As more and more families are affected by the AIDS pandemic, and already strained health services are unable to cope, home-based care programmes are assuming increasing responsibility for the sick and dying. In this audio report, the deputy director of the South Coast Hospice in Port Shepstone, Mabuyi Mnguni talks about the work they are doing. The South Coast Hospice has been widely praised as a "best practice model" for its home-based care service for people with HIV/AIDS.