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Rand Aid Association’s Elphin Lodge retirement village resident Maureen Waddington (100) received her Covid-19 vaccination on 18 May, as part…
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Elphin Lodge residents thoroughly enjoyed the village’s craft market on 2 December. Residents enjoyed browsing the 16 tables that displayed…
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With South Africa’s 2025 flu season arriving earlier than expected, retirement communities are ramping up efforts to protect their most…
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Rand Aid Association newsletter: 4th 2025
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Cathy celebrates 101 years of a life well travelled
Ron Smith Care Centre resident Cathy Basterfield turned 101 on September 16. She cut her birthday cake herself and shared…
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Visiting booths at RSCC enable safe family visits
Rand Aid Association’s Ron Smith Care Centre has installed visiting booths and screens on the premises to facilitate visits from…
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Tarentaal village’s Valentine’s love story
Tarentaal village residents Andreas and Maria Ferencz, who have been married for 28 years, baked delicious and beautifully iced heart-shaped…
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Safety first at Rand Aid
Inyoni Creek retirement village staff member Victoria Setlale receives a flu vaccine from village sister Hannie Combrink. Rand Aid offered…
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TEN YEARS SOBER!
My life revolved around alcohol, says 51-year-old James Algera who recently celebrated 10 years of sobriety. After growing up in…
14 Jul 2020
COVID-19: The story of two survivors
Tarentaal retirement village residents Martin and Sandra Colombick both contracted COVID-19 at the end of 2020. “They were very ill…
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Life in lockdown: Loving care prevails
Rand Aid Association’s Ron Smith Care Centre is doing everything it can during the national coronavirus lockdown to ensure that…
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