AIDS Case Management & Home Care Program

WESTSIDE AIDS CASE MANAGEMENT

Westside’s AIDS Case Management Services provides a system of assessment, planning, service procurement, delivery, coordination, and disease monitoring to people with disabling HIV/AIDS.  The services enable people suffering from HIV-related illnesses to obtain the medical, social, and home care services they need to sustain them through their illness.  Westside is focused on serving African Americans and other underserved populations, those with prior diagnosis of mental illness, substance users, and those with limited financial resources. 

Westside’s Case Management Services optimize the client’s self care capabilities, promotes efficient use of resources, and stimulates the creation of new services.

WESTSIDE AIDS HOME CARE SERVICE

Westside’s AIDS Home Care Service allows hundreds of San Franciscans living with disabling HIV/AIDS to remain in their homes during the later stages of their illness.  Providing home care services helps clients maintain quality of life both physically and psychologically.  The home care resources provided through Ryan White Title I monies through the City and County of San Francisco, the State General Fund, and the Medi-Cal AIDS Waiver Program provide much needed support at a time when the funding systems for the healthcare system are struggling. 

SERVICES

Certified Home Health Attendants provide personal care to clients living with AIDS, prepare and serve meals, assist with personal hygiene, plan and organize the client's medical appointments, and monitor client progress. Home Care Attendants assist clients in the maintenance of their home life in collaboration with Nurse Case Managers and Social Workers to ensure clients can remain in their homes while receiving coordinated care from medical and case management providers.

STAFF

Our caring, highly trained staff consists of:

• Nurse Case Managers
• Social Workers
• Certified Nursing Assistants
• Certified Home Health Attendants

REQUIREMENTS

To receive Home Care services, clients must:

• Have a diagnosis of disabling HIV or AIDS
• Currently have HIV-related symptoms
• Be under the care of a physician
• Be a resident of San Francisco

Westside considers all clients who meet the above criteria regardless of their ability to pay or their immigration status. 

REFERRALS

Referrals to the AIDS Case Management & Home Care Services come from:

• Private health practitioners
• Public health practitioners
• Social service providers
• Hospitals
• Skilled Nursing Facilities

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