Yes, at a cost to the family with services skewed to more urban areas (see description under section 07.02). Examples of services offered in people’s homes are as follows (TAFTA, 2019a):

• Personal care and hygiene (washing, bathing, grooming, dressing);
• Home cleaning (tidying, making beds, laundry);
• Shopping;
• Issuing of medication;
• Nursing care (administering injections, nursing procedures such wound dressing, etc.).

In addition, the Older Person’s Act (No.13 of 2006) includes the following services to be provided by home-based care programmes (see chapter 3, section 12 (3), p.8) of Act):

• Rehabilitation programmes that include assistive devices;
• Respite care;
• Information, education and counselling for family, carers and community regarding ageing and associated conditions;
• Provision of free health care to the frail and destitute (Government Gazette, 2006).

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

TAFTA. (2019a). Home-based care. Available from: https://www.tafta.org.za/home-based-care/