SAGE Well-Being of Older People Study 2010
South Africa, 2010
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Q720a-Verbatim of respondent comments (CareComment)
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Record verbatim:Verbatim of respondent comments
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| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| After investigation I would like to get help if there is a need | |
| All my 05 children are sick but they are not getting any financial support | |
| All my children are not working , are dependant on me have poor living condition | |
| All my children are not working . They all dependant on my govt pension fund . I need a decen house and a toilet . My living conditions are terreble | |
| All my children are not working I am the only one providing financial at hope and I don't cope | |
| All my children are not working I don't have enough money to care for my self as my siblings | |
| All my children are not working they are dependant on me . They are sick and not getting any financial assistance | |
| All my children are not working. I want to make a vegatable garden the problem is fencing . I don抰 have enough finance to buy fence | |
| All my children have passed away I am left with my daughter in low and grandchild they are all depandent on my old age pension | |
| All my grand child are not working their parents have both passed away . They all dependentb on me . Living conditions not satisfactory | |
| Although I don't have a house of my own but I am satified with the assistance I am receiving | |
| As I am giving care and support to many people the fanancial assistance I get is not enough | |
| At times she does not go to the clinic to feth some medication she has no money . She needs to hire a car if she want to go there | |
| Because of being in a polygamous malliage . I am not receiving enough care and assistance as a result . I don't have a house of my own | |
| Collects drugs from Ngwelezane Clinic and sometimes she does not go to collect them becouse she does not have money. But she is about to change from Ngwelezane to nearest clinic ( Mpukunyoni ) | |
| Complaned of in availability of clean water and the housing is not good the more fact that she has a lot of child and they are not working | |
| Deseite of my taking anti-hypernsive but I still fell sick and my BP remains high | |
| Even when I'm sick e don't receive physical care and assistance | |
| Financial Assistance is not enough | |
| Financial assistance I have been receiving has stopped and its difficult for me to provide for my chidren | |
| Financial assistance I receive is not enough sometimes I don't get medication at the clinic and I have to see aGP or buy from pharmacy conditions of living not satisfactory | |
| Financial support is not enough for my family as I am not working | |
| Financial support is not enough to support my family as no one is working at home | |
| Four of my children are matriculated and they are all not working | |
| Govt grant not enough for my own upkeep no modern house , no toilet , no electricity. | |
| Has a problem about finance becouse he is not working and the family is too big , has a lot of children | |
| Has a problem because each time he wants to do something or go some where thre should be people to help him , so he has wheel chair and he has a lot of children who are not working , so that is affecting him psychologically | |
| Has complaned of the more fact that they get water too far and she has no body to assist in fetching water and she is old to go and fetch water | |
| Has financial problems has no source of income | |
| Has no job , the money he is getting is not enough and he is worried that , he does not manage to cope in various situations such as buying enough food and the other expenses | |
| He has report that he has a big family and he has a lot of children that are not working . And that the children are disrespectful | |
| He has reported to be concerned about the people who were living in his hold who died without help from africa centre and that is what he has reported as a reason not take bloods becouse he says it cant help him as his family did not get any he | |
| He mostly does not get proper care at the clinic as well as | |
| He reported that is abdominal pain which he thinks is associated with liver , He also has an ear which was painful and blocking , sometimes . But the ear is better now . There is also back pain which occurs accassionally. | |
| He sometimes can't get Anti-hypertensive treatment or some minor ailments such as diarrhoea at the clinic . He is told to go and by them by himself becouse they have run out. | |
| I Have a huge family but I'm not working -no income to support my family I need food vouchers I need a decent home | |
| I am living a very difficult life with the main source of income only from my spouse | |
| I am not getting financial assistance from govt I don抰 have an ID my son department on ARVs because of not having an ID . Mother advused to go back to the clinic with his son to explain | |
| I am not happy with the condition of my house . My husband has passed away living me to care for the children and my old age pension grant is not enough | |
| I am not satisfied because I am not getting any financial assistance | |
| I am not working , I am sick , I don't get any financial assistance my brother who was supporting me died. | |
| I am not working and I am sick I need financial assistance or even light job. I only live on cawal jobo. I am at my friend house and not paying for accomodation | |
| I am not working have aproblem of backache . No financial assistance | |
| I am not working no one is working at home . We all live on childs support grant . No clean water supply in our area and electricity | |
| I am old and sick my children not working both my spouses not permanent jobs | |
| I am out of work . And my children are not working my family is suffering have a hearing pronlem for over a year | |
| I am satisfied | |
| I am satisfied with care and support but not with financial support my younger is sick on ARV's but not getting financial support | |
| I am satisfied with the assistance I get but I don't have electricity in my house | |
| I am sick have a mild stroke , itchyness in hole body . I need to be treated | |
| I am staying alone with poor vision . No water supply in my tap . No electricity in our area . I 've just asked a relative to stay with me for physical assistance | |
| I am staying at my sons house . I need a house of my own | |
| I am staying with eleven offspriings and I am the only person taking care they are still young they need my support in almost everything. | |
| I am staying with my 03 grandchildren who are getting child support grant my old age pension is not enough to support everyone in the family | |
| I am still caughing but no longer taking TB Treatment . I need food parcels , financial support not enough. | |
| I am the only one receiving financial support- not enough for my family | |
| I am worried because we have no toilets , no clean water , in order for us to get water we have to hire a car about R200 from Matuba to her there is n't even water for cows . I have to pay for transport to get water , I also get it difficuilts | |
| I am worried that the grant I am getting is just about to end and I want have money for living and I'm still abitfar from getting pension | |
| I did not receive financial assistance for 04 months | |
| I do things like cooking even if I don't feel well becouse there is mosty no one during the day to help me . | |
| I don't have a toilet . I would like to have one | |
| I don't have any source of income sometimes it is difficult to get food | |
| I don't have prper housing accommodation . Govt financial assistance is too little for mr to build a house | |
| I don抰 like the place where I'm staying . I need a open space | |
| I don抰 have a house . No water supply in this area . No toilet | |
| I don抰 have a house we all live in a one romed house | |
| I don抰 have an ID Book I cant find work | |
| I have a large family which is dependant only on my govt grant they are all not working . 03 children are not receiving child support. | |
| I have a very big family and would like to have a govt house inside my premises . Financial support is not enough for my family also I don抰 have a toilet | |
| I have blurred vision I need help for my eyesight | |
| I have financial problems I can't even sell bananas becouse of back pain my children are not working. | |
| I have many children who are all dependent on me . I need a house , the house I have is not enough | |
| I have poor vision I need help for my eyes | |
| I just need to be better from my sickness | |
| I need a house of my own Decent House , my living conditions are terrebles . I need help for my sick ness . My children are not working they all dependent on my disability grant | |
| I need a house for my family . My financialy support is not enough for my family . I would like to get food voucher | |
| I need a house of my own | |
| I need a house of my own , a toilet mt children are not working we have got public tabs which have no water | |
| I need a house of my own . I am staying at my sisters house but not providing care to any one. | |
| I need a house of my own . My husband divorced me and I don抰 have a house I am unemployed | |
| I need a house of my own . We have a problem of water supply in our area | |
| I need a house of my own I've got nowhere to sleep. No toilet . My family is very large my fanancial assistance is not enough. Most of my children have passed away I have no one to help me | |
| I need a house of my own becouse our living condition are terrible the wife and my late brother in low children are all dependant on my old age pension fund | |
| I need a house of my own we have a problem of water | |
| I need a house of my own with eletricity and water | |
| I need a house or my own and move out of the timber house | |
| I need a low income house subsidised by govt | |
| I need a toilet to be build . Food voucher as I am the only bread winner at home | |
| I need a wheel chair / walking sticks . All my children are depandant on my pension no one is working. | |
| I need a wheel chair I don抰 have enough enegy to walk aroung the house | |
| I need electricity in my home in order to use my electricity appliances financial assistance I receive from governmement is not enough my two children are working but not helping me with any finance. | |
| I need fencing for my house to prevent animals from getting into my garden no water supply in our area | |
| I need financial support for my late childs I 'll be very grateful to get food vouchers for the orphans in my family we need water in our area | |
| I need food parcels because the salary I get is not enough . For my familysince I am now a single parent | |
| I need food voucher | |
| I need glasses for my eyes | |
| I need help for building a home for family we need water and electricity supply in our area . Financial support we get with my spouse is not enough | |
| I need help for my sickness all my family members are dependent on my old age pension grant . No safe water , no electricity , no govt house in our area . My living conditions are terrible | |
| I need to eat healthy financial support is too little | |
| I need water no water in our public tabs . My arm is ever shakinmg and painful | |
| I once got dependancy grant but it has stopped . I normally feel bad about life becouse I don't have mooney to take care of my self and household holistically | |
| I only receive assistance with treatment but no financial assistance | |
| I want to build my mother a small house . The financial assistance I get is not enough | |
| I woild like to be assistance with my late sister child to get child support | |
| I would be glad if I get food parcel especially the instant maize meal to make instant porriage for breakfast because the financial assistance is not enough | |
| I would be grateful if I can get a voucher to buy groceries because government grant is not enough | |
| I would like to get a govt subsidy house . My living conditions are terrible | |
| I would like to get a house of my own since I am staying at my brother son s house | |
| I would like to get financial assistance so as to eat nutritions food I also need assistance with nutritions porridge from the clinic | |
| I would like to get financial support , I only get food after selling my checkens which are not always there | |
| I would like to get more assistance to build my house | |
| I' m staying with my late sister's children . Financial assistance I get is not enough | |
| I'm not working my son has passed tertiary education also not working financial situation at home terreble. | |
| I'm trying to build myself a decent house I need help for cement , and roof . No water and electricity supply in our area . No one is working at home | |
| I've got two children but I'm not staying with them becouse no income . I'm always hungry. I cant work becouse of my painful arm | |
| I've not been receiving any financial assistance from government . Government grant expired | |
| If only I can get treatment for my painful foot | |
| It is difficult to get money to go to the clinic becouse I always ask money from my son or daughter and if they don't have I have to borrow from people so that I can go to clinic and also buy food. | |
| It is mostly difficuilt to go to clinic because she needs to hire a car , of which is expensive so she is at times forced by the situation to send some one to buy tables at pharmacy if she has some money | |
| Missing | |
| Most of my children have passed away . I am staying with my grand children life is not easy financially | |
| My House is not in good condition | |
| My Husband is physical disabled -has stroke I need some disposable napkins. We live on my husband 's disability grant . Which is not enoug because I also buy napkins from the some money . I need a new whelchair for my husband. | |
| My children are not working | |
| My children are not working , my house is falling apart | |
| My children are not working . All my children are dependant on my disability grant. A have Diabetds Hypertension and Athritis financial support not enough . No water no electricity in our communuty | |
| My children are not working . My grandchild orphans and are all dependant on my old age pension . Lack of water and electricity in our area I don抰 have enegy to go to the clinic I would appreciate if some body brings me my medification at home | |
| My children are not working I am not satisfied with the financial assistance a receive | |
| My children are not working I have not enough money to provide for them | |
| My children are not working no sourse of income . My husband is not helping me financially | |
| My children are not working they are all depadent on my old age pension. Those who are sick are not getting any financial assistance | |
| My children are not working we all live my old age pension | |
| My daughter is not working financial support is not enough | |
| My daughter not receiving financial support and not working financial support not enough | |
| My daughter-in-low is sick and not working , my grand children are all dependent on me financila support is not enoughj . My son is late and no one is supporting the family | |
| My family depends on my age pension its very difficults | |
| My financial assistance is not enough for me to care for my family and my late | |
| My financial assistance is not enough to support the whole family my children are not working | |
| My house is not in a good condition I need assistance to build my house | |
| My only son epileptic not working all my children are not working they live and depend on my old age pension. I have no proper house my living conditios are terrible | |
| My other 02 children are sick one son is mentally retarded and one daughters diagnosis is unknown. I would like to get nutritious meal porridge and milk for my sick children | |
| My sister's children are department on me . My sister has just finished taking TB Treatment | |
| My son is late no one is supporting the family except my self . Financial support I receive from govt not enough | |
| My son is sick not receiving disability grant and not working. They are all dependent on my old age pension fund | |
| My son is very sick , not working - financial assistance not enough | |
| My son is very sick not receiving any financial assistance . I would be grateful if I can get food parcels or food voucher every month | |
| My wife and other children are late , my daughter and granddaughter are sick . Im very depressed have no one to help me with the household activities | |
| No care / Support received except for financial assistance | |
| No clean water supply in our area . Had herpes zoster on right side of face . Before testing for hiv . Sores have healed but riight side of tongue, ear are still painful on and off | |
| No house no water supply in our are I did'nt get help at the clinic for my swollen , painful joins | |
| No one is working at home everyone in the family dependent on my disability grant no water supply | |
| No one working no decent home , no toilet lack of water supply in the area | |
| No water in our area water not coming out of taps | |
| No water in our public tabs no electricity. Financial support I get from govt is not enough for the huge family a have | |
| No water in the area , no electricity in our household . I have this Headace on and off which needs to be investigated and Treated | |
| No water supply , no electricity in our area . My children are not working all of us live on my little salary income | |
| No water supply no electricity . No one is working at home | |
| Not receiving care / Assistance | |
| Out of so many household members we are only two working and the money we are getting is to little | |
| Participant complained about having no reliable source of income , staying alone and having no one to help when she is not feeling good. | |
| She complaining about care given at the clinic ( Msane ) she says she it subjected to long quenes and she is not take care of property | |
| She complains that she normaly does'nt get treatment at the clinic and they wait too long before that are even attended | |
| She complaned of a house that it needs to be renovated , has a grand grant child who's mother dissapeored and the husband is not know , baby has no grant . Refferal form has been written and given to the social workers | |
| She complaned of the burden that she is having about taking care of children financially | |
| She has report to be mostly worried about the fact that her son's wife passed away and she is survived with a lot of grandchildren to look after becouse her son is working . So she hard a lot of work to do | |
| She is unhappy becouse sometimes she is sick , but she has to do all duties for her self becouse there is no one who can help. | |
| She is worried about the fact that she has a big family to look after , especially financially now that her other husband wife and husband are late , so the whole children is on her and they are not getting any financial assistance from any ot | |
| She mostly can't get Anti-Hypertensive treatment at the clinic | |
| She need a wheel chair - disposable napkins. Financila support not enough everyone in the household dependent on the old pension | |
| She was once started on BP treatment but she decided to stop them becouse it made her to feel dizzyness. | |
| Sometimes at the clinic there is no treatment and is happy on module 8 | |
| Sometimes there is no treatment at the clinic and she was buy at the pharmacy | |
| The only problem we have here is lack of water and electricity | |
| The financial assistance I receive is not enough . I want to buy chicken and sell them to make money | |
| The financial assistance I receive is not enough as I am staying with my late brother's children who are not receiving any financial support | |
| The financial assistance I receive is not enough does not meet my needs | |
| The financial assistance I receive is not enough for my household needs | |
| The financial assistance that I receive is not enough | |
| The money I am getting from my employer is too little for me to support my children . I would like to receive gov assistance | |
| The only problem I have is to get strength in order to do my household charts | |
| The water tap is very far , so it is difficuilts to feten water when daughters are away , this house is a bit far from the road where we normally get transport, I have to go to clinic on monthly basis and the clinic is far , so it take a lot of | |
| There is an ongoing pain from the cancer of the legs , even if he is given some pain tables , it is only going for the clinic and comes back | |
| There is no safe water supply in our area . My children are not working | |
| There is no source of income , the family only depend on child support grant so the life is difficult. | |
| There is no water in this place , this making life difficult . Thre are taps but no water is coming out | |
| There is sometimes no treatment at the clinics. | |
| Water problem to irrigate our vegetable garden | |
| Water is a problem in this place , we mostly don't have water in our tabs . There is a pump that is problematic now and again in most of the time. | |
| We don抰 have water and electricity in our household | |
| We have a prblem of electricity and water in our area | |
| We have flush toilet but no water available . I need financial assistance , I only live from my mother pension | |
| We have water supply problem in our area | |
| We need water , electricity and housing assistance | |
| We need water supply , electricity and conditionc of living not satisfied no toilet. In our household | |
| my feet are very painful I have difficulty in working I need help no decent accommodation | |
| my grand children are dependent on my old age pension no one else is working | |
| needs financial assistance to ref to social worker re foster children | |
| no one is working at home my two grandchildren not receiving any child support no birth certificates | |
| she complain that she is mostly alone and has to do thinks by her self . Those who are assisting her are doing so occassionally |
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.