The experiences of Batswana families regarding hospice care of AIDS patients in the Bophirima district, North West province, South Africa

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dc.contributor.author Makhele, M.F.
dc.contributor.author Mulaudzi, Fhumulani Mavis
dc.date.accessioned 2012-08-22T09:48:57Z
dc.date.available 2012-08-22T09:48:57Z
dc.date.issued 2012-06
dc.description.abstract The HIV/AIDS pandemic put significant strain on healthcare services in the country. Hospitals were no longer coping with the escalating number of AIDS patients. This resulted in the early discharge of patients, with some patients, too ill to be nursed at home, being sent to hospices for continued care. The Batswana had mixed feelings about hospice care, because their beliefs on patient care are based on the ubuntu philosophy, which emphasises the principle of caring for one another. The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the experiences of Batswana families regarding hospice care for patients in the Thlabane township in the province of the North West as well as to make recommendations to policy-makers to ensure that hospices are accepted by community members and utilised effectively. A qualitative, explorative, descriptive research design was applied. Purposive sampling was applied to select study participants with whom in-depth unstructured interviews were conducted. A qualitative data analysis was done by categorising, ordering, and summarising the data, and describing the findings. The findings indicated that families of patients in hospice care experienced such care as foreign to their culture. These families also experienced stigmatisation, firstly owing to the stigma associated with AIDS and secondly because they opted for hospice care. However, they also observed the high quality of care provided by the hospice and understood its benefits for AIDS patients. The study concluded that hospice care relieved families of terminally ill AIDS patients of the burden of care and enabled them to keep on working and earning a living. Recommendations to policy-makers included enhancing hospice care and ensuring the provisioning of culturally safe hospice care. en_US
dc.description.abstract La pande´mie du VIH/SIDA a mis une forte pression sur les services de soins de sante´ du pays. Les hoˆpitaux ne pouvaient plus faire face au nombre croissant de patients atteints du SIDA. Il en a re´sulte´ la sortie pre´coce des malades du SIDA, avec certains patients trop malades pour eˆtre soigne´s chez eux, envoye´s aux hospices pour des soins continus. Les batswana avaient des sentiments mitige´s au sujet des soins palliatifs, parce que leurs croyances sur les soins me´dicaux sont base´es sur la philosophie ubuntu, qui met l’accent sur le principe de prendre soin de l’un de l’autre. Le but de l’e´tude e´tait d’explorer les expe´riences et de de´crire les expe´riences des familles de Batswana en ce qui concerne les soins palliatifs pour les patients habitant le canton de Thlabane dans la province du Nord-Ouest, mais aussi de faire des recommandations aux de´cideurs politiques pour s’assurer que les hospices sont assure´s par les membres de la communaute´ et utilise´s efficacement. Une conception de recherche qualitative, exploratoire, descriptive a e´te´ applique´e. Une me´thode d’e´chantillonnage raisonne´e a e´te´ applique´e pour se´lectionner les participants de l’e´tude avec lesquels des entretiens approfondis non structure´es ont e´te´ mene´es. Une analyse qualitative des donne´es a e´te´ faite par la cate´gorisation, la commande et le re´sume´ des donne´es et la description des re´sultats. Les re´sultats de recherche indiquaient que les familles des patients en soins palliatifs prenaient de tels soins comme e´tranger a` leur culture. Ces familles ont e´galement connu la stigmatisation associe´ au SIDA et en second lieu parce qu’ils ont opte´ pour les soins palliatifs. Cependant, ils ont observe´ la haute qualite´ des soins dispense´s par le centre de soins palliatifs et compris ses avantages pour les malades atteints du SIDA. L’e´tude conclut que les soins palliatifs soulageaient les familles des side´ens en phase terminale de la charge des soins et leur a permis de continuer a` travailler et gagner leur vie. Les recommandations a` l’intention des de´cideurs politiques incluait l’ame´lioration des soins palliatifs et d’assurer l’approvisionnement des centres de soins palliatifs culturellement se´curitaire. en_US
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dc.identifier.citation M.F. Makhele & F.M. Mulaudzi (2012): The experiences of Batswana families regarding hospice care of AIDS patients in the Bophirima district, North West province, South Africa', SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS: An Open Access Journal, 9:2, 104-112. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1729-0376 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 1813-4424 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.1080/17290376.2012.683584
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/19628
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Routledge en_US
dc.rights © Taylor & Francis Open published on behalf of SAHARA - the Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance. This is an electronic version of an article published in SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS: An Open Access Journal, 9:2, 104-112. SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS: An Open Access Journal is available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rsah20. en_US
dc.subject Experiences en_US
dc.subject Batswana en_US
dc.subject Hospice care en_US
dc.subject AIDS en_US
dc.subject Ubuntu philosophy en_US
dc.subject Centre de soins palliatifs en_US
dc.subject SIDA en_US
dc.subject Philosophie ubuntu en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Batswana -- Hospice care -- South Africa en
dc.subject.lcsh AIDS (Disease) -- Treatment -- South Africa en
dc.subject.lcsh Ubuntu (Philosophy) en
dc.title The experiences of Batswana families regarding hospice care of AIDS patients in the Bophirima district, North West province, South Africa en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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