Group homes
Shared houses with private rooms, home-cooked meals, and routines shaped around each person.
The Includid mission
Includid is a Cape Town non-profit offering group homes, 24-hour care, and meaningful work for adults with intellectual disabilities — so every resident can live with dignity, friendship, and choice.
Make a difference-
Residential care
Eight group homes on the Alexandra Hospital grounds in Maitland, with meals, medical support, and a house that feels like home.
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Health & wellbeing
Skilled staff provide personal care, medication support, and daily wellbeing checks tailored to each resident’s plan.
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Work & skills
Occupational training, a working vegetable garden, and paid tasks that build confidence and a sense of contribution.
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Community life
Outings, celebrations, neighbourly connections, and a garden that feeds both the homes and the wider Oude Molen community.
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Family partnership
Open communication and a genuine welcome for families — and steadfast care for the many residents who have no family left to visit.
Care you can count
Figures from Includid Group Homes, Maitland
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Group homes offering 24-hour care on the Alexandra Hospital grounds
- 27 staff members walking alongside residents every day
- A working garden that feeds the homes and trains new skills
- Most residents have little or no family — Includid is their people
Includid grew from a partnership to move adults out of long-stay hospitals and into ordinary homes. Today our houses, garden, and workshops still exist for one reason: a full life, lived among friends.
All programmes
Meals & daily living
Shopping, cooking, and household tasks that keep life ordinary — and proud.
The community garden
Fresh food for 71 residents, surplus sold at Oude Molen, and hands-on agricultural training.
Friendship & outings
Birthdays, shopping trips, and the everyday company that turns a house into a home.
24-hour support
Personal care, medication, and staff who know each resident as a person, not a case.
News & updates
Stories from the houses, the garden, and the people who make Includid a home.
Hello world!
How a visit becomes belonging
Families, neighbours, and new volunteers are welcome to walk the grounds and meet the team.
Open day at the group homes
Come and see how eight ordinary houses hold an extraordinary community.
From hospital wards to kitchen tables
Includid began in 1997 so adults leaving long-stay hospitals would never have to live without a home.
Give an hour. Change a week.
We are a small staff team. Extra hands in the garden, kitchen, or on outings go a very long way.
Come and see
Arrange a visit
Walk through the houses, meet the team, and talk about the support that matters to your family — or the help you would like to give.
Contact us