Retirement Villages · George central, George
Non-profit retirement community just off York Street, founded by George's Round Table, Lions and Rotary clubs, with frail, palliative and respite care at Lyttelton Health Care Centre.
Retirement Villages · George
George retirement village with a medical unit offering frail care plus sub-acute and palliative care for residents recovering after hospital.
Local knowledge
George is the practical choice on the Garden Route: Mediclinic George and George Hospital are in town, and George Airport has direct flights to Johannesburg and Cape Town, which matters a lot for families who live upcountry.
Villages here range from large estates with golf to smaller church-linked communities, often with frail care on site.
A retirement village is a secure community of houses, cottages or apartments for independent older people. Most have a clubhouse, a dining room or coffee shop, maintained gardens and 24-hour security, and many add a frail care centre so residents can move into care later without leaving.
Questions families ask
You pay a once-off amount for the right to live in a unit for life. You do not own it. When the right ends, the village resells it and repays an amount set out in your agreement, which may be a fixed share of the original price or of the resale price. These schemes are regulated by the Housing Development Schemes for Retired Persons Act.
Most villages set a minimum age, commonly between 50 and 60. Check with the village, because the rules differ and some allow a younger spouse.