H E A LT H
C O N T E N T PA R T NE R S H I P
WHICH RETIREMENT VILLAGE IS THE RIGHT ONE FOR ME?
T
he move to a
services in your own home,
options are
retirement village
like post-operative care,
available to bridge
is a very important
wound care and medication
services until a place in
decision for any retired
administration, 24-hour
the care centre is available.
person – not only financially
emergency assistance,
speaking but also emotionally
occasional nurse-based clinic
certainty about the following
– and it is very important to
services for preventative
before taking a final decision:
determines the levy and
have complete peace of mind
care, and routine monitoring
• What ownership model is
sustainability of service in
when making this move.
of chronic diseases or minor
relevant to the estate and
illnesses. A facility for the
what would the financial
Every retirement village
It is important to get
offers a unique lifestyle
care of very frail people is
concept and, at the same time,
a further benefit. Certain
potential return on investment.
retirement villages offer
healthcare services offered
all services available as
The expectations of people
assisted living units where
in the retirement village
they all focus on different
buying in a retirement village
basic assistance is offered,
comprise, and what are the
market segments. The
to settle there should include
such as the provision of
projected costs thereof?
level of services determine
the following:
meals, cleaning services and
• Safety and security
assistance with tasks of daily
subsidised by the monthly
structure of the model on
• Availability of
living, for example dressing,
levies, or what financial
which the retirement village
showering and daily hygiene.
model is in place to keep
functions, and it influences
Comprehensive Healthcare • Access to 24-hour
• What exactly does the
• Are the healthcare services
It is a fact that not all retirement villages can have
the cost of the units, the
services affordable for
the levy structure. Crucial
emergency assistance by
medical schemes do not have
residents and ensure the
is thus every individual’s
qualified staff
benefits for the care of frail
financial stability of the
personal circumstances,
persons and the cost of these
services offered?
their expectations and what
assistance to maintain
services accrue to themselves
• Is inhouse managed
they are willing to invest in
an ‘independent’ lifestyle
or eventually their families.
healthcare available in
a particular lifestyle. Ask
within the safety and
It is therefore important to
the comfort of your own
the necessary questions to
security of their own home
make sure that the relevant
home, or is it your own
ensure your decision is an
for as long as possible
retirement village’s financial
responsibility when it
informed one. •
model makes provision for
is needed?
• Services, advice and
• Peace of mind for the
A note of caution: most
implications be for you?
a retirement village?
family about the wellbeing
the subsidising of healthcare
of their parents.
services in the retirement
and, if it is fully occupied,
Specialist company and they
village to ensure affordability
how will it affect you
have offices throughout the
for the residents in the
as resident, or which
country. For more information,
long term.
alternatives are available
phone Head Office on 012 347
to you when it is full?
8344 or send your enquiry to
Comprehensive Healthcare refers to primary healthcare services that include, among
Comprehensive Healthcare
• Is the care unit big enough
other things, periodic
Services also offer certainty
clinical assessments of all
to residents that if the care
units will be developed,
information about our offering,
residents, clinical support
centre is full, alternative
as the critical mass
please visit www.medwell.co.za
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