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Prospectively, people will live longer with chronic illnesses and disabilities, increasing pressure on health services. [...]promoting healthy ageing and improving access to health services for older adults will increase in importance (New Zealand Government, 2019). The Nursing Council of New Zealand (NCNZ, 2002) requires polytechnics to provide curriculum content which addresses nursing care across the lifespan. Since polytechnics operated individual curricula when this research was conducted, there was no common understanding of how undergraduate programmes prepared students to care for older adults, apart from the confidential curriculum reviews by the Nursing Council. Procedures for data collection Shared characteristics between the Australian and New Zealand nursing education systems, such as degree programme length, comprehensive qualification and clinical practice hours, indicated the suitability of the Australian survey for the New Zealand stocktake (NCNZ, 2021; ANMAC, 2019).

Aotearoa New Zealand's population is ageing rapidly. Between 2021 and 2031, the number of people over 65 will increase by 36 per cent (Stats NZ, 2020). Increasing age is highly correlated with disease, but life expectancy has continued to increase with good health-care standards and improvements in medical technologies. Prospectively, people will live longer with chronic illnesses and disabilities, increasing pressure on health services. Consequently, promoting healthy ageing and improving access to health services for older adults will increase in importance (New Zealand Government, 2019).

This is in response to Donald E. Olson's letter (Nov. 27) on chewing gum.