FINANCING IN LMICs🗨️ 12pm - 1:15pm BST ⏰ Sarah Barber, Tirta Sutedjo, Myo Nyein Aung, Elena Moore🔍 lse.zoom.us/meeting/regist… 5/

Join us tomorrow for an international session on financing #ElderCare in LMICs as part of a full day free webinar by LSE & @GloObLTC

[LITIGATION UPDATE] Today, SERI will appear before the Pretoria High Court on behalf of Institute for Economic Justice & #PayTheGrants who are challenging the exclusionary procedures and low value of the #SRD grant. Read more and access the papers here | bit.ly/3AjaeqA

The Family Caregiving Programme is pleased to announce our latest research project: 'Transforming Elder Care through Collective Policy Action in Southern Africa' funded by IDRC | CRDI & Development Canada #InternationalDayOfCareAndSupport #ScalingCareInnovations #CareEconomy #SDG5

#InternationalDayofCareandSupport Whilst accurate measure of care receipt or unmet care need in Southern Africa is still unclear, these figures show us the most basic need. The #care need becomes more complicated and critical when seen in context of limited community care.

JOIN IN NOW "Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. Sustainable Development GOAL 5: Gender Equality. Panel Discussion" The Centre for Social Development in Africa 🔗 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/0206ac62…

Catch up with our most recent webinar 'Older Persons and Elder Abuse' on our YouTube Channel 🔗youtu.be/fnFMfVQh89Q?si…

Congratulations to The Family Caregiving Programme's team in South Africa who were awarded the UCT Vice-Chancellor’s Social Responsiveness Award at the 2024 staff awards ceremony #uctstaffawards2024

📢 READ OUR LATEST REPORT 📢 The Grant in Aid in South Africa: Support for Older Persons in Need of Care 🔗 doi.org/10.25375/uct.2… 🔎 #OlderPersons #GrantinAid #disabilities #OPG #SASSA #DSD

#OlderPersons who live at home, receive the #OlderPersonsGrant and are in need of regular assistance can apply for the R530 #GrantinAid: have you heard of it? We explored why the receipt of this grant is so low despite the need. doi.org/10.25375/uct.2…

Only 291, 487 #olderpersons receive the #GrantinAid in South Africa despite 1.5 million older persons who living with a full-time care need. Find out why in our latest report from South Africa 🔗 doi.org/10.25375/uct.2… #Socialgrants #disabilities

The #GrantinAid in South Africa: Support for Older Persons in Need of Care Report found that the application and assessment process constrains access to social security and depletes the well being of #OlderPersons and #FamilyCaregivers. #GIA 🔗 doi.org/10.25375/uct.2…

#GrantinAid In #WesternCape, older persons must navigate 5-steps that takes 35 hours of waiting & queuing & costs from R600 to R2000+. Read our report here: doi.org/10.25375/uct.2…

#GrantinAid. Applying for the GIA is a 4step process in #KZN but the physical & financial cost of getting to the clinic and #SASSA makes it inaccessible Read our report here: doi.org/10.25375/uct.2…

📢 The Grant in Aid in South Africa: Support for Older Persons in Need of Care 📢 Most people have never heard of the #GrantinAid. The information provided by the national toll-free number and the government website is incorrect. #GIA 🔗doi.org/10.25375/uct.2…

Older persons who live at home, receive the #OPG & are in need of regular assistance can apply for the R530 Grant in Aid: have you heard of it? We explored why the receipt of this grant is so low despite the need. Download our report here: doi.org/10.25375/uct.2…

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📢 NEW PUBLICATION ALERT 📢 The Family Caregiving of Older Persons in South Africa report: doi.org/10.25375/uct.2… The Family Caregiving of Older Persons in South Africa report reviews how family caregiving of older persons happens.

Very recently we held the National Dialogue on Elder Care in South Africa as part of our Transforming Elder Care Through Collective Policy Action in Southern Africa project 🌍

Here is our most recent news article with The Conversation Africa authored by Professor Elena Moore, Vayda Megannon & Zeenat Samodien. The report reflects on findings from our most recent report titled, Family Caregiving of Older Persons in South Africa. theconversation.com/older-south-af…