ACC Home Help for Older New Zealanders

🌿 Staying at Home, Safely

When you’ve spent decades making the house a home, it stings when a medical condition or injury means you’re no longer able to handle everything yourself. That’s when help matters—real help that keeps you independent, safe, and in familiar surroundings.

🧓 Real-Life Moments: When Age, Health & Home Collide

• Take Dorothy Fitzpatrick, 78, of Whangārei, who after a fall suffered a serious shoulder injury and concussion. She says: “There were so many tasks around home that I couldn’t do, and that support was important.” ACC

• Or picture an older Kiwi living alone who falls and isn’t discovered for days—one Auckland case where a senior’s fall prompted a welfare check before matters got worse. 1News

  
  

These aren’t isolated incidents. According to Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC), falls cause 39% of all injury claims in NZ, and for people over 65 that risk surges. ACC+1

That’s why support at home—cleaning, garden tasks, handyman services—isn’t just comfort. It’s vital.

🏡 What ACC’s “Home Help” Looks Like for Elderly with Medical Conditions

If you’re older, recovering from injury or living with a medical condition, ACC may fund assistance including:

• Light house-work: cleaning, laundry, vacuuming

• Outdoor support: mowing, hedge/trimming, garden tidy-ups

• Handyman services: minor repairs, gutter cleaning, routine maintenance

• Waste removal, exterior tasks – things many older people simply can’t manage safely anymore

  
  

These services help you stay living in your home rather than being forced into residential care. And that matters not just financially, but for dignity and wellbeing.

🌟 How B Green NZ Plays Its Part

This is where B Green NZ comes in—your nationwide partner in making home help actually happen:

• We connect you to trusted local service providers whether you’re in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch or a rural area

• We help assess what you need: garden tasks, cleaning, maintenance, rubbish removal

• We support with the process of getting home help: preparing quotes, liaising with support agencies, arranging the services

• We ensure the providers are sensitive to older clients: mobility, health conditions, safety first

  
  

😄 Why We Want to Make It a Little Easier (and Maybe a Bit Fun)

Let’s be honest—no one wants to feel useless. So instead of one more “You’re old and need help” blog, imagine this:

“Last week I asked the gardener to prune the roses. He asked if I wanted a fresh cuppa while we did it. I said yes, he brought it. So I sat, watched him prune, sipped my tea and remembered—I still rule this garden.”

That’s the attitude. You’re still in charge. You just get the support so you can do the bits you love and leave the bits you don’t.

📝 Quick Checklist: Are You & Your Home Covered?

• ✅ Do you have a medical condition or recent injury that limits tasks like cleaning, gardening or maintenance?

• ✅ Are you finding it harder to safely mow the lawn, clean windows, or do minor repairs?

• ✅ Would home help keep you safer, more comfortable, and living at home rather than moving into care?

• ✅ Do you want someone to co-ordinate it for you, not just hand you a phone list?

  
  

If you answered yes to one or more—let’s talk.

📞 Let’s Make It Happen

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Call or message B Green NZ today. We’ll help you figure out what support’s available, what you need, and how to get the right help across cleaning, gardening, handyman tasks—and importantly, from people who respect you, your home and your history.

Stay independent. Stay in your home. Let the heavy lifting be someone else’s job.