![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I think it is important that we have a better look at resourcing mental health services in the wider community across all ages and communities.” While it occurred in a retirement village, it could have happened anywhere. “But unfortunately, I think this tragic situation is systemic of a bigger or wider community issue. In his opinion: “Maybe there does need to be a bit of a review by retirement villages around the difference between independent living residents and those transitioning to specialist care or needing to do so. John Alfred Salter, 80, pleaded guilty in the High Court at Tauranga to murdering his wife, Jean Ann Salter, 78, in their Bayswater Metlifecare Retirement Village apartment in Mount Maunganui on October 8.Ĭourt documents released to the Bay of Plenty Times this week revealed Salter had become distressed after it was suggested his wife, who had mild Alzheimer’s, should move to a specialist facility. That’s the view of Alzheimer’s New Zealand chief executive Catherine Hall following the “tragic” case of a man who murdered his wife, who had the condition, by strangling her with a necktie in a Mount Maunganui retirement village. Photo / Alex CairnsĬommunity-based Alzheimer’s specialists are “running on the smell of an oily rag” and services for the elderly and people with dementia have been “grossly underfunded for decades”. Bayswater Metlifecare Retirement Village where John Alfred Salter strangled his wife, Jean Salter, 78, on October 8, 2023. ![]()
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