GPSOS: promoting independent living
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Mark Simmonds and Tammi Blair of GPSOS wear the pendants or independence alarms. Photo / Paul Brooks
Mark Simmonds and Tammi Blair of GPSOS wear the pendants or independence alarms. Photo / Paul Brooks
Paul Brooks is editor of Whanganui Midweek, in your letterbox every Wednesdaypaul.brooks@nzme.co.nz
Mark Simmond s Whanganui company GPSOS produces medical and personal alarms with a difference: the user does not have to stay at home for them to be effective.
Last month GPSOS was announced as the winner of the Attitude ACC Employer Award, employing staff members with a disability, with the goal of bringing social change and results in staff having greater empathy and understanding for their clients because of their own experiences.