07.04.01.02. Hospice centres | South Africa
07.04.01.02. Hospice centres | South Africa
15 Aug 2022
For hospice facilities, according to the Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa (see https://hpca.co.za/province/western-cape/), there is a total of 97 hospice facilities across the nine provinces. The table below illustrates the total facilities in each province, with a noticeable bias towards urban areas:
Province | Total (HPCA) |
Western Cape | 17 |
Eastern Cape | 7 |
Free State | 8 |
Gauteng | 16 |
Kwazulu-Natal | 19 |
Limpopo | 2 |
Mpumalanga | 8 |
North West | 8 |
Northern Cape | 12 |
As with LTC-sector, there is no information available that indicates the total bed availability across these facilities and how many (if any) are available for dementia.