Socio-psychological Challenges Faced by Voluntary Home-based Caregivers in Mutale Municipality, South Africa
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The study explored the socio-psychological challenges faced by voluntary home-based caregivers in the rural areas of Limpopo province in South Africa. A qualitative approach was used to explore and describe the sociopsychological challenges faced by voluntary home-based caregivers. Non-probability purposive sampling method was used and data were collected through focus group interviews. Data saturation occurred after interviews with 46 voluntary home-based caregivers. Data were analysed using Tesch’s method of open-coding. The findings revealed that voluntary home-based caregivers were faced with challenges such as being chased away from households, religious beliefs of clients and shortage of home-based care kits. Recommendations described were based on the findings from the study and focussed on the development of a programme to support voluntary home-based caregivers.
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