THE PRESS, Saturday, October 13, 2012 NEWS A15

■ EARTHQUAKE RECOVERY Praise for resilience of region’s elderly

Nicole Mathewson enough family consultation, dents who wanted to return Local support from the Tower Junction [email protected] but Hickmott said many were back in Christchurch by communities they moved to families could not be contac- last December, she said. had been very important and •TVs•LaptopComputers•Whiteware Canterbury’s earthquakes ted because phone lines were Hickmott praised the should be a recommendation showed how resilient the down or the records kept by ‘‘amazing resilience’’ of in case of future disasters, she •TabletComputers•HomeAudio region’s elderly are, but the aged-care facilities were Christchurch’s elderly people said. •DigitalStillCameras•SmallAppliances communication and record- not up to date. and the ‘‘incredible work’’ The board’s travel subsidy keeping at aged-care facilities The board decided the done by aged-care facilities to family members had helped •All-in-oneComputers•Vacuums•Desktop need to be improved, a quake would ‘‘not be another after the quake. the relocated person and their conference has been told. Hurricane Katrina, meaning However, there were family cope with the situ- Computers • Car Audio • Movie Cameras Canterbury District Health we will not leave elderly always lessons to be learnt, ation. Board nurse co-ordinator peopletodie,likeinthe including the need for facili- Heppenstall said the main ...andsomuchmore Rebecca Hickmott told the States’’, and moved people ties to keep up-to-date records challenge thrown up by the College of Nurses Aotearoa quickly, she said. and a review of evacuation quake related to communi- symposium in Christchurch ‘‘These were families who and transport methods, she cation problems between the Everyday Low Prices, Everyday Great Service yesterday that the city lost were terribly distressed. The said. rest homes that were sending more than 600 of its aged-care majority of people were University of Otago, people away and those that beds as a result of the incredibly understanding and Christchurch, research fellow were receiving them. February 2011 quake. grateful, but it was tough.’’ Claire Heppenstall inter- ‘‘Records [were] buried Nine facilities were An expert panel was viewed elderly people and under rubble or liquefaction. CHECKOUTTHESEHOT destroyed or evacuated and formed to determine who their carers about their They didn’t have much time. more than 500 elderly people would move back to Christ- evacuation experiences after Obviously phones were down, were relocated to 125 facilities church first as beds became the February 2011 quake. power was down,’’ she said. DEALS AND MORE! in other parts of Canterbury available, prioritising the She told her ‘‘It was a very difficult and New Zealand. decisions on the person’s main finding was that elderly situation, but it’s something The board came under fire clinical, social and com- people were very resilient and that needs to be thought ONLY5MINUTESFROMTHEHOMESHOW! for moving people without passionate needs. All resi- coped well. about.’’ Plans in $12

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