Here’s something most families don’t realise until they’ve compared a few agencies: not everyone does an in-person needs assessment before placing a caregiver. It’s common for a caregiver to be placed after a single phone call… a few...
Letting someone into your home to care for your mother or father is not a small decision. In South Africa, it’s an especially loaded one. Most of us know someone with a story about a caregiver, a domestic worker, or a gardener who turned out to be more or less...
South Africa is ageing faster than most people realise. The number of South Africans aged 60 and older grew from 3.6 million in 2002 to 6.6 million in 2025 – now 10.5% of the population, and rising. Behind that number is a quieter shift happening in ordinary...
