The department through the Directorate Care and Services to Older Persons is responsible for ensuring that older persons feel safe in their communities. As part of its efforts to achieve this objective, it trained 210 social services professionals on the management of elder abuse prevention. A total of 273 cases of elder abuse were reported and processed. Elder awareness campaigns programmes were held in Western Cape, Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal. A total of 412 residential facilities were provisionally registered in terms of norms and standards.