ILC-South Africa
Mission
To understand processes, implications and situations of individual and population ageing in South Africa and sub-Saharan Africa (SSA); to help African societies to prepare to accommodate an expanding older population; to enhance the quality of life of older people in African society. ILCSA carries out its mission through research, training, knowledge dissemination for policy development, and advocacy. It views population ageing and longevity positively, and its programmes and activities aim to promote the optimisation of individuals' capacity for active, healthy and productive ageing.
Major funding sources
The Albertina and Walter Sisulu Institute of Ageing in Africa.
Major activities / programs
Expansion of Geriatrics Clinical Services and Education Programme.
Dementia and care responses: Improving management, and supporting and empowering informal caregivers.
Prevention of falls in older persons: policy intervention in a developing country.
Policy research to support and empower older caregivers to persons infected with or affected by HIV and AIDS.
Domesticating older persons’ human rights in South Africa.
Key staff
President: Monica Ferreira, MA, DPhil.
Board of the International Institute on Ageing (UN Malta) (INIA)
Fellow of the World Demographic and Ageing Forum (WDA Forum)
Board of the African Research on Ageing Network (AFRAN)
Director: Sebastiana Kalula, MBChB, MMed, MPhil, FRCP.
Board of the South African Older Persons Forum (SAOPF)
Fellow of the World Demographic and Ageing Forum
Contact
The Albertina and Walter Sisulu Institute of Ageing in Africa, University of Cape Town, Faculty of Health Sciences, Observatory 7925, South Africa
Tel: 27-21-406-6211
Fax: 27-21-406-6846
E-mail: monica.ferreira@uct.ac.za, sebastiana.kalula@uct.ac.za
Website: www.ilcsa.uct.ac.za
Documents:
ILC-South Africa Activity Report 2010-2011 (PDF)
Healthy Ageing and Prevention: The Case in South Africa and the Netherlands (PDF)
