Welfare Of The Aged

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29335, 14 October 1960, Page 12

Welfare Of The Aged

Organisations such as the Christchurch Aged People’s Welfare Council, providing social services within a restricted territory, retain their special value in spite of the State social security scheme. Unfortunately, rising costs and increasing public needs constantly strain the financial resources of locally-organised welfare schemes. In an attempt to improve its finances, the Aged People’s Welfare Council is launching a campaign for associate members who will furnish a regular annual income to supplement the proceeds of the council’s street appeals. Indeed, if enough regular contributors could be found, street

appeals might be dispensed with. Nobody can doubt the humanitarian importance of the council’s activities. The increasing proportion of elderly persons in the community, the inability of many younger persons to care for aged parents in ordinary modern homes, and current awareness of communal responsibilities are all reasons why the council’s latest appeal should evoke a generous response. The tax-gatherer can never be a substitute for the voluntary supporter of worthy community causes. By its own efforts Christchurch should try to establish for its older citizens a welfare system inferior to none in New Zealand.