Jeevan Sahara Kendra


Jeevan Sahara Kendra

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Home Based Care

In keeping with our basic strategy of caring for people with HIV at home, the bulk of our staff are involved in hands-on visits to people with HIV in their homes. These visits are regular and help develop relationships with families that last through the course of their illness. Each visit includes an evaluation of the different challenges the person suffering from HIV faces and seeks practical ways to help the family overcome these. Counselling and prayer are vital components to this, as we know that it is the Lord Jesus who can change the seemingly impossible situations our friends face. Our goal is to link up each family with a local fellowship for on-going care and nurture.

Home based care starts as soon as a person is brought to us with an HIV infection - and often lasts till their final days. Jeevan Sahara Kendra has experienced the deaths of over 80 of our contacts over the past 4 years. Many of these dear friends have been provided palliative care in their own homes, something that they would other wise not have received. Though we are not able to save each life - we do know that we have helped many have meaningful and peaceful final days - and that we will meet many in eternity!

Clinic Care
The home-based care is backed up by an OPD clinic which caters to the needs of people with HIV through specialist doctors. We ask our positive friends to come for regular check-ups and prescribe inexpensive medications when needed. For patients suffering from TB we advocate for them with the municipal DOTS programme to get free and supervised medication. Further, when patients come to a stage where they need Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART), the consultant doctors prepare the suitable course of medication and patient education to make the treatment a success. When possible, our HIV-positive friends are referred on to the government free-ART programme, and we have seen over 30 of our contacts successfully taken into the programme. Jeevan Sahara provides the supervision for the TB and ART treatments through its home-visiting programme.