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Support Services - 116 listings
Support services help you stay well, safe and independent at home. This page lists health, home help, transport, legal, budgeting and advice services for older people across Franklin.
These listings cover Pukekohe, Waiuku, Beachlands, Maraetai, Clevedon and the smaller places in between. Organisations that serve all of Franklin are included in every area.
Advocates for the rights and wellbeing of older people while providing information, advice, member discounts, and a strong community voice.
Each area page has everything for that part of Franklin, not just this category.
Pukekohe, Buckland, Bombay and Paerata and nearby communities
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Waiuku, Āwhitu Peninsula, Glenbrook and Karioitahi and nearby communities
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Practical health and wellbeing services that help older people remain independent and connected to their community.
Helps older people whose health or abilities make everyday activities difficult.
Provides free health advice by phone at any hour, from nurses and paramedics who can say whether to wait, see a doctor or call an ambulance.
Runs a free Heart Line answered by registered nurses, with information about heart conditions, medicines, recovery after a heart event and healthy eating.
Provides free, confidential information and a complaints service for people who believe they have been treated unfairly because of age, disability, race, sex or religion.
Provides free advice, mobility equipment, daily living aids, equipment hire, repairs, and disability support information.
Offers yoga and wellbeing activities in a peaceful Clevedon studio.
Provides GP consultations, diabetes management, immunisations, minor surgery, physiotherapy, travel health advice and smoking cessation support.
Nurse-led healthcare for rural communities, including tests, vaccinations, wound care and health advice.
Specialist mental health service for people 65+, providing assessment, treatment and support at home and in the community.
Provides free and confidential telephone, text and online support from trained counsellors for anyone who is distressed, lonely or in crisis.
Provides counselling, social work, budgeting help and community connection across Franklin and North Waikato.
Provides affordable home-delivered meals for older people and others unable to prepare food themselves.
Covers the personal medical alarms sold by several providers, worn as a pendant or wristband and linked to a monitoring centre around the clock.
Emergency, inpatient and specialist hospital care for people across Franklin and Counties Manukau.
Runs a free helpline, text and email service that connects people to financial mentors, with confidential help on budgeting, debt, bills and dealing with lenders.
Provides help with the cost of travel and accommodation when a specialist sends a patient to another specialist a long way from home, including mileage and public...
Provides a free, independent and confidential advocate for anyone unhappy with health or disability care, including hospitals, doctors, rest homes and home support.
Runs local neighbourhood groups where people share safety information, look out for one another and prepare together for emergencies such as storms and power cuts.
Offers professional counselling for individuals, couples and families, including grief, loss and relationship difficulties, from rooms in Waiuku.
Policing, crime prevention, community safety advice, and support for people affected by crime.
A paid door to door shuttle service for people living around Whitford, Beachlands, Maraetai and Clevedon.
Personalised mental wellbeing support, counselling, mindfulness, and life coaching to help people manage stress, anxiety, life changes, and emotional wellbeing.
Beachlands, Maraetai, Clevedon and Whitford and nearby communities
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Services and organisations for the whole Franklin area
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