04.02.01.07.02. Any consequences for implementing or not implementing? | South Africa

04.02.01.07.02. Any consequences for implementing or not implementing? | South Africa

13 Aug 2022

Not applicable, South Africa does not have a dementia-specific national plan. In terms of the rights of older persons within the country’s broader legislative framework, older persons should be protected against abuse where failure to report or respond to elder abuse is considered a criminal offense with legal consequences (see Older Person’s Act, no. 13 of 2006, chapter 5, p.14- 19).

 References:

Government Gazette. (2006). Older Persons Act, No.13 of 2006 (Vol. 13, Issue 1098). Available from: https://www.westerncape.gov.za/other/2012/3/older_persons_act.pdf