Old Age Homes for SASSA Pensioners 2024- Complete Guide

Old age homes for SASSA pensioners are designed for senior citizens of South Africa with golden age of 60+. If you are old age SASSA pensioner who has no caretaker or you need nursing care with comfortable and happy living, South African Department of Social Development (DSD) supports you through old age homes.

SASSA old age beneficiaries can apply for cheap accommodation for pensioners through the Department of Social Development (DSD) SASSA application. The process of submitting application is straightforward and easy. After online application submission, an agent from DSD will visit your place to confirm further verification and validation process. This step is crucial for access of old age home officially.

Old age person usually prioritize to stay home in case of good caretaker, loving family or if in better health. But  if you are an old age SASSA pensioner who need frail care, disable and needs nursing care 24/7, you should better opt for Old age homes for SASSA pensioners. 

These old age homes are under high surveillance of Department of Social Development (DSD). 

These old age home volunteers are facilitated with caregivers, comfortable living, medical aid and good company of other colleagues who also opted for old age homes to have splendid life for them.

Your medical certificate would have a written statement that your mental health or body health is unfit and you need a permanent medical assistance, 24 hours a day for you. Agreed consent form and certificate by medical practitioner are required for legal assistance and issuance of court order.

SASSA application for old age home cannot be lodged online. Simply follow this step-by-step guide to apply for admission in old age home for SASSA pensioner.

1. Visit nearest DSD office in your region or you can find your regional office of department of Social Development below.
2. Fill out Old age home application and enter required information for the residential facility.
3. Attach the following documents per required by old age home application form.
   • South African Identification card (ID card)
   • Valid Medical report
4. Submit your completed documents and receive a stamped receipt of submission. 

5. An agent worker from department would visit your location to verify your current place of living and other validations by the court order. 

6. You would receive the approval of application or declination of application in next 14 working days.

If your status check shows application rejection, you can appeal for reconsideration or reapply the application

Important: If you are too old or too sick to move to your nearest DSD office yourself, any of your nearest family member or friends can visit the office on your behalf along with signed authority letter from your side. Your documents would also be helpful to verify that concerned member is your nearest family.

Department of Social Development would take about 14 working days (2 weeks) to process your application under various verification and validation process. You can expect response from the agency in about 30 working days after the date of application of SASSA old age home pensioners.

As soon as you get the SASSA application approval letter for old age home, you can shift to your selected/authorized old age home

Once your SASSA old person grant is approved and you have moved to your old age home, you can still receive SASSA SRD R350 grant through any of the following SASSA preferred payment collection methods.

1. Bank transfer
2. Cash Collection
3. ATM withdrawal through Capitec

The Department of Social Development is managing a huge network of old age homes that are catering SASSA old age beneficiaries along with Asylum seeker older persons. 

DSD is an administrative government institute that manages social issues of citizens of South Africa to improve their betterment. 

Old age homes are provided with all the basic necessities of living with add-ons to:

But before you select an old age home for you, picking the right old age living place is a pivotal decision influencing the quality of life. These factors would impact when making the decision

1. Quality of Accommodations: Evaluate the living conditions to guarantee both comfort and safety.
2. Nutritional and Dietary Planning: Ensure that meal arrangements are tailored to meet individual tastes and specific dietary requirements.
3. Accessibility Features: Verify the availability of amenities that support mobility, including wheelchair and walker access, to facilitate ease of movement.
4. Healthcare Services: Assess the presence and capability of healthcare facilities.
5. Professional Medical Personnel: Confirm that the establishment employs a competent and experienced team of healthcare professionals.
6. Location Considerations: Determine whether an urban environment or a tranquil rural setting best suits personal preferences.

There are several state-of-the art old age homes for SASSA pensioners working efficiently to provide healthy and comfortable life to elder persons. Most of them are also SRD beneficiaries and enjoying SASSA old age pensioners grant. Let’s view the complete list of old age homes from our region and choose the best that fits for us

Region	North West	Western Cape	Limpopo	Mpumalanga	KwaZulu-Natal
Phone numbers	(018) 387 3434 / 0255 / 3497 / 0281	021) 483 3858/ 3765 / 3158 / 5445	(033) 264 5400	(011) 355 7687 / 7977 / 7878	(013) 766 3098 / 3253 / 3031
Old age home details	Rustenburg: Rustenburg Old Age Home	Cape Town: Athlone Old Age Home	Polokwane: Polokwane Old Age Home	Nelspruit: Nelspruit Old Age Home	Pietermaritzburg: Pietermaritzburg Old Age Home

Few of old age homes for SASSA pensioners managed by Department of Social Development of South Africa are working in free states and Gauteng region. Here are the contact details below:

Regions	Old age homes address	Old age homes contact numbers
Gauteng	Boksburg: Boksburg Old Age Home Johannesburg: Alexandra Old Age Home, Eldorado Park Old Age Home, Golden Harvest Old Age Home, Lenasia South Old Age Home, Protea Glen Old Age Home, Randburg Old Age Home, Roodepoort Old Age Home, South Hills Old Age Home, Old Age Homes in Soweto Krugersdorp: Krugersdorp Old Age Home Pretoria: Pretoria East North Old Age Home Frail Care Pretoria East	(011) 355 7687 / 7977 / 7878
Free states	Swellendam Overberg: AA Tomlinson In Swellendam Overberg Theewaterskloof in Overberg ACVV Heidehof in Caledon Beaconvale Frail Care Centre in Mitchells Plain Helderberg Society for the Aged in Somerset West Highlands House in Vredehoek Nazareth House in Vredehoek Loeriehof in Knysna	(051) 400 0302 / 0304 / 0307

For any further queries, please get in touch with SASSA directly:

• SASSA Toll-Free Helpline: 0800 60 10 11
• SASSA Head Office: 012 400 2000
• SASSA Fax: 012 400 2257
• SASSA Website: https://www.sassa.gov.za
• SASSA Email: [email protected]

For any further queries, please get in touch with SASSA directly:

• DSD SASSA Helpline: 012 312 7479, 021 465 4011
• SASSA DSD Fax: 086 715 0829021 465 3360
• Dept of Social Development Website: http://www.dsd.gov.za
• DSD postal address: Private Bag X904, PRETORIA, 0001. Private Bag X9153, CAPE TOWN, 8000 Street Address HSRC Building, North wing, 134 Pretorius Street, PRETORIA. 120 Plein Street, Floor 10, Room 1039, CAPE TOWN