REACH

• To be covered by ACC, your injury has to be caused by an accident.
• New Zealanders suffering from strokes, cancers or mental health conditions, along with other non-accident injuries, are subsequently disadvantaged by the cause of their health condition.
• I investigated whether they were effective in getting people back into work, and also looked at how we assess the outcomes of these programmes.

Helping people back to work helps us all

• A 2013 study found 79% of people who received ACC support after a brain injury from an accident were in paid work one year after the injury.
• But this dropped to 50% for those with a similar brain injury not caused by an accident (such as a stroke).
• As one person who was living with a long-term health condition told me:
  Work isn’t just for the finances.
• I want to work.

Learning from ACC’s success

• ACC offers a wraparound rehabilitative service targeted to a person’s individual needs to return to working life.
• But systems to support people with health conditions and disabilities tend to be siloed into speciality organisations.
• So why not apply a wraparound, cross-agency approach to health and injury issues similar to ACC?
• People in the REACH programme were also able to access funding for services that were not covered by MSD.

A short-term focus misses the growing problem

• The number of New Zealanders living with long-term health conditions is growing.
• Despite many wanting to return to work, this population often falls into the cracks between health and social services.

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• Over six-in-ten (65%) of adults 50-plus say that playing board games is a great way for them to connect with others.
• Through the initiative, leaders in the aging industry will come together to organize and support hundreds of Reach Out and Play Board Game Events around the country.
• It's not hard to see why the research shows older adults would like more play in their lives," said Heather Nawrocki, VP of Fun & Fulfillment at AARP.
• To learn more about the Joy for All™ Board Games and other solutions for older adults via https://joyforall.com , or on Facebook , Twitter , Instagram and LinkedIn .

• Despite the availability of Syfovre for GA and significant number of patients receiving the drug already, interviewed ophthalmologists feel the functional benefit and safety profile of the drug could be improved.
• In fact, the trials show it gets worse, not because of the drug but because of the natural history of the disease.
• To access REACH's MarketVue® Report on Geographic Atrophy, visit https://reachmr.com or contact us at [email protected] .
• Fortunately for GA patients, the pipeline is full of novel incoming treatment options in development.