Frail care facilities in Nelson Mandela Bay are buckling under pressure and can no longer accept Sassa patients without additional payments from relatives.
Nelson Mandela Bay’s 10 state-funded old age homes are on their knees as a meagre subsidy and the escalating cost of food and other basics create a perfect storm.
‘Tis the season to be jolly, says the Christmas carol. We have officially entered the festive season, or the silly season as it is often referred to, and it is a time when families and loved ones come together and reconnect over food and good times.
Responding to recent reports of officials failing the elderly at retirement homes and frail care centres in the metro by not paying up on time, the social development department has denied being at fault.