Ekklesia Park is a retirement village and home for the aged at 2 Park Lane, Blairgowrie, Randburg. It was founded on 19 October 1968 as a project of the Dutch Reformed Church and still functions under Tutela, the service arm of that church. The retirement village has 50 one and two bedroomed apartments, bought with life-long rights of occupation of which 80% of the purchase price is refundable. The home also has a semi-frail care section, where residents can receive help with bathing, medication and wound treatment and 24 hours supervision, and a frail care section of single or double private rooms and small wards for 5 to 8 people, with full nursing care for physically or mentally impaired people. Short-term respite care can be arranged. The home's website gives 196 residents, of whom 56% are Afrikaans-speaking and 40% English-speaking.
Pricing
Retirement village apartments (life right): purchase prices R425,000 to R990,000, plus a monthly levy of R4,228 (one-bedroom flat, one occupant) to R4,944 (two-bedroom flat, two occupants) including water, electricity and a daily meal | Flats in the main building R20,630 to R23,525 a month, with daily visits by a registered nurse, three meals, laundry and cleaning | Semi-frail care R17,000 to R21,100 a month, with the same services and restricted nursing assistance | Once-off non-refundable administrative fee of R6,800 (listed on the home's website without a date, read 1 November 2026)
Services
- Retirement village apartments with life-rights
- Semi-frail care with 24 hours supervision and help with bathing, medication and wound treatment
- Frail care with full nursing care
- Short-term respite care
- Meals, room servicing and laundry in semi-frail care
- Panic button and emergency service in the retirement village
- Full-time social worker
- Social activities, outings, reading circle and weekly sing-along sessions
Amenities
- On-site library
- Multimedia/sitting room
- Hair salon
- Smoking room and sunrooms
- Chair lifts
- Gardens with secure pathways and railings
- Weekly tuck shop run by volunteers
Care Types
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