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Assisted living versus living in a Lifestyle Village
Assisted Living Assisted living communities are for persons who need help with daily living activities but do not require nursing home care. Typically they provide help with meals, bathing, dressing, housekeeping, and other needs. Services are either included in the rent or provided at an extra c...
How to determine if your loved one needs nursing care
Nursing homes are facilities for seniors in need of 24-hour care. They also provide many of the care options offered in other senior communities such as room and board, personal care, protection, supervision and certain types of therapy. Typically, nursing care falls into three levels of care: 1...
Four things to consider when looking for an old age home
Entrusting a loved one to an old age home is not easy. But if you do your homework well, it will make your decision much easier. Have a look at these four main things to consider in an old age home. Who works at the old age home? An old age home will need an administrator …
What else to look for in a care home
The type of care that is best for you will depend on your individual circumstances. You might need help because you have had a fall or a stroke or perhaps you’ve been in hospital, or you can no longer live independently. To find out what sort of care you need, you can ask your local counci...
Thembalami Frail Care Centre needs fund raising for lifts
Otis Elevator Company is helping give the Thembalami Frail Care Centre a lift. The Rand Aid Association-run frail care centre looks after senior citizens who are largely unable to climb and descend stairs. Unfortunately, Thembalami’s two passenger and one laundry lift frequently malfunction...
Ron Smith frail care residents enjoy their new personal noticeboards
Charlene van Zyl is an Occupational Therapist at Rand Aid-run Ron Smith Frail Care Centre. She’s an advocate of the centre’s philosophy for personalised care. Bringing a touch of home to the frail care centre residents The centre has hung noticeboards on the door of each resident&...
Here’s how to ensure you get into a retirement village
It is heartbreaking to see a person in their golden years unable to find a secure, caring retirement village to live. This is the view of Rae Brown, CEO of non-profit organisation Rand Aid, which has a number of retirement villages, a care centre for indigent, frail senior citizens as well as...
A retirement village offers you flexibility
Modern retirement villages look a bit like landscaped holiday resorts. Gone are the days when the term conjured up images of people past their prime, reduced to living in cramped conditions. Living your dreams at a retirement village is what it’s about A visit to Rand Aid Association-run Th...
The family’s elderly care responsibilities
What is the family’s responsibility when it come to elderly care? Parents give their children life, educated them and in most cases enabled them to earn a decent living. Even if there is a social problem, youngsters should realise they must take elderly care on as one of their responsi...
Elderly care: Understand how ageing affects driving
Everyone ages differently so there is no set cut-off age for older people to stop driving. But if you’re involved in elderly care, you should note that older people are more likely to receive traffic citations and have accidents than younger drivers. In fact, fatal crash rates rise steepl...