Home Based Care

Home-based care skills open doors to many rewarding roles across Kenya’s health and social sectors. Whether you join a community programme, a county health office, or start your own service, you’ll be the link that turns assessment data into real-world support for families in need.

• County health department outreach teams in rural districts - you identify households that need post-hospital follow-up, design simple questionnaires, collect and analyse the data, and feed the findings into county-wide care plans that guide resource allocation and budgeting.
• Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) running HIV/AIDS home-care projects in Kisumu and Homa Bay - you develop and administer client-specific assessment tools, compile needs-assessment reports, and match each client with counselling, medication delivery, and nutrition support services.
• Faith-based community health programmes in Turkana and Samburu - you establish family linkages, empower relatives with caregiving skills, and coordinate with local traditional healers and volunteers to ensure culturally appropriate care.
• Palliative-care units attached to referral hospitals in Nakuru and Eldoret - you create individual end-of-life care plans, allocate pain-management supplies, engage home-care nurses and chaplains, and document outcomes that inform future service improvements.
• Private home-care agencies serving elderly clients in Nairobi’s Westlands and Karen suburbs - you conduct thorough assessments, track key health indicators, prepare detailed progress reports for clients’ families, and make timely referrals to physiotherapists, dietitians, or social workers.
• Refugee-camp health centres in Dadaab and Kakuma - you identify vulnerable households, develop culturally sensitive assessment tools, coordinate with UN-partner service providers, and generate reports that shape humanitarian aid distribution.
• Maternal-child health volunteer programmes in Kitui and Machakos - you assess post-natal families, develop care plans that include nutrition and immunisation schedules, and document outcomes that help local clinics improve post-delivery follow-up.
• County social-work units handling discharge planning at referral hospitals - you analyse patient data, prepare comprehensive needs-assessment reports, allocate community-based support services, and ensure smooth hand-over to home-care providers.
• Entrepreneurial home-care consultancy operating from Mombasa’s coastal towns - you market your expertise to households and small clinics, design customised assessment tools, train family members, and charge fees for care-plan development, monitoring, and referral coordination.
• Community-based rehabilitation projects for persons with disabilities in Kiambu and Nyeri - you identify appropriate assistive-technology resources, develop individualized care plans, track functional-ability indicators, and produce reports that attract further funding and support.

Your ability to move from data collection to concrete, compassionate action will make you an indispensable partner for families, health teams, and community leaders - building healthier homes and brighter futures across Kenya. Keep sharpening these skills; every assessment you complete brings a family one step closer to sustainable wellbeing.