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Latest Issue!
The winter issue of Family Care is now available. Featuring the cover theme Simple Joys the magazine includes The Joy of Pets, a special Loneliness feature, Ask Janet (legal planning with Public Trust), Work Life Care!, plus a helpful Life & Death Help Guide. And of course many family stories, including the Richardson family and their time living in Spain, Saying Goodbye to Leona, and JB Munro - A Kiwi Pioneer. Read stories from the magazine below!
Kiwi Pioneer
By David Cohen
J B Munro's childhood experiences led to a lifetime of advocacy work for disabled New Zealanders and their families. Now 84, does he think things have improved?
The Joy of Pets
By Sharon Mark
Pets are wonderful. They give companionship, entertainment, unconditional love, and loyalty to their owners.
Saying goodbye to Leona
By Elizabeth Paske, (Mary Potter Hospice Clinical Manager)
Leona loved pink, rock music, beads and sequinned caps ... bleached blonde hair, and her youthful Christian church.
Parky's Mum
By Sir Michael Parkinson
From his autobiography, Parky
Your level
By Sharon Mark
Sit on a comfortable seat and glide ratehr than walk up and down stairs!
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