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More than $100 million paid in claims for senior falls in the Bay of Plenty in five years
3 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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Bureta Physio physiotherapist Beanie Joyes. Photo / George Novak
Thousands of Tauranga seniors are falling every year, promoting payments of more than $57 million to the city in claims to help them recover.
And the impacts can be catastrophic with lasting effects on overall
wellbeing, a local physio says.
Across the Bay of Plenty, 79,671 falls-related claims were made to ACC by people 65 years and over in the last five years.
This totalled $102,816,078 of active payments, which could be for claims lodged in any year as some have ongoing costs. ....

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