Document 1816
 DOCN  M94A1816
 TI    A trial of making a model of health-case-unit for persons with HIV and
       AIDS.
 DT    9412
 AU    Yamaguchi T; Negishi M; Ajisawa A; Ohta K; Minamitani M; Toko
       Metropolitan Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):445 (abstract no. PD0389). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370759
 AB    OBJECTIVES: Making a health-care-unit model including psychological and
       emotional supports for the infected persons. HISTORY OF PRACTICES: We
       have tried to make a model of health-care-unit for PWA from 1985 when we
       experienced the first AIDS case and recognized the importance of care
       for the infected persons not only physically, but also emotionally,
       psychologically and socially. We held conferences frequently about how
       to meet demands from the infected persons. We opened the clinic for PWA
       at the beginning of October 1985 and hot-line in January 1987.
       Fortunately, we could get human resources, counselors and psychiatrist.
       Cooperation among other clinical fields had been established gradually.
       We perticipated in community-based organizations which were going to
       support the infected persons. Two of voluntary activities among them had
       offered their services supporting PWA to us in 1988. Our care-unit have
       contained doctors, nurses, case-workers, counselors, and a psychiatrist.
       We can make a individual care-unit for PWA with voluntary activities.
       PROBLEMS: 1) How to recruit human resources for our staff. 2) How to
       gain individual needs of PWA and maintain their QOL. 3) How to get
       effective and friendly cooperation with other specialities. 4) How to
       make more appropriate net-work for PWA among medical institutes,
       welfares and voluntary activities. 5) How to evaluate stress on our
       health care workers, and how to save them. 6) How to get the general
       recognition to making the care-unit.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/THERAPY  Hospital Units/*ORGANIZATION
       & ADMIN  Human  HIV Infections/*THERAPY  Japan  Outpatient Clinics,
       Hospital/*ORGANIZATION & ADMIN  MEETING ABSTRACT

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