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Local Emergency Planning Guide for Older Persons

Ready for Living (Gore District Council, Local Government) alongside our local Emergency management agency ‘Emergency Management Southland’ developed a ‘Emergency Planning Guide – A guide to Local Emergency Preparedness, your Hazards and more for Older People’ booklet specifically for the Gore District. The idea came about due to the increase of extreme weather events, natural…

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Started: 2022
Location: Gore, New Zealand
Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions
Sectors: Education, Information and communication, Social protection

Strength and Balance Exercise Classes for Older People

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Ready for Living (Local Government) developed the ‘Ready for Strengthening’ exercise class in response to the need for falls prevention classes in the district. In 2020 classes were developed to improve leg strength and balance. Classes were run in the main town of Gore as well as a smaller town, Mataura, in the district. The…

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Started: 2020
Location: Gore, New Zealand
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Health

Gore District

Gore District
New Zealand

The Gore District is located in the south of the South Island with a population of around 12,400. Gore is a service town for the surrounding farm communities. Gore is…

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City population: 1240026.6 % over 60Joined Network in 2020