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.

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

June News


This has been a quiet month for TCG. Maybe it’s because the winter is here and we had a lot of rain and strong wind here in Grabouw…but our work does not stop! Two of our carers are busy with the ENA course we are glad for them but sad to see them go.

We are happy to announce that our local doctors Van der Vyfer and Albertyn have taken TCG under their wing and are volunteering to do hospice rounds on the first Thursday of each month. This is a fantastic gift to us to have access to their skills and knowledge so regularly. Something that otherwise we don’t have the funds for and it it yet another wonderful example of people from the community pulling together to support us.  They are just a phone call away so it’s making work so much easier for our In Patient Unit. Thank you!

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