Diocessan
HIV/AIDS Program
Care of the Caregivers (Workshops
funded by Comic Relief)
Two 'care of the caregiver' workshops took place
in May 2003 for the caregivers of projects on
the East Rand:
At the request of the caregivers who attended
the 'care of the caregiver' workshops, an HIV/AIDS
Eucharist is conducted on the third Wednesday
of each month at St Boniface Anglican Church in
Germiston. It is well supported by the caregivers
some of whom bring their clients/patients who
are well enough to the service.
70 caregivers attended a one-day workshop on 24
March 2004 at St Boniface Anglican church in Germiston.
The focus of the workshop was caring for the carer,
burnout and antiretroviral treatment.
72 caregivers attended a two-day workshop on 'Care
of the Caregiver' on 12 and 13 August 2004. The
workshop focussed on:
- Living positively with HIV/AIDS
- Counselling skills
- Infection control
- Death and grieving process
- The TASO community-based approach to HIV/AIDS
- Stress and burnout
130 caregivers attended a three-day care
of caregiver workshop in Nhlazatshe on 29
- 31 October 2004:
The projects are in various communities
below the N17 which is the main highway
from Ermelo to Mbabane, Swaziland.
130 caregivers attended a three-day Care
of the Caregiver workshop in Mayflower on
3 - 5 December 2004:
The projects are in various communities
above the N17 in Mpumalanga close to the
Swaziland border.
65 caregivers from home-based care projects
based in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, attended a
three-day ‘Care of the Caregiver’
workshop held in the St Boniface Anglican
Church hall in Germiston from 7 –
9 December 2005.
Dr Sophie Msiza included the following topics
in the workshop:
Overview of planning of the caregivers’
daily work; dealing with expectations of
caregivers, clients and families; caregiver
workload and rotation of caregivers; role
of caregiver and supervisor; organisational
issues; conflict management; stress management;
issues around death and dying.
49 caregivers from 9 urban home-based care
projects attended a Care of the Caregiver
residential retreat conducted by Professor
Bill Doubleday at De Mazenod Centre in Germiston
on 9 – 12 July, 2006. Sessions included
the following:
- Our calling as caregivers
- Relationships
- How to communicate more effectively
- Working as a team
- Emotions associated with the dying process
- Forgiveness
- Grief: the human response to loss
- Caring for ourselves as caregivers. Looking
at the whole person.
- Causes of stress in care-giving work.
Coping strategies.
56 caregivers from 9 urban home-based care projects
and an HIV/AIDS support group attended a Care
of the Caregiver residential retreat conducted
by Professor Bill Doubleday at De Mazenod Centre
in Germiston on 12 – 14 July, 2006. The
sessions included the same topics as above.
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