ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the services necessary for persons with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) who are living in the community. It discusses, the Bailey House experience also has highlighted the need for new thinking on what kind of medically based model is most appropriate for the AIDS population. The Human Resources Administration home care program for persons with AIDS, administered through a contract with the Visiting Nurse Service, meets the challenge and was the first of its kind in the nation. Planning and meeting the challenges of AIDS means creating the capacity to serve and care for the growing number of human immunodeficiency virus-infected individuals. The key to the well-being of debilitated persons living in the community is the availability of a home care program that is flexible and comprehensive enough to address the rapidly changing needs of persons with AIDS and AIDS-related complex. The general shortage of home care paraprofessionals extends to programs for persons with AIDS.
