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| Contributors | |
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| List of abbreviations | |
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| A model for home-based care | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Benefits of home-based care | |
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| Models for home-based care | |
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| Care given | |
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| Organization of a home-care service | |
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| Issues in home-based care | |
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| Ethics of home-based care | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Implementing integrated community-based home care | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Preparation | |
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| The delivery of care in one particular setting | |
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| Monitoring and evaluation | |
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| Caring for caregivers | |
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| Growth and development | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Training community caregivers for a home-based care programme | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Infrastructure of the home-based care training programme | |
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| The curriculum model | |
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| Learner selection and interaction | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Counselling in the context of HIV/AIDS | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Phases of the counselling process | |
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| Values underlying the counselling process | |
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| Basic communication skills for counselling | |
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| Counselling in a multi-cultural society | |
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| Different HIV counselling programmes and services | |
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| Useful techniques in counselling | |
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| Grieving special types of loss | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Running support groups for people with HIV/AIDS | |
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| Introduction | |
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| What do people consider a supportive group? | |
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| Why do people join support groups? | |
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| Problems with support groups | |
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| Why work in groups? | |
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| Content | |
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| Preparing leaders | |
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| Introductions | |
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| Getting started | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Dealing with the symptoms of AIDS | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Indicators of HIV/AIDS | |
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| Nutrition | |
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| The control of opportunistic infections | |
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| Dealing with pain | |
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| Cough and/or dyspnoea | |
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| Gastro-intestinal symptoms | |
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| Pruritis and other skin conditions | |
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| Delirium and dementia | |
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| Other symptoms | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Doing a home visit | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The objectives of the home visit | |
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| The home-care team | |
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| Referring PLHA for a home visit | |
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| The first home visit | |
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| The holistic assessment | |
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| Ongoing visits | |
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| Education of the family | |
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| The home-care kit | |
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| Recording visits | |
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| Special issues in home care | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Infection prevention and control aspects in home-based health care | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Coordinating infection prevention and control activities | |
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| Specific infection control and prevention strategies | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Dealing with poverty | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Extent of the problem | |
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| Impact on palliative care | |
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| Strategies for poverty relief | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Planning for orphans and HIV/AIDS affected children | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Global facts | |
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| The impact of HIV/AIDS on families and communities | |
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| The impact of the pandemic on children | |
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| Framework for developing a response to orphans and affected children | |
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| Models of care and support | |
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| Guidelines | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Index | |