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New Zealand must expand its age-friendly environment initiatives to include the needs and experiences of old people living in small rural communities, a leading Auckland academic has said.
Stephen Neville, head of the department of nursing at Auckland University of Technology, led a study that looked at how NZ rural residents over 85 could remain socially active.
The findings are published in the International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Wellbeing.