you do notice<br />
symptoms, it’s too late because<br />
irreversible damage has already<br />
been done to your eyes. Our<br />
annual appeal raises awareness<br />
about how crucial it is to get<br />
regular eye examinations to<br />
help stop people unnecessarily<br />
losing their sight.”<br />
When to get<br />
checked<br />
Glaucoma New Zealand<br />
recommends people have<br />
an eye examination by the<br />
age of 45 then every five<br />
years after that until age 60.<br />
After 60, examinations are<br />
recommended every three<br />
years.<br />
Those with risk factors such as<br />
a family history of glaucoma or<br />
steroid use should be examined<br />
earlier. Anyone who notices a<br />
change in their eyesight should<br />
book an eye examination as<br />
soon as possible.
COMMUNITY RESOURCES <strong>2019</strong><br />
15<br />
RETREATING<br />
into a shell<br />
Do you have a family member who<br />
is starting to shy away from family<br />
gatherings? Are they saying “Nah”,<br />
more often than “Yeah”, when a social<br />
function is suggested? They may not<br />
want to admit it, but they may have<br />
developed a problem with their hearing.<br />
Retreating into your shell is a common<br />
coping mechanism for those with<br />
hearing difficulties.<br />
The most common type of hearing loss<br />
is due to gradual damage to minute<br />
nerve endings in the inner ear. This<br />
causes a reduction of speech clarity,<br />
with the beginning and endings of<br />
words or sentences dropping away.<br />
This is incredibly frustrating, as it can<br />
sound like people are not speaking<br />
clearly. The biggest problem, however,<br />
is that background noise can be heard<br />
just as loud as always, meaning that<br />
understanding conversation in a group<br />
or social situation can be very difficult.<br />
As a rule, most people do not like to<br />
admit to having hearing difficulties, so<br />
when in a situation where conversation<br />
is becoming hard to follow, most people<br />
will try to bluff their way through, nod<br />
and smile and hope they get away with<br />
it. Trying to make out what is being<br />
said in such a situation is very mentally<br />
tiring, so you can understand why a<br />
future invitation to such an event may be<br />
turned down.<br />
The team at Hear Again see this pattern<br />
repeated time and time again and can<br />
always help. A hearing test is simple and<br />
painless and gives a quick clarification<br />
om whether you have a hearing issue.<br />
There are very discreet hearing aids<br />
available now, which are not noticeable<br />
when in place. And with prices starting<br />
as low as $495 (assuming you are a<br />
New Zealand Resident and eligible for a<br />
Government Subsidy for hearing aids)<br />
there are options to suit every pocket.<br />
The friendly, professional team at Hear<br />
Again don’t bite, and will help you find<br />
the best solution for your needs and<br />
budget. You never know, they may even<br />
find that you just need some ear wax<br />
removing, and sort this out for you on<br />
the spot!<br />
Don’t live life in a shell – re-join the<br />
conversation and Hear Again!<br />
Do whispered sweet nothings need to be quite a lot louder these days?<br />
With FREE initial hearing checks<br />
and high quality European<br />
Hearing Devices starting from<br />
only $495* there is no need for<br />
you to miss out on all those<br />
little secrets and compliments!<br />
Don’t suffer in silence<br />
ACC & VETERANS’ AFFAIRS<br />
APPROVED SERVICE PROVIDER<br />
03 974 1658<br />
* Assumes eligibility for $511.11 per ear Government Subsidy for hearing aids<br />
Shop 1<strong>25</strong>, The Hub, Hornby<br />
www.hearagain.co.nz