Casa Mia Villa, one of 34 old age homes owned by the City of Johannesburg
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The city's home for senior citizens The City of Johannesburg owns 34 municipal old age homes, and is spending R800 000 on upgrading them this year. Thomas Thale pays a visit to one and comes away impressed Read more Who is eligible for a city old age home? To be admitted to an old age home owned by the city, you must provide an identity document and proof that you are on pension. Residents are also required to join a burial society. "Some of the old people we admit don't have families. We therefore need to protect them against all eventualities," explains Dikhoba. Click here for a list of City-owned old age homes and retirement villages

Services for the aged July 3, 2002 Zolile Mtshelwane THE Johannesburg area has many homes that cater for the elderly, the frail and the mentally disturbed. Some of the homes accommodate only the elderly, while others cater for all the categories. Others, such as the Park Care Centre in Parktown, even admit non-pensioners and the homeless. All the homes listed below receive a subsidy from the Gauteng provincial government's Social Development Department. The subsidy is based on the number of residents that a particular home accommodates and the plan that they present to the government. The department gives out the subsidies on a three-monthly basis subject to a review of the home's activities. The criteria for admission are similar for many of the homes. You have to be 60 years of age if you are a woman and 65 years in the case of a man to be considered for admission. In almost all the homes, a pensioner has to pay a monthly fee for boarding and lodging. In many cases this is calculated at a certain percentage of a pensioner's total monthly income. Other homes, however, charge a monthly flat rate based on the pensioner's condition, whether he or she is capable of looking after him/herself, while a few also take into consideration the pensioner's financial situation. All of the homes listed below are private initiatives of organisations such as churches and not-for-profit organisations like the Johannesburg Association for the Aged. AGS Old Age Home, Lyndhurst, 440-6230 Andries Meyer House, Eldorado Park, 342-2850 Brixton Old Age Home, Brixton, 435-0760 Cosmos House, Kensington, 476-4400/615-7444 Deansgate, Craighall Park, 788-0704/5 Ekklesia Park Home for the Aged, Blairgowrie, 886-1430/787-5231 Emmarentia Eventide, Emmarentia, 646-2126 Ephraim Zulu Senior Citizen Centre, Mofolo, Soweto, 982-1084 Fleming House, Highlands North, 887-8160 Frederick Place, Newclare, 673-3204 Garden Village, Randburg, 787-9316 Gerald Fitzpatric House, Bertrams, 614-9160 Hillcrest Geriatric Centre, Rosettenville, 435-0760 Huis Hoeveld, Albertsville, 673-2060 Jafta's Reuven Senior Centre, in Turffontein, 683-7216 Jordan House, Westbury, 477-1089/477-1344 Nazareth Home for the Aged, Yeoville, 648-1002 Our Parents Home, Norwood, 489-7000 Park Care Centre, Parktown West, 482-2060/1 Pioneer House, Oaklands, 728-7277 Queen's Haven, South Hills, 613-5927 St Christopher Home for the Aged, Jukskei Park, 704-3024 Sandringham Gardens, Sandringham, 640-5187 Permission to use web site material Publishers may use material from this site free of charge, as long as: Credit is given to either the "City of Johannesburg website (www.joburg.org.za)" or to "Johannesburg News Agency (www.joburg.org.za)"; If the article is used online, a link is provided to the original article on this website; The name of the article's author is acknowledged; The webmaster is informed of how and where the material is used (fill in this brief online form). Johannesburg News Agency is operated by BIG Media at 011-484-1400