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Final Facilitator Guide - EngenderHealth

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Section 64SECTION 6CARE AND SUPPORTTrainer’s resource ‘A’What is home-based care?• Home-based care means any form of care given to sick people intheir own home instead of in a hospital.• It can mean the things people might do to take care of themselvesor the care given by the family members, health-care workers orother providers of care.<strong>Facilitator</strong>’s <strong>Guide</strong>4Adherence to Treatment for HIV• Home-based care includes physical, emotional, spiritual, and socialaspects.Why is home-based care effective and important?• Many illnesses and infections associated with HIV and AIDS canbe managed at home if people have some basic information.• Home care is less expensive and can be given with compassionand dignity in a familiar environment rather than in a hospital.• A caregiver (spouse, parents, children, neighbor, health worker, ora friend) can attend to other responsibilities if the person livingwith HIV is at home.• The person living with HIV doesn’t have to travel long distances toseek care at a hospital.SESSION 6.2 : UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS110

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