St Nicholas provides a Continuum of
Care through:
Home-based care in Mangaung – Bloemfontien,
Botshabelo and Thaba Nchu to over 700 children.
Five Day care centres providing health and emotional
support; supervision of medication; developmental
stimulation and family support.
Sunflower House has 22 beds for children who cannot be
cared for at home. Children are admitted for end-of-life
care; pain and symptom management; respite care; initiation
onto anti-retroviral therapy or TB treatment; and cancer
treatment. Children may remain in Sunflower House for long
periods of time until they can be placed in safe care in the
community.
Sunflower House also has a Wall of Remembrance painted with
Sunflowers. Each child who dies has his or her name put into
a sunflower and on the 6 December each year, St Nicholas
Day, a special remembrance service is held for the families,
children and staff, to remember these children.
