Older People

OLDER PEOPLE

Rights Education Workshops for Older People (Service)

The provincial Department of Social Development funds a number of workshops aimed at educating the elderly about their rights in terms of the Older Persons Act (Act 13 of 2006), which was signed into law in November 2006. >

Older Persons Act (Act 13 of 2006) (Act)

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No. 13 of 2006

Department of Social Development (The Government of South Africa)

The Older Persons Act aims to maintain and protect the status, wellbeing, safety and rights of older persons. It also aims to promote their integration in the community by creating an enabling environment and promoting participation in activities with people of other ages and cultures. >

Service Centres for Older People (Service)

The provincial Department of Social Development funds a number of Service Centres to provide daycare and other services for older people in vulnerable communities. >

Old Age Pensions (Service)

Who can apply for the Old Age Grant? The Means Test, Old Age Grant 2006, Applying for the Grant, Enquiries ... >

Reporting Abuse of the Aged (Service)

Abuse or neglect of an aged person should be reported to a social worker. Abuse can be physical, emotional, sexual, financial, or simply involve neglect. In other words, abuse may include looking after an aged person in a way likely to hurt the aged person ... >

Accommodation for the Aged (Service)

There are a number of state-funded homes for the aged in the Western Cape. >

Care for Those Who Cared for You (Public Information)

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This information brochure contains details on how HIV/AIDS is impacting on older people in South Africa, and what programmes and policies are in place to protect this vulnerable sector of our population. >

Aged Persons Amendment Bill (Bills)

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13 October 1998

This bill aims to amend the Aged Persons Act, 1967, so as to:insert certain definitionsprovide for conditions regarding subsidies to managers of registered homes for the aged and to certain other institutionsmonitor compliance with conditions of registration of homes for the agedprovide for the establishment of management committees for those homesprovide for the accessibility of those homesprovide for the enquiry by designated bodies into matters regarding aged personsrequire reporting on the abuse of aged persons and the keeping of a register thereof and to provide for matters connected therewith. >

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