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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.

 

dashini.moodley@gmail.com

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.

 

blackrobs@gmail.com

Ph +27 74 912 8367

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COUNSELLING & SPIRITUAL SUPPORT

Christine Nachmann                       Website 

Online video counselling, mentorship and training
 

cnachmann@gmail.com

Ph +27 82 899 8690

Soul Carers - Mary Ryan

 

Soul Care training and gentle companionship for people at the end of life   

drmaryryan@gmail.com

Ph  +27 72 480 5021

Di Burger 

Bereavement and palliatve care support 

 

di@dizee.co.za

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.

 

sue.stillmind@gmail.com

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.

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