The Village AIDS Day Treatment Program: a model of interdisciplinary and interdependent care
Murphy, N.; Messina, W.; Getter, E.; Gutterman, L.; Martin, T.; Rincon, P.; Zimmerman, J.
American Journal of Occupational Therapy Official Publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association 53(6): 561-565
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0272-9490 PMID: 10578433 Document Number: 500282
This article describes the Village AIDS Day Treatment Program, a program for people living with HIV/AIDS that provides health care by using a full range of interdependent services. Opened in 1988, this program was the first of its kind in the country. It has provided leadership in developing a model of care that addresses the full spectrum of health care--promotion, prevention, maintenance, and treatment. Along with describing the program and its services, this article includes the program's history and its influencing philosophies.