The Journey Through AIDS, A Guide For Loved Ones and Caregivers
Your life has been touched by AIDS.
Maybe your child or your partner has AIDS. Or maybe a friend, a neighbor or a coworker has just confided they are HIV positive. Suddenly you are scared. How is this going to affect you? What are you going to do?
This book can help. Here you will learn the facts about AIDS and how caregivers can help loved ones to cope with its tolls--physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
Most important, you'll discover how to make sense of this journey--guided by interviews with caregivers, medical personnel and people living with AIDS. Their experiences will strengthen,encourage, and point to hope.
CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Should You Take This Trip?
Chapter 2 Knowing the Terrain
Chapter 3 On the Road
Chapter 4 Food for the Journey
Chapter 5 Friends Along the Way
Chapter 6 Are We There Yet?
Chapter 7 Arrivals and Departures
Chapter 8 Walking through the Valley
Chapter 9 Souvenirs from the Journey
Afterword
Guided Meditations
Appendix: Resources
Suggested Reading