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Worldwide, it has been shown that healthcare-user fees dramatically reduce demand for health services ― especially preventive services, because people may not perceive that they need interventions. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
CORONAVIRUS

Covid-19: Durban old age homes on lockdown

Visits cancelled to residential centres as The Association for the Aged braces for the virus

  • Paddy Harper
2 min read
Gifted: Elsa Joubert has received awards and honorary doctorates for her contribution to literature. (Natalie Gabriels/Gallo Images/Foto24)
CUL DE SAC

Thanks, Jo Struik, for our literary legacy

In her memoir Cul-de-Sac, Elsa Joubert wryly muses on life and relationships. This is an edited extract

  • Elsa Joubert 1
6 min read
A lone voice and alone: Bill Rydwels
HIV TESTING

Old age weighs on HIV survivors

Many HIV survivors did not expect to live to become elderly, and their retirement years are bleak and lonely, writes Sarah Bosely.

  • Staff Reporter
6 min read
Most South Africans are not planning for retirement, with only 6% of the country’s population on track to retire comfortably.
AGEING

What it feels like to be old

An innovative suit gives medical students an idea of what the elderly experience in their daily lives, writes Kate Connolly.

  • Kate Connolly
4 min read
KATLEHONG

Decommissioned old age home still operating in Katlehong

An old age home in Katlehong is still accommodating people after it was shut down in 2009, Gauteng’s department of health and social development says.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read