Document 1815
 DOCN  M94A1815
 TI    Hospitalization--day hospital--home assistance: a model of care in AIDS
       patients.
 DT    9412
 AU    Lopez S; Gola T; Russo B; Strepparola G; Morini L; Bruggi P; Barbarini
       G; SER.T. NOT USSL 73, Abbiategrasso, Italy.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):445 (abstract no. PD0388). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370760
 AB    OBJECTIVE: To provide an appropriate care to AIDS patients by a
       multidisciplinary staff at home, after a short period of
       hospitalization. METHODS: 133 patients affected by AIDS (PWAs) were
       followed, during a 43 months period, by a multidisciplinary home care
       team, including medical, nursing, social and psychological staff,
       supplied by SER.T. (Public Structures for i.v.d.a.) and coordinated by
       Infectivologists of Pavia. RESULTS: We observed in many patients a
       longer survival time; satisfaction was present in all subjects and in
       the largest part of families. CONCLUSIONS: It has been possible, with
       this integrated model of care (hospitalization, day-hospital, home
       assistance) to provide adequate care to AIDS patients, reducing their
       cost and relieving the pressure for admission in hospital. Quality of
       life was referred by patients more human compared to previous
       hospitalized periods.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*THERAPY  *Day Care  *Home Care
       Services  *Hospitalization  Human  MEETING ABSTRACT

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