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older persons

Western Cape officials push for home-based care, private funding after Older Persons Programme budget cut

Maverick Citizen

Western Cape officials push for home-based care, private funding after Older Persons Programme budget cut

By Tamsin Metelerkamp

Caring for an older person: how can we strengthen support for care?

Africa

Caring for an older person: how can we strengthen support for care?

By Elena Moore and Gabrielle Kelly

Women pay a high and often invisible price for having to care for the elderly

South Africa

Women pay a high and often invisible price for having to care for the elderly

By Elena Moore

Caring for the elderly — an age-old burden that rests heavily on the shoulders of women

South Africa

Caring for the elderly — an age-old burden that rests heavily on the shoulders of women

By Elena Moore