Rest home audit reports published fully online are both a good and bad thing, says Age Concern Wanganui manager Tracy Lynn.
"People have a right to know what they're going to but there has to be a balance," she said.
The Ministry of Health began to trial publishing the full audit reports online in November last year after talks with Grey Power and Age Concern to see if there was public demand for them.
"Since the trial began there have been over 6800 visits to the full audit reports website, with over 2500 full audits downloaded," said Associate Health minister Jo Goodhew.
Tracy Lynn said people were becoming "quite selective" and were using the the audit reports to determine which rest care facility they would choose.