Thembalami and MODA newsletter: July 2025

Three residents of Rand Aid’s Thornhill Manor turned heads at the village’s March morning tea with their eye-catching Easter bonnets….

Their hands may tell the story of rich decades well lived but when Geoff Gearing (86) asked Jill du Toit…

Congratulations to Elphin Lodge’s new Residents’ Committee.

There’s great excitement in the air as preparations for Rand Aid’s Thornhill Manor retirement village’s annual family fun day and…

Inyoni Creek’s Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden group is really cooking! Their Vlam and Vleis social held on August 11 saw…

Residents and guests took to the paths of Thornhill Manor on September 22 for a memory care awareness walk that…

Ron Smith Care Centre resident Shelagh Hawes celebrated her 90th birthday surrounded by love and in the presence of her family,…

Rand Aid’s Thembalami Care Centre and Max Ordman Deaf Association (MODA) residents received snooze scarfs from Prestige Clothing Joburg, a…

Social workers are the steady anchor in substance use disorder recovery, working at the intersection of emotional healing, behavioural change,…

Rand Aid managers, carers and social workers share insights and stories highlighting the importance of respect, connection and purpose for…

Singer Roy Edwards ensured that Ron Smith Care Centre’s Women’s Day tea was an absolute hit! This year, the Rand…

The Rand Aid board has approved a plan to expand the use of solar power at its independent life-right villages…

Johanna Lebisi, Inyoni Creek supervisor, updating the retirement village’s files under the guidance of Inyoni Creek deputy manager Marinda Looyen.

Thornhill Manor’s Knit and Natter group recently handed over 38 button-up and pullover jerseys to the Nederduitsch Hervormde Gemeente Hartebeeshoek…

Christmas is often described as a season of joy, togetherness and generosity. Yet, for many older persons living in care…