25-01-2025, 11:18 AM
(25-01-2025, 10:42 AM)Olive Wrote: That's an awful situation Hunni.  If there is no family to intervene then I suspect she has to be allowed to stay there until she dies.  She has to live somewhere.  Sounds as if she would be eligible for a residential care facility or a dementia facility, but there would have to be a needs assessment and a financial assessment, and Te Whatu Ora would need to step in.  I don't think the property management bears any responsibility other than ensuring the safety of her present flat.  Here's a link to some information:
  https://info.health.nz/services-support/...ement-6311.
I tend to agree with that - its a tricky situation & it seems that not much can be done without a proper assessment  first.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)