Reflecting on Home Based Care Provision from the South

GOLTC Social Protection and Care in Southern Africa Interest Group webinar:

Date: 24 October 2025

Time: 11am to 12pm BST, you can check your local time here

Link: Register to join on Zoom 

This seminar will explore how different models of home-based care for older persons are structured and operate in the Global South. Drawing on examples from Brazil and South Africa, the discussion will highlight the critical role of home-based care provision in supporting family caregivers. By comparing models, the speakers will reflect on how various approaches shape the experiences and wellbeing of family caregivers. While formal home-care services remain limited in much of the Global South, the seminar will also consider the sustainability of specific models in diverse social, economic, and policy contexts. With few public home-care services, the burden is shifted almost entirely to families.

Agenda

• Introduction to the Global Observatory of Long-Term care and welcome (Adelina Comas-Herrera, Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, LSE, UK)
• Introduction to the Social Protection and Care in Southern Africa Interest Group (Elena Moore, Family Caregiving Programme, University of Cape Town)
• The effects of Programa Maior Cuidado on the health of family caregivers (Karla Giacomin, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz and National Front for Strengthening Long-Term Institutions for Older Adults, Brazil)
• Home-Based Care Services and lessons from working with family caregivers in South Africa (Femada Shaman, Chief Operating Officer, The Association for the Aged (TAFTA), Durban, South Africa)
• Assisting families: Peer-to-peer elder care support practices in informal settlement Khayelitsha in Cape Town: Mzwamadoda Mondi
• Discussion chaired by Peter Lloyd-Sherlock (Northumbria University, UK)