%0 Journal Article
%T The perfidy of stigma experienced by the palliative CHBC of Kanye in Botswana
%A Kangethe Simon
%J Indian Journal of Palliative Care
%D 2010
%I Medknow Publications
%X Background/Aim: To explore and assess the magnitude of stigma and its impact to palliative care giving. Objective: To involve the palliative caregivers in exploring the impact of stigma in their care giving. Materials and Methods: The study was exploratory in nature and used attracted qualitative design and interviewed 82 palliative caregivers in 10 focus groups using an interview guide as a data collection instrument, and five CHBC nurses on one-to-one in-depth interviews, still guided by an interview guide that differed only slightly with the one for the caregivers. Results: The study findings revealed that stigma and discrimination was immensely perfidious due to: (1) Discrimination against caregivers by the service providers, especially at the Kanye referral hospital; (2) Refusal of youth to help the elderly caregivers; (3) Shunning of government assistance packages by caregivers and their clients; (4) Caregivers secretly taking away their clients to faraway places for assistance; (5) Caregivers and their clients turning to alternative therapies from the traditional healers; (6) Caregivers and clients having inadequate assistance. Recommendations: We recommend strong anti-stigma education and campaign by the government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and all the civil society bodies and campaigners.
%K Care giving
%K Community home based care (CHBC) program
%K Palliative caregivers
%K People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs)
%K Stigma and discrimination
%U http://www.jpalliativecare.com/article.asp?issn=0973-1075;year=2010;volume=16;issue=1;spage=30;epage=35;aulast=Kangethe