dc.contributor.author |
Kangethe, Simon |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2021-07-08T08:28:21Z |
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dc.date.available |
2021-07-08T08:28:21Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2010 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://ir.mu.ac.ke:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/4789 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Aim: The study aims to explore the attitudes and perceptions of family and community palliative care givers
pertaining to volunteerism.
Objective: The main objective is to involve palliative caregivers and their supervisors in assessing their
contribution to care and evaluate their state of volunteerism.
Materials and Methods: The study attracted qualitative design and involved 82 palliative caregivers in 10 focus
group discussions; one-to-one interviews with the nurses supervising them. Two slightly different interview guides
were used as research instruments.
Results: Findings indicate that palliative care giving volunteerism is motivated and sustained by: (1) Principles of
love emanating from blood and kinship relations; (2) Patriotism and community responsibility over one another;
(3) Adherence and respect of their culture and government call. Volunteerism was also found challenged by: (1)
Predominance of the elderly and lowly educated women; (2) Poverty and heavy caseload; (3) Being shunned
by the youth; (4) And lack of morale, recognition and motivation.
Recommendations: The study recommends: (1) Socializing boys early enough in life into care giving; (2) Offering
incentives to the caregivers; (3) Use of public forums to persuade men to accept helping women in carrying
out care giving duties; (4) And enlisting support of all leaders to advocate for men’s involvement in care giving. |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
en_US |
dc.publisher |
Wolters Kluwer--Medknow Publications |
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dc.subject |
Community home based care program |
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dc.subject |
HIV/AIDS |
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dc.subject |
Palliative caregivers |
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dc.subject |
Panacea |
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dc.subject |
Perfidy |
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dc.subject |
Volunteerism |
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dc.title |
Exploring states of Panacea and Perfidy of family and community volunteerism in Palliative care giving in Kanye CHBC Program, Botswana |
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dc.type |
Article |
en_US |