Official reply:
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION797/2013
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
Date of publication on internal question paper: 25 April 2013
Internal question paperno:13
797. Mr M Waters (DA) to ask the Minister of Social Development:
(a) What is the unit cost for an old age home to look after a (i) mobile
resident and (ii) frail resident and (b) how is this cost determined?
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Reply:
(a) The unit cost on average, using the Free State province as an example,
is R5,000 per bed per month for (i) mobile older persons and (ii) on
average R5,350 for frail older persons.
(b) The unit cost normally is determined by calculating the costs incurred
by an old age home divided by the number of older persons (beds) cared for
divided by 12 to arrive at a monthly unit cost. For example, a total cost
for old age home is R2,000,000 per annum divided by 30 beds (older persons)
= R66,666 divided by 12 months = R5,555 unit cost per month