Caring for the carer in the era of HIV diagnosis

dc.contributor.authorSempane, Job Lempye
dc.contributor.authorMasango, Maake J.S.
dc.contributor.emailmaake.masango@up.ac.zaen
dc.date.accessioned2013-10-08T11:11:15Z
dc.date.available2013-10-08T11:11:15Z
dc.date.issued2013-05-24
dc.descriptionThis article has been adapted from L.J.S.’s (University of Pretoria) PhD dissertation, which was completed under the supervision of M.J.M. (University of Pretoria), South Africa.en
dc.description.abstractThe care of terminally ill patients can be physically, emotionally as well as psychologically exhausting. In the era where everyone is busy with his or her hectic daily schedule, caring for someone diagnosed with HIV on her or his deathbed can be a daunting challenge. Caring for someone dying of AIDS does not only challenge the physical being but rather leaves the carer emotionally drained. What was of concern to the author was to see the struggle that the caregiver goes through whilst caring for the sufferer. More often than not, pastoral care and counselling concentrate mainly on the pain and the suffering of the sick person. In the process, pastoral care loses sight of the agony, the emotional strain and, above all, the trauma of the caregivers in their search for answers as they care for the infected. This scenario has prompted the author to look into the theology of caring with an emphasis on pastoral care of the carers with a view of alleviating their emotional burden in caring for the HIV patients.en
dc.description.librarianam2013en
dc.description.librarianmn2013
dc.description.urihttp://www.hts.org.zaen
dc.description.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/28094en
dc.identifier.citationSempane, L.J. & Masango, M.J., 2013, 'Caring for the carer in the era of HIV diagnosis', HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 69(2), Art. #1163, 5 pages. http://dx.DOI.org/ 10.4102/hts.v69i2.1163en
dc.identifier.issn0259-9422 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2072-8050 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.4102/hts.v69i2.1163
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/31956
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherOpenJournals Publishingen
dc.rights© 2013. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS OpenJournals. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en
dc.subjectCaregiveren
dc.subjectTerminally ill patientsen
dc.subjectPastoral care of the carersen
dc.subjectHIV and AIDSen
dc.subject.lcshChurch respite careen
dc.subject.lcshHIV infections -- Treatment -- Religious aspectsen
dc.titleCaring for the carer in the era of HIV diagnosisen
dc.typeArticleen

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