"AIDS Center Reflects Change in the Disease"

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"AIDS Center Reflects Change in the Disease"

Washington Post (12/19/91), P. D1
Goldstein, Amy

Abstract: The Whitman-Walker Clinic in Washington, D.C., will open its first daytime treatment center today to provide medical care and companionship to the increasing number of AIDS patients. The Bill Austin Day Treatment and Care Center will make haircuts, blood transfusions, and massages available to people with AIDS. The center is meant to keep patients from making unnecessary hospital visits, reduce their reliance on expensive home-care workers, and help them remain self-sufficient if their health declines. The center is also intended to help people overcome isolation and depression. The center is being funded by federal, local, and private sources. The new center will eventually have seven staff members and many volunteers working with about 400 regular clients a year, in addition to a possible 5,000 who will occasionally stop by for a meal, massage, or a visit with a social worker.

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