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Once Bupa Cedar Manor Care Home Caregiver, Maribeth Perez began her Bachelor of Health Sciences Māori Nursing programme, she was surprised to find the similarities between Māori culture and her own Filipino culture.

As 2020 is the Year of the Nurse and Midwife, Bupa is acknowledging nurses by sharing a number of stories and highlighting the professionalism shown by the aged care nursing workforce.

Bupa has provided an update on its Windsor Park Care Home and Retirement Village in Gore after Civil Defence declared a State of Emergency in Southland as flooding continues. 

Bupa Managing Director and Lead Nurse, Carolyn Cooper is urging the Government to do more to highlight nursing as a desirable career as the country faces a nursing shortage.

What started as a Bible study gathering 18 months ago, has grown into a solid friendship group at Bupa Fergusson Care Home in Upper Hutt.

Work has begun on the new retirement village and care home development in Prebbleton, Selwyn in Christchurch.

Once Audrey Kitchin has had her cup of tea mid-morning at Bupa Hugh Green Care Home, she is ready to join the group of residents taking part in the Staying Upright weekly exercise session to help with falls prevention.

Bupa has achieved a build standard of Homestar Level 6 for the new Bupa Foxbridge Retirement Village development in Te Rapa, Hamilton.

After completing the Chef Apprenticeship-Level 4 course with provider Artisan Training, Bupa Beachhaven Care Home Cook Edna Salvatierra has become the leader she always knew she could be.

In honour of R U OK day, Bupa’s Psychological Health and Safety Specialist, Emily Meates, discusses the role workplaces play when it comes to a person’s mental health. Here you’ll find some practical ways leaders and businesses can help create a …

As Bupa Bethesda Care Home's Chris McCulloch, Care Home Manager and Mark Bravo, Unit Coordinator take families on tours of their new dementia community, their smiles show a team full of pride in their new development.

With casual nurses now included, optional pathways for Māori nurses, and less portfolio documents required, the Bupa Professional Development Recognition Program (PDRP) has been refined to ensure it continues to help all Bupa nurses in New

A blessing of the land was held last week at the new Bupa Retirement Village development on Ulyatt Road, Napier.

When it comes to curry dishes, the Bupa David Lange Care Home kitchen staff have found innovative new ways to provide variety and healthy alternatives at meal times.

With the use of electronic cigarettes and vaping on the rise, health authorities warn people not to be fooled into thinking they're a "healthy" alternative.

A mental health expert has praised Instagram’s decision to trial the removal of the tally of ‘likes’ on posts, following a major shake up to the way users engage on the platform.

Gerald Marion has been appointed Bupa Australia and New Zealand’s Chief Customer and Strategy Officer.

The Bupa Riverstone Retirement Village development is ready to begin its second phase with the construction of a community centre.

When the Bupa Te Puke Country Lodge Care Home Men’s Group meet each month, the activities coordinator ensures they cover a variety of topics to keep the guys interested.

When experienced knitter, volunteer Carole Mardon, put out a call for wool donations for her Bupa Eventhorpe Care Home knitting and colouring-in group on Neighbourly, she didn’t think she’d find another volunteer in the process.

A new online community helping people over 55 make friends is exploding in popularity, thanks to a mother and son who were concerned about the loneliness epidemic. They’ve also created a new app to help people let their loved ones know they’re

Bupa today announced that Bryan Mogridge ONZM has been appointed as Chairman of Bupa Australia and New Zealand following the resignation of the Honourable Nicola Roxon.

Bupa Mary Shapley Care Home activities time created something fun and useful this week. 

When Bupa The Gardens Retirement Village resident, Jim Spiers, needed urgent support to publish his first book, his retirement village manager was there to help.

Bupa New Zealand has been recognised in the Reader’s Digest 2019 NZ Most Trusted Brands Survey.

A group of Bupa Erin Park Retirement Village residents in Manurewa have been using their knitting skills to help local Auckland children who visit their local doctors.

The new book 'Keepers of History: New Zealand centenarians tell their stories' has just been released and has already reached number two on the New Zealand non-fiction top book sellers list.

The #BeYouAtBupa series is a chance for you to meet some of the wonderful and inspiring people from a range of different careers working behind the scenes within Bupa Health Insurance, Bupa Aged Care, Bupa Dental, Bupa Optical and Bupa

Going “lights out” at 8.30pm Saturday March 30 is just one way you can help protect the planet for Earth Hour. Here are 10 easy things you can do to participate.

There were emotional scenes at Zayed College for Girls in Mangere on Friday afternoon as Bupa Parkhaven Care Home visited the school, one week on from the Christchurch terror attack. 

Bupa New Zealand has become the first aged care provider to receive the national Alzheimers New Zealand Dementia Friendly Award.

The Bupa Christchurch laundry crew have always been experts in knowing their woollens from their linen, but they are now putting new skills into practice from a workplace literacy and numeracy programme they recently completed.

Experts are now recommending Australians and New Zealanders make applying sunscreen part of their daily routine, alongside brushing their teeth.

Chinese New Year was celebrated in style at Bupa David Lange Care Home in Auckland, and at Bupa Parkstone Care Home and Bupa Parkstone Retirement Village in Christchurch. 

Bupa Parkhaven Care Home is looking much brighter now that handyman Tau Faumanu is around.

Bupa Ascot Retirement Village supports local growers every week.

When Bupa Sunset Care Home caregivers introduced special Indian cultural activities a few months ago, they never realised the positive impact it would have on residents of Indian descent.

As Cynthia (Sally) Smalley celebrated her 100 birthday in Bupa Glenburn Care Home, she shared her vivid memories of her time in India with her husband. 

With the release of a new Bupa parental leave policy, extra support for people like Bianca Archibald, Bupa Merrivale Care Home Caregiver, is a ‘real bonus’ to the start of 2019.

Sue O'Malley shares what she loves about working at the Erin Park Care Home in New Zealand.