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There are many outstanding resources available to support you. Here are a few based in Cape Town, South Africa.
PALLIATIVE & GERIATRIC SUPPORT
Palprac Website
The Association of Palliative Care Practitioners of South Africa (Palprac) is a non-profit organisation that was formed in May 2018 by a group of South African doctors who are trained in palliative medicine.
Paedspal Website
Paedspal’s multi-disciplinary team provides services to children and their families both in the public and private sectors. The team provides a bedside consultative service to hospitalised children and an out-patient clinic service to ambulant children and their families.
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Dementia SA Website
DementiaSA is a South African Non-Profit Organisation (NPO) that assists families, communities and health professionals who have limited access to private health care, to live with dementia or care for those with dementia.
CPOA Website
Cape Peninsula Organisation for the Aged owns more than 25 retirement facilities which cover the entire spectrum of services from independent living to full frail care in dedicated Care Centres.
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NURSING CARE & SUPPORT
Creative Wellness Website
Creative Wellness bridges the gap of those in need of care and their loved ones, maximizing the time they spend with each other.
Robin Trust Website
Robin Trust is a non-profit organisation, delivering excellent care in line with their Christian ethos. Whether caring for patients during their recovery from illness or surgery in a high-end ward, offering elderly patients a dignified place of care or educating Nurses & Care Workers.
Cape Care Website
The agency offers their clients a service encompassing all the aspects of daily care, enabling them to remain comfortably at home. Cape Care focuses on quality physical care.
ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
Physio@home - Dashini Moodley
Home based physiotherapy services specialising in geriatric, neurological & palliative care.
Ph +27 72 338 1168
Speech therapy - Denise Huxham
denise_rose_huxham@hotmail.com
Ph +27 83 942 3178
Occupational Therapy - Robyn Black
Home visits for advice regarding assistive devices and home adaptations, carer training, safe moving and handling, activities for cognitive stimulation.
Ph +27 74 912 8367
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COUNSELLING & SPIRITUAL SUPPORT
Christine Nachmann Website
Online video counselling, mentorship and training
Ph +27 82 899 8690
Soul Carers - Mary Ryan
Soul Care training and gentle companionship for people at the end of life
Ph +27 72 480 5021
Di Burger
Bereavement and palliatve care support
Ph +27 83 460 4354
Sue Cooper Website
A psychoanalytic clinical psychologist working in private practice in Cape Town. She has an interest in the interface between psychological and spiritual approaches to self-discovery & inner healing.
Ph +27 83 456 2569
SA Depression & Anxiety Group Website
Mental illness, and the stigma surrounding it, is a critical issue in South Africa. SADAG is at the forefront of patient advocacy, education and destigmatisation of mental illness in the country. Its expertise lies in assisting patients and callers throughout South Africa.
Ph +27 80 021 2223
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CREATIVE HEALING ARTS
Art Process - Gabriella Kaplan Website
The Artery offers you the opportunity to tap into your own innate, dormant, blocked or exiled creativity. No prior art experience is needed for these art processes. The emphasis is on the journey not the destination.
Life Righting Collective Website
LRC runs courses for anyone who wants to learn to write about their experiences. The approach promotes self-discovery, self-recovery and more effective communication. Dawn Garisch has been running life writing courses since 2010.
Workshops with Dr Dawn Garish:
If your chronic complaint was a work of art, what would it be?
Email: dawn.garisch@gmail.com
Feldenkrais - Barbara McCrea Website
The aim of the Feldenkrais Method is a person that is organized to move with minimum effort and maximum efficiency, not through muscular strength, but through increased consciousness of how movement works.
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction - Dr Danielle Klemp Website
Mindfulness or present moment awareness is the practice of accepting and reclaiming all our moments and living more fully.
Zhineng Qigong - Body & Mind Factory Website
Using movement and meditation techniques derived from traditional Chinese medicine, Zhineng Qigong enhances health and prevents disease.