Older South Africans Need Better Support and Basic Services – and so Do Their Caregivers

Older South Africans need better support and basic services – and so do their caregivers

In South Africa, most long-term care for older people happens at home through the efforts of family members, largely female kin, not through government services. With South Africa’s population growing older, combined with reduced funding for community care, higher levels of disability in old age, and widespread poverty and unemployment, family care has become more important than ever and more challenging. But government and policy makers don’t k…

Who cares for the carers? Pension gap leaves millions behind

now:pensions report reveals carers are retiring with significantly less private pension income than the national average.

Carers retiring with just half the pension – urgent reform needed warns pensions expert - IFA Magazine

now:pensions, part of the Cardano Group, a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE:MMC), highlights the growing pensions gap for carers during National Carers Week.  The 2025 Underpensioned Report, published by now:pensions in partnership with the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) highlights that carers remain among the most financially disadvantaged groups in the UK when it comes to retirement savings.  The 2025 Underpensioned Report reveals the average…

Older South Africans need better support and basic services - and so do their caregivers

In South Africa, most long-term care for older people happens at home through the efforts of family members, largely female kin, not through government services.With South Africa's population growing older, combined with reduced funding for community care, higher levels of dis