During a home visit, Maresi Rehder met a patient who was receiving regular support from the home care team. The team helped with medication and food parcels because illness kept her from working and she had no relatives to look after her.
A meal was cooking in her small kitchen. She smiled and said, “Today is a feast day, I have meat.” For her, this was a special meal. Her account shows why reliable food assistance mattered alongside medical care.
Read the account in newsletter no. 38 (2019), page 19.