Positive lessons from Tshidilong home-based care

Not because they do not care about their sick relative, but because of the emotional and physical toll it takes on them. Patients it is said, sometimes die when they could have recovered, because they did not receive proper care.

And there are many reasons why that may happen: the patient may not have adult relatives who are willing to take care of them, or may simply be too far from family; the person may have had conflicts with family in the past, who may now decide not to help him or her in their hour of need; the patient's family may simply be irresponsible.