| Show - --- The Salt Lake Tribune Sunday April 15 1990 NV3 Walking the journey' part of Holy Cross AIDS program 77''' By Pat Capson Tribune Lifestyle Writer Richard Gustafson and Billy Daniels share a small home on a quiet y street in downtown Salt Lake City In January 1989 after a trip to the emergency room at Holy Cross Hospital with what appeared to be pneu- monia Mr Gustafson learned he had AIDS Mr Daniels became ill in April The diagnosis was advanced complex (ARC) a term used to describe a variety of conditions resulting from infection with the AIDS virus Too ill to work they quit their jobs Mr Gustafson as a security officer Mr Daniels as a cook Both men needed help of a practical and emotional nature in adjusting to lives irrevocably altered by the information Help was forthcoming from Sister Linda Bellemore and the staff in the Continuity of Care Program at Holy Cross Hospital a unique program care linking inpatient and follow-u"Sister Linda became our lifeline to the outside world" Mr Gustafson said "She would stop by our house to see what we needed It might be a quart of milk or a new refrigerator It might be a ride to the hospital for an injection She helped us through the bureaucratic maze so we could get the financial help we needed Without her we might not be here today Certainly we would not be doing as well as we are" Mr Gustafson and Mr Daniels are two of the 175 patients served by the Continuity of Care program since it began in 1987 Of those patients Sis- ter Linda says "We walk the journey with them" The journey begins when a person tests positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) a condition which invariably progresses to AIDS The time involved in moving from HIV positive to AIDS varies For some it's years For others it's months "Many patients we see are like Mr Gustafson and Mr Daniels" Sister Linda said "young men who have never had anything more serious than a cold and have certainly never been hospitalized Often they have completed their educations and their careers are about to take off when the disease strikes They haven't had time to accumulate savings and they have no retirement plans If they don't work they don't get paid and are faced with tremendous medical We guide them to help available through the Department of Social Services Medicare Medicaid and Social Security "For young men who have been it is difficult to ask for help They often perceive it as one-wa- a AIDS-relate- ih 1r i0 n e Lh Lh v! t ! vl ts e d g r — r- -- — reopmfierwkm 0 " 44 - rl'''': t '0wi'''i6f'44'!t'' ' - ---"::::':- ' WA 4 I ''''' '4---' -- a- :::t- ':L :::44 : - '1147 :: d ': '"':L!::''''''it: :i ':7":':N: :::1t1 :i:4!:4::--0::l'i::":-1-:?!:::Oi:)- - '' '4 t Qii- - ''''':':"::::-'"-":"- :i - ::"'''''"-- ' '''''''''':' w: ' :0'k '':?I '40' H Alpreniflt 1 ?: 4 's:: t'': :!:'"4: :!i::::::i:i::- 4 6F ::44 p47're41 I " -:p--- - -::-- - - I 4p! :5'''':'''') :1 - ::' -- ' :':r - !: ' f :::''': 1W'' '"'i ' : "::H ' - :" i: - ii::::' "Ni:t':''''Oi::: Nt' - ': :::--:"- i"' ''':' '1:''':: " ' - - " '::::'': e4"i-':- -' '' - i W' li!kr'' '''0 mi--:- 0':-- oft: 43- -1 :::::::--- ::t :4 - '''''''''''''' 0 ''': :'1::: : " ":: gdulaglnitoyoii :I 4- :e' :0owoor4ii :i7?(!t 4::::1-:- ':::' ::' 1":': - ew ! ' -- - '' - :r-::- -- :':: ":':y::::--1:::001:::::-::::7:- :'QL --' :''7j1: ::::::': 46t::Eio::::::::::H::::::::::-- '' :tot i 4!::'?-:- : !:r:::::::::g4k :":::::s 4:?: -: ''-- :'' l :::: ::! :':':::'( '::::':!-':- - - ''''' ':4''' 0:- -Photo by Stall 44 Al All Salt Lake City hospitals now treat AIDS patients and the yniver- sity Hospital has an AIDS clinic Other sources of help include the AIDS Coalition offering such practical help as a food bank and the Utah AIDS Foundation handling legall matters and lobbying efforts Graduate nutrition students at the University of Utah are now offered a community nutrition course in which they spend two days visiting homes e Patients assessing of their needs Under the sponsorship of St Jolong-terseph's Villa a nursing facility the Shalom Apartments in Salt Lake City provide low-cohousing to people who are HIV positive Holy Cross Hospital was among the first to open its doors to AIDS patients Its Continuity of Care gram funded by donations and grants is one of a handful of such "outreach" programs in the United care after States offering follow-uhospital stays - 71) Hartmann brings groceries and Sister Linda Bellemore members of the Holy Cross Hospital Continuity of Care program AIDS patients Richard Gustafson left Billy Daniels come visit from VISTA volunteer Norman Plate who wel- a young man wanted me to help him plan his funeral As we talked he revealed that he had always wanted to go to Epcot Center in Florida It so happened thatI was scheduled to go to Florida to give a talk about AIDS I was able to arrange for him to go office at the ohospitalOn the wall is a fabric hanging reminiscent of the famous AIDS quilt made of thousands of individual blocks each representing a person who has died of the disease Written in black on the hanging are names of 64 patients who have died since the program bef gan two and years ago The program offers help to patients family members and friends in areas which could be defined as spiritual practical and emotional Home visits are at the heart "We never know what we will find when we are called to make a home visit" Sister Linda said "We may think we are simply delivering a hamburger and instead find someone close to suicide During one visit are hospitalized Sometimes a friend or relative will call our office recog- the need for assistance and nlizing reticence of the person to seek help "Many contacts come through physicians" The mission of the Continuity of Care Program is achieved by a lean staff headed by Grace Blodgett director of medical services at Holy Reeves and Sister Linda Continuity of Care providers and Norman E Plate a University of Illinois law school graduate dedicating a year of service to people with AIDS as a Volunteers in Service to America (VIS- TA) volunteer The group works out of a modest HIV-positiv- and he gave the talk instead "We focus on the quality of living as opposed to death We encourage patients to think of what they can and want to do rather than what they can no longer do "Sometimes the smallest act is the most effective A ride up the canyon can be therapeutic "We pray with patients if they desire We encourage them to renew links with their faith especially as we help them deal with impending one-hal- Cross and including Claudette HIV-positiv- - --4 ::::::: '''i:1"4k1-"-i:- 5'''''" :4:t:::- 1: ":" :: :::::: :4'::!::74":S:::'::::': - ""'"i :: :::: i '1'4 'E' ' :: :::m:: '''''2''' - :- ' partners had the virus The tragedy of AIDS she adds is that the person must face not only the inevitability of death but also the stigma the world attaches to the disease For that reason much of her work deals with the emotional ramifications of the illness "Our first contact is usually a visit to a new patient in Med III the infectious disease ward of the hospital where personnel is educated specifie cally to treat patients" she said "We tell Ihem what services are available in the community and offer to contact them when they go home I cannot think of a time when a patient did not welcome a home visit "We see some people before they ''''''VY'-'- :''::: :1: :': :tt:::::k::: 1:::-::::::--:34- ::i!:::':5 ?:440 ::::":: :'':":' - 00- :Ne try to help the patient make dccisions Ho w can he handle relationships with family and friends that may be changing because of his illness? 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