Housing and Care

Aug 19, 2016

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19 Aug 2016

Most older people choose to stay in their own homes. Here are strategies you can put in place now to help make this happen.

http://www.ageconcern.org.nz/ACNZ_Public/Housing_and_Care.aspx

(This article references the Age Concern website.)

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