Sep-Oct 2016 Issue | Business View Oceania

81 AT A GLANCE WHO: New Zealand Aged Care Association WHAT: New Zealand’s largest and most influential association of the aged residential care sector WHERE: Level 11, Petherick Towers, 38 - 42 Waring Taylor Street, Wellington WEBSITE: nzaca.org.nz New Zealand’s aged residential care sector, NZACA is a highly influential peak body which supports and im- proves the sector in various areas. The association lobbies the government to influence policies which aim to recog- nize the importance of the sector, it produces research and information to relevant parties, and provides its members with a strong voice that can affect practical change. “We are the peak body for the New Zealand aged residential care provid- ers. They are those who offer provi- sion of care to the elderly such as rest home, hospital, dementia, and psych- ogeriatric care. Some of our members only provide care, others have a retire- ment village aspect to their business- es as well as having a care facility at- tached. We represent the very small right through to the very large. When I say the very small I mean those care-only facilities whereas the very largest include very significant retire- ment villages as part of their core fa- cilities”, says Simon Wallace, the CEO of NZACA. A small but mighty team Even though there are only five mem- bers of staff in NZACA, the team is