ThembaCare Grabouw provides a 7-bed hospice in-patient facility for adults who are terminally ill and whose lives have been devastated by HIV/AIDS and TB. It is the only overnight medical care in the town. To complement the in-patient facility ThembaCare also has a team of community care workers who visit various discharged patients and other referrals in their homes every morning.

Friday, March 15, 2013

March News


This month we’ve had the pleasure of hosting three students who’ve decided to do the practical training for their Home-based Care qualification with us. They chose us, not only because of the work we are doing for the community but also because the sister of one of the students was a patient of ours. The student saw how much we helped her sister and was inspired to train so that she could help others in a similar situation. Her sister is now living a healthy life, despite being HIV positive, and has managed to give birth to a child who is negative. This is great news!

Our best wishes go out to Portia, our nursing sister in charge of the Home-based Care team, she has been admitted to hospital and therefore been off work this past week. We wish her a speedy recovery.

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