CARE OF OLD PEOPLE
GOVERNMENT SURVEY IN CHRISTCHURCH
(New Zealand Press Association) WELLINGTON, June 22. A survey of social conditions c* elderly people in the Christchurch area is to be undertaken early next month. It will be similar to surveys already carried out at Auckland and Wellington, where a proportion of the aged were approached to learn the problems facing elderly people in those cities.
Trained officers of the Social Security Department would from July ® to July 10 interview a large number of elderly people, said the Minister of Social Security (Mr W. A. Bodkin’ tonight. These officers would work in co-operation with the Christchurch Aged People’s Welfare Council. “The purpose of the survey « view, the problem, of the aged as ® whole, and to see where any particular emphasis should be placed on alleviating the difficulties of this section oi the community,” the Minister saw. He hoped that the surveys wouw assist in building up a store of formation about social conditions » New Zealand. Without ’ this, P^ 0 * gressive planning was restricted.
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Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27073, 23 June 1953, Page 8
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