07.02.01.04. Are these services provided by the public sector, the private sector or both? | South Africa
07.02.01.04. Are these services provided by the public sector, the private sector or both? | South Africa
15 Aug 2022
The public sector provides services for older persons in general (not dementia-specific) through 8 registered facilities in the country, eligible to the frail and destitute, as well as an Older Persons Programme (housed by the Department of Social Development) that proposes services based on an ‘active aging’ framework (i.e., promoting the participation of older persons in their communities and decision-making for as long as possible). Based on this review, the extent to which these proposed services are implemented is unclear. Dementia-specific services, however, largely rely on the private sector as well as NGOs and FBO’s.