Birmingham HIV Homes Plan
posted: 20/01/2010
Birmingham plans to build specialist HIV housing for people living with HIV. The Birmingham plans are for site in inner city Small Heath. It will provide 17 two-bed flats, six short-term beds and a larger family unit.
Council officials have agreed the princiiple and hope it will be up and running by next January. Like the Camelford project for a respite centre in North Cornwall, this will also use a capital grant from Department of Health AIDS Support Grant to fund the building of the new housing.
A report to Birmingham City Council’s adults and communities overview and scrutiny committee, said:
“The adults and communities directorate have obtained a capital grant from the Department of Health, which will be used to build the innovative respite care facility to support the future complex health needs of a diverse and vulnerable HIV community. This will enable continued independence and enhance the quality of life. As people are now living longer with HIV, subsequently, there is an increase in numbers affected by physical disability and later life issues. The HIV team will monitor complex health issues via practice support, advice worker meetings, and any increases in packages of care, delayed discharges and readmissions to hospital.”
The new centre will be run with the help of a registered social landlord and the reports said the location was considered to be the only site suitable.
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