Posted on March 31st, 2010 by Ruth
Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing life threatening illness.
Home based care: Their palliative trained nursing sisters visit patients in their own homes and liaise with other hospice team members involved in treating the patient.
They offer pain and symptom control as well as nursing management dealing with –
- incontinence
- wound dressing
- prevention of bed sores
- colostomy care
- advise on nutrition and feeding
- equipment such as wheelchairs, mattresses and walkers may be loaned by hospice patients at no charge.
Their Nursing Sisters visit patients residing in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan region and are available telephonically 24 hours for emergencies.
Hospice East Rand has a long term Care Centre attached to their In Patient Unit, providing comprehensive nursing care to the residents in their care.
Contact Details:
218 Kemston Avenue
Western Extension
Benoni
1501
Tel: +27 11 422 1531
Fax: +27 114214785
Email: info@hospiceeastrand.co.za
Website: www.hospiceeastrand.co.za
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Posted on March 31st, 2010 by Ruth
They are a registered non–profit organisation who don’t turn anyone away who need their services. The centre was established in 1992 after it was realised the Aids sufferers sometimes face an agonizing death, often being abandoned by family.
St Francis Care Centre has mobilized resources to help patients and families in the informal settlements of Ekurhuleni, and they provide a haven for the terminally ill where they will be nursed in a professional and comfortable environment.
- Their hospice is a medical facility for AIDS sufferers.
- The St Francis clinics provide free counselling, testing and ARV’s where necessary
- The Rainbow Cottage provides a home for 30 abandoned or orphaned children up to 7 years of age.
- Home Based Care — The centre has an active team of care helpers providing home based care to persons infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.
Contact Deails:
30 Olivia Road
Eveleigh
Boksburg
Tel: +27 11 894 4151
Tel: +27 11 894 4161
Fax:: +27 11 894 5773
Website: www.stfranciscarecentre.co.za
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Posted on March 31st, 2010 by Ruth
They improve the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problem associated with life-threatening illness, through early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems.
Palliative care-
- affirms life and regards dying as a normal process
- neither hastens nor postpones death
- provides relief from pain and other distressing symptoms
- offers support system to help patients live as actively as possible until death
Education and training is essential for all those involved in the provision of palliative care.A variety of training courses are available for different members of the multi-disciplinary team, including training in paediatric palliative care.
Professional Nurses can do the Hospice Palliative Care Association Short Course in Palliative Nursing at various centres of Palliative Learning in South Africa; a B Tech (Palliative nursing) at the Cape University of Technology; or a Masters in palliative nursing.
Different models of care include:
- Community home-based palliative care
- Hospital-based palliative care teams
- Paediatric palliative care programmes
Contact Details:
Suite 11A Lonsdale
Lonsdale Way
Cape Town
8000
Tel: +27 21 531 2094
Fax: +27 21 531 1706
Website: www.palliativecaresociety.co.za
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Posted on March 31st, 2010 by Ruth
They were founded in 2007 and The Neonatal Nurses Association of South Africa wants to improve neonatal care as they see there is a need for help and encouragement amongst all neonatal nurses.
Neonatal Nurses provide for the needs of the most frail and fragile in society in a highly specialized and stressful field.
The Neonatal Nurses Association of Southern Africa brings together specialist nurses from around the country and gives them a forum within which to share and encourage each other and ultimately improve the standard of neonatal care in the region.
They are an associate member of COINN – The Council of International Neonatal Nurses – giving them international support and guidance.
They also encourage other African countries to launch neonatal nursing associations of their own and to develop national neonatal and maternal care policies.
Contact Details:
Tel: +27 31 303 9852
Website:www.nnasa.org.za
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Posted on March 31st, 2010 by Ruth
The Southern African Network of Nurses and Midwives (SANNAM) was formed in 2000 after the nurses and midwives of the region realised the importance of expanding their role in the fight against HIV/AIDS. The aim of SANNAM is to improve national health services and social policies related to HIV/AIDS and other critical health challenges.
They realise the importance of pooling resources and working as a region in order to strengthen the contribution of nurses and midwives.
HIV/AIDS is a serious health problem, and the nurses and midwives of the region, who are the major role players in both health institutions and communities, want to reaffirm the vision by striving to raise the quality of care for HIV/AIDS patients and their relatives.
They also want to equip Nurses and midwives and to protect them from the transmission of disease and other related hazards within their professional Environment, and to conduct training workshops and in- service training targeting nurses and midwives.
The main strategy is to build the capacity of the National Nurses’ Associations (NNAs) in order to enable them to provide support to the nurses and midwives to maximize their role in the fight against HIV/Aids.
Contact Details:
Tel:+27-12-344 6135 2
Tel:+27-12-344 6135
Website: www.sannam.org.za
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