老年人需要的是服务，不是宣传册 
工党老年事务发言人 斯蒂夫∙查威克 （Steve Chadwick）
新近，一本政府资助、旨在宣传要如何获得家政支持服务的宣传手册面世，这对于那些早就被砍掉家政支持服务的家庭来说，这本手册不过是国家党为拉选票而出的一步恶搞。
卫生部长日前吹嘘说一本新的宣传册将告诉老百姓如何获得家政需求评估、以及如何得到家政支持服务，并将这个服务形容为“关怀老年人领域的诸多改进中的最新行动”。
我倒是想知道这本手册是否能帮得到成千上万住在诸如惠灵顿、南坎特伯雷、坎特伯雷、奥塔哥地区的老人家，他们原先得到的家政支持服务已经被政府取消――原有的资金被转用于支持政府再裁减掉一批服务设施。
国家党批准了大量地方医管局所作的对家政支持服务‘资格标准’的改变，以此缩减得到居家服务的人数。这些改变影响到数以千计的老人家，而国家党丝毫不想对此承担责任。
而且，尽管业内人士已经表示：裁减家政支持服务很可能置老年人于危险之境――卫生部长雷尔先生本人对此亦表赞同，他在新闻稿中却只字未提这些裁减。
国家党政府三年来磨刀霍霍砍削家政支持服务，现在发布这么一本教人如何获得家政支持的宣传册――其傲慢程度未免太惊人了。
联系：斯蒂夫∙查威克 （021472069）
斯蒂夫∙查威克授权，国会大厦，惠灵顿
SteveCHADWICK
Senior Citizens Spokesperson
21 September 2011 MEDIA STATEMENT
Elderly need services not a booklet
A Government funded booklet supposedly designed to improve access to home help will be seen by those who have had their home help slashed for exactly what it is - a cynical move by National to pull in votes, says Labour’s spokesperson for Senior Citizens Steve Chadwick.
“The Minister of Health today trumpeted the publication of a new booklet telling people how to go about getting a needs assessment and how to access home help services as ’ the latest initiative in a number of improvements in the aged care sector’.
"I wonder if it will help the thousands of elderly in places like Wellington, South Canterbury, Canterbury, Otago and Southland who have had their home help cut to help fund Government approved service cuts,” Steve Chadwick said.
“National approved numerous DHBs making changes ’eligibility criteria’ to home help in order to reduce the number of people receiving home based support. These changes affected thousands of people, something the National Government has taken no responsibility. and.
“Nowhere in Mr Ryall’s press release does he even acknowledge the cutbacks - which some in the sector have described as possibly endangering older people - which he approved.
“I finding it astoundingly arrogant of the National Government to issue a booklet on how to access a service it has taken a razor to over the last three years,” Steve Chadwick said
Contact: Steve Chadwick 021 472069 Authorised by Steve Chadwick, MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington
