HIV/AIDSとソーシャルワーク

Abstract

当院は感染症科を有するエイズ治療拠点病院である．平成23年から医療ソーシャルワーカーの採用を開始し，患者・家族支援に注力してきた．また，平成24年から転退院支援について統計を開始し，平成25年を初年度としてヒト免疫不全ウイルス（human immunodeficiency virus: HIV）感染症/後天性免疫不全症候群（acquired immunedeficiency syndrome: AIDS）患者・家族支援を実施している．エイズ治療拠点病院として，当院地域医療連携室が実施したHIV/AIDS患者・家族支援の実践を通して，HIV/AIDS患者・家族を取り巻く問題点を明らかにし，今後のエイズ治療拠点病院の課題について報告する．

Our hospital which has a Department of Infectious Diseases is a core hospital for patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)．Since 2011，medical social workers have been employed to support the patients and their families，and in 2012，statistical analysis on the support for the patient’s discharge from hospital or changing of hospitals was started．From 2013，the patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and those with AIDS are being supported along with their families. As an AIDS core hospital，the regional medical collaboration room of our hospital supports HIV/AIDS patients and their families．Through these activities，we have identified the problems these patients and their families are encountering． Herein，we report the future issues of the AIDS core hospital.