Document 0987
 DOCN  M94A0987
 TI    Tina's House Project: a model of hospice care for terminally ill AIDS
       patients in Mexico.
 DT    9412
 AU    Vallejo O; Lopez E; Tansey R; Tina's House Foundation, Mexico City,
       Mexico.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(2):234 (abstract no. PB0948). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94371588
 AB    In regards to AIDS care, the global inequity shows its dramatic effects
       on the lack of hospice care facilities for terminally ill AIDS patients
       in developing countries. OBJECTIVES: 1) To develop a facility which
       provides compassionate care for the terminally ill AIDS patients; 2) To
       serve as hospice care facility model for developing countries; and 3) To
       teach the fundamentals of nursing, safety and comfort to those related
       with the patient. METHODS: The project development began with: 1) A
       needs assessment development in Mexico City; 2) Origin of the Tina's
       House Foundation; 3) Negotiations with in-site AIDS organizations and to
       assure their involvement; 4) Fund raising development for spreading the
       burden of cost in the fashion of community-wide response. RESULTS:
       $30,000 US DLS has been raised for the development and construction of a
       28 bed hospice care facility. The licensure requirements have been
       accomplished in Mexico and U.S.A. The Mexican government has donated 2
       an half acres of land in order to build the hospice. The Board of
       Directors of Tina's House Foundation have developed some fund raising
       activities in Mexico and U.S.A. The project has been licensed and the
       fund raising to cover construction cost is underway. CONCLUSION: This
       Hospice Care Model project can meet the needs of at least 50 persons
       with AIDS per year in the residential care facility. Documentation of
       the project development will help assure that the project can be
       replicated.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*NURSING  Developing Countries  Fund
       Raising  *Hospices/ECONOMICS  Human  Mexico  Models, Nursing  Terminal
       Care  MEETING ABSTRACT

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