Most nursing home residents have families that have quit SA, study finds
Emigration by families, lack of support and feeling unsafe are the factors that push elderly people into nursing homes and frail care centres, new research suggests. Doctors at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) who profiled residents at private long-term care facilities in Durban found most are white, Christian widows. The majority had chronic conditions such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol and arthritis, and almost 40% were depressed. Among 103 […]
