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Overberg · Town guide

Retirement & care in Caledon & the Overberg

Caledon, Botrivier, Napier, Bredasdorp and Swellendam: quiet country towns with a few well-run villages and community care homes.

Why families look here

The inland Overberg is wheat and canola country between the N2 and the coast. Its towns are small, safe and inexpensive, and several have a retirement village or a community-run home for older persons. Napier Retirement Village is the best known, with cottages, assisted living and its own frail care unit. Larenbosch in Botrivier, ACVV Heidehof in Caledon and two homes in Swellendam round out the options.

Caledon is about 1 hour 15 minutes from Cape Town International, Napier and Bredasdorp about two hours, and Swellendam about 2 hours 30 minutes. Each town has a provincial hospital, but the nearest private hospital for most of the area is Mediclinic Hermanus, so families should plan for a drive for specialist care.

If you want a coastal town instead, see Hermanus and the Whale Coast. For the true monthly cost of care in a small town, read our frail care costs guide.

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Old Age Homes · Swellendam, Caledon & the Overberg

Aan De Drostdy Tehuis

Home for older persons in Swellendam, near the historic Drostdy.

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    Old Age Homes · Caledon & the Overberg

    ACVV Heidehof

    Subsidised ACVV home for older persons in Caledon.

    • Frail Care
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    Old Age Homes · Bredasdorp, Caledon & the Overberg

    ACVV Suideroord

    Subsidised ACVV home for older persons in Bredasdorp, the main town of the southern Overberg.

    • Frail Care
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    Old Age Homes · Swellendam, Caledon & the Overberg

    Huis AA Tomlinson

    Subsidised home for older persons in Swellendam.

    • Frail Care
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    Old Age Homes · Napier, Caledon & the Overberg

    Huis Klippe Drift

    Home for older persons in Napier.

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      Retirement Villages · Botrivier, Caledon & the Overberg

      Larenbosch Retirement Village

      Retirement village of apartments and duplexes in Botrivier, on the N2 between Grabouw and Caledon.

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      Retirement Villages · Napier, Caledon & the Overberg

      Napier Retirement Village

      Country retirement village in historic Napier with cottages, courtyard apartments, assisted living and an on-site frail care unit.

      • Assisted Living
      • Frail Care
      • Life right
      • Rental
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      Questions families ask

      Retirement in Caledon & the Overberg

      How much does frail care cost in Napier?

      Napier Retirement Village quotes frail care from about R14,300 a month, including living and care levies. That is well below most Cape Town and Helderberg rates.

      Is there a private hospital in the Overberg?

      Mediclinic Hermanus is the main private hospital for the region. Caledon, Swellendam and Bredasdorp have provincial hospitals for day-to-day and emergency care.

      Which Overberg towns have retirement villages?

      Napier and Botrivier (Larenbosch) have retirement villages. Caledon, Swellendam and Bredasdorp have homes for older persons with frail care, several of them run by the ACVV with subsidised beds.