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Homes for older people: entertainment

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Homes for older people: entertainment

Although the government's 'ageing in place' strategy has led to more people staying in their own homes with assistance, some older people still move to rest homes when they are no longer able to cope alone. Here, residents of the Ranfurly Veterans' Home listen to The Brunettes perform in 2007.

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Nancy Swarbrick, Care and carers – Care of elderly people, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/30446/homes-for-older-people-entertainment (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 30 March 2011.