Work Preferences, Control, and Independence among Midlife and Older Adults in Aotearoa/New Zealand.

In 2023, current life expectancy for adults aged 65 and over in Aotearoa/New Zealand ranged from 84.6 to 89.2 years.

Independence, well-being, and social participation in an aging population.

In 2005 the Health, Work, and Retirement (HWR) Longitudinal Study was established at Massey University in order to identify the later-midlife factors that lay the basis for community participation, independence, and health in later life. Information was collected via postal questionnaire on physical and mental health, psychosocial factors, work and retirement attitudes, and socioeconomic and demographic indicators of a sample of 6662 community-dwelling adults aged 55-70 years. This report provides an overview of these results, and highlights the impact that the transition from work to retirement has on the health and retirement adjustment of older people with respect to independence, well-being, and social participation.

Exploring shared options in funding long-term care for older people.

Policy-makers throughout the world are faced with the question of how long-term care for dependent elderly people is to be funded. This paper discusses possible sources of funding and a variety of policy approaches which have been taken by members of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, with particular emphasis on Britain. It concentrates on options which share costs between the users (and their families) and the state.