Introduction:

1. What is your name?

Nandipha Mtwalo

2. Which hospice do you work for?

St Bernard’s Hospice

3. What do you do there?

Care Giver

4. How long have you been there?

15 years.

In-depth:

1. Why did you decide to focus on palliative care?

I want to know more about the sickness.

2. What gives you the greatest fulfilment?

Caring for the patients.

3. What do you find the most challenging?

Being unable to meet all the requirements of the patient.

4. What do you think people find the most challenging about a life-threatening diagnosis?

Being afraid of death.

5. What do you think that you personally bring to your job that reflects who you are as a person?

I am confident about my work.

6. How do you take care of your own health and balance?

Look after my health.

7. What is your advice to anyone else wishing to join your profession?

Good personality and confidentiality.

 8. What is your advice to anyone given a life-threatening diagnosis?

To look after your health and learn how to cope with the illness.

 9. What is your advice to the loved ones of anyone who is given a life-threatening diagnosis?

Praying, taking care and able to cope with sickness.

10. How do your loved ones feel about the work that you do?

They feel protected and able to cope with the sickness.

11. What do you like the most about the hospice that you work with?

To look after the patient holistically.

12. Do you have a “motto” that you tend to live by that you would like to share?

The importance of looking after your health.