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Home Care - 3 Impact
3 Impact
“Before the Home Care Team came I spent too much money on medicines and hospital visits; home care has changed my life; I can now look after myself and my child”, [man, age 30; abandoned by wife when she discovered he had AIDS; Tonlé Bassac (14) ]
Interviews with approximately 120 PLHA, 60 family members and caregivers, 30 community leaders, and observations of 17 home care visits clearly demonstrate that the home care programme in Cambodia is having a significant impact at a number of levels.
The following sections of the report will explore impact indicators in more detail.
Footnotes
(14) Area in Phenom Penh visited by one of the Home Care teams, and consisting largely of unregulated settlements
“Before the Home Care Team came I spent too much money on medicines and hospital visits; home care has changed my life; I can now look after myself and my child”, [man, age 30; abandoned by wife when she discovered he had AIDS; Tonlé Bassac (14) ]
Interviews with approximately 120 PLHA, 60 family members and caregivers, 30 community leaders, and observations of 17 home care visits clearly demonstrate that the home care programme in Cambodia is having a significant impact at a number of levels.
- It is reducing the suffering of PLHA and improving the quality of their lives and the lives of their families and caregivers;
- it is increasing understanding of HIV/AIDS and helping to forge links between care and prevention and reducing discrimination against PLHA in the community;
- by providing social and economic support, it is helping to empower some of the poorest and most disadvantaged individuals and families in the community.
The following sections of the report will explore impact indicators in more detail.
Footnotes
(14) Area in Phenom Penh visited by one of the Home Care teams, and consisting largely of unregulated settlements