The panacea of psychological nourishment to caregivers taking care of HIV/AIDS clients: the case of the Kanye Community Home-Based Care (CHBC) Programme in Botswana

Kang'ethe, Simon M.

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Title:	The panacea of psychological nourishment to caregivers taking care of HIV/AIDS clients: the case of the Kanye Community Home-Based Care (CHBC) Programme in Botswana
Author:	Kang'ethe, Simon M.
Year:	2009
Periodical:	Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review (ISSN 1027-1775)
Volume:	25
Issue:	2
Period:	June
Pages:	75-92
Language:	English
Notes:	biblio. refs.
Geographic terms:	Botswana Southern Africa
Subjects:	health care self-help health personnel AIDS Medicine, Nutrition, Public Health Community Home Based Care Programme for Terminally Ill HIV\AIDS Patients in Botswana AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Home care Caregivers--Psychology HIV-positive persons--Home care
External link:	http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/eastern_africa_social_science_research_review/v025/25.2.kang-ethe.pdf
Abstract:	Due to inadequate resources in most countries of the developing world, care giving to HIV/AIDS clients has been found to be a stressful phenomenon, calling for the provision of psychological nourishment to strengthen and replenish the caregivers so that their care giving productivity can be raised. This study examines the case of the Kanye Community Home-Based Care (CHBC) Programme in Botswana, involving 82 registered primary caregivers and five CHBC nurses. The following were found to be challenges affecting psychological provision to caregivers: inadequate counselling, inadequate motivation and incentives, caregivers' inadequate confidence with traditional and spiritual healers, inadequate spiritual support from faith-based organizations, and lack of support groups and debriefings. The study recommends: increased counselling, increased motivation and incentives, creating a link between traditional/spiritual healers and the modern medical system, expediting the formation of support groups, and having the programme institute and hold debriefings to increase the psychological well-being of caregivers, thereby increasing care productivity. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract]

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