Re: Home Based Care Models

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Dear Forum members,

This is in response to Dr. Thangsing's posting on Home based AIDS care models.

Oxford University press has brought out a manual on home-based care. " Home-based

HIV/AIDS care - A manual for caregivers " L. Uys, S. Cameron(2003) Largely based

on experineces from South Africa. The details of the book can be found at the

following link

http://www.oup.com/isbn/0-19-578198-8?view=in .

The OUP site provides the following description of the book

" Home-based care is likely to become the dominant form of AIDS care in South

Africa. This is one of the first textbooks to address the needs of anyone

intending to establish a home-based care programme as well as students,

volunteers, and practising nurses working in home-based care. Comprehensive and

holistic coverage of HIV issues enable providers to feel confident at all stages

of the home-based care process. Clear and sensitive guidelines on patient care

in under-resourced circumstances prepare nurses and others to set up home-based

care environments in any setting. Sections on slf-awareness and

self-care enable community caregivers to stay physically and psychologically

healthy despite the pressures of their work. "

Readership: This book is particularly recommended for training community health

workers and counselling adults, children, and families affected by HIV/AIDS.

Contents

A model for home-based care

Implementing integrated community-based home care

Training community caregivers for a home-based care programme

Counselling in the context of HIV/AIDS

Running support groups for people with HIV/AIDS

Dealing with the symptoms of full-blown AIDS

The home visit in home-based care

Infection control

Dealing with poverty

Planning for orphans and HIV-affected children

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Mitulika Chawla

Documentealist/IEC Officer

Family Health International

E-mail: <mitulika@...>