Essenwood Residential Home

Essenwood Residential Home Graceful twilight years for ladies only. Our home offers pleasant, secure living with full support from our professional, dedicated staff & volunteers.

We offer complete care services from independent living right through to frail care. Our home has a long & proud history of service to the older gentlewomen. We were borne out of the Durban Benevolent Society (established in 1855) and boast over 160 years of loving care & service to Durban’s golden ladies. Our structure as a service-based organisation has evolved over the years to keep in line with legislation. Starting out as a voluntary association, we have, since 1950, been a non-profit company, “formed for the purpose of providing a Home for Indigent Gentlewomen”. From that point onwards, the management of the home was taken over by a board of directors. We offer across the spectrum full board accommodation for senior ladies, from independent & assisted living through to frail & palliative care. Our objective is to provide the best type of care for each person’s needs. We see caring as a holistic function, which is why we focus a lot of our resources on social & entertainment activities. Our lovely ladies participate in exercise classes, arts, crafts, games, movie nights, bingo, concerts and talks among our numerous activities. We also have Church Services on a Sunday, and Holy Communion twice weekly given by the Anglican and Methodist churches

Our home offers three categories of care. These include:
1. Independent Living: for those who do not require assistance with the typical activities of daily living.
2. Assisted Living: for those who require some assistance
3. Frail Care: for those who require 24-hour nursing care

We also have an in-house sickbay – a facility that offers short-term/step-down care for residents who have taken ill or who require post-operative care. The step-down facility is also available to community members who require temporary care & assistance when recovering from illness or medical treatment & surgery. We invite you to be part of our home. Whether you can volunteer your time or share your resources, you too can play a part in caring for those who have spent the best part of their lives caring for others…

Wishing everyone a Happy and Blessed Easter🐣. We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to our families and frien...
05/04/2026

Wishing everyone a Happy and Blessed Easter🐣. We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to our families and friends for their generous donation of Easter eggs for our residents and staff.

Wishing everyone a blessed Good Friday filled with peace, love, and reflection.
03/04/2026

Wishing everyone a blessed Good Friday filled with peace, love, and reflection.

Friday arts and crafts afternoon 🎨 Preparing for Easter!
27/03/2026

Friday arts and crafts afternoon 🎨 Preparing for Easter!

This week's highlight was our South African theme lunch, which featured a traditional braai that was thoroughly enjoyed ...
27/03/2026

This week's highlight was our South African theme lunch, which featured a traditional braai that was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone. 🇿🇦
Some of our ladies made a beautiful effort to dress up, and was even helped by our staff 😊
We would like to once again thank Capitol Caterers for the amaizing food that was enjoyed by all our residents!

24/03/2026

Our ladies thoroughly enjoy the sing-along music performed by Tim and his wife.

17/03/2026

What a fantastic start to the week with a lovely prayer meeting attended by our remarkable staff!

12/03/2026

A small addition to yesterday's performance by Philip Moolman.

Our residents enjoyed a surprise mini Trip Down Memory Lane concert, performed by singer and TV star Philip Moolman. Th...
11/03/2026

Our residents enjoyed a surprise mini Trip Down Memory Lane concert, performed by singer and TV star Philip Moolman.
The ladies sang and danced, with laughter echoing throughout the room. 🎤🎸💃

We would like to thank South African Inland Logistics for sponsoring this event for our residents.👏

Our security team's role extends beyond protection of our residents, as they consistently display kindness, care, and co...
10/03/2026

Our security team's role extends beyond protection of our residents, as they consistently display kindness, care, and compassion, and engage in friendly conversations.

Art's and craft afternoon with our residents 🎨 🖌
07/03/2026

Art's and craft afternoon with our residents 🎨 🖌

Our residents really enjoyed the Thai themed lunch!We would like to thank Capitol caterers for going all out with the me...
02/03/2026

Our residents really enjoyed the Thai themed lunch!
We would like to thank Capitol caterers for going all out with the menu.

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16/02/2026

Address

246 Stephen Dlamini Road (formerly Essenwood)
Durban
4001

Telephone

031 2013155

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