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Maxine Davis, Director of the Dr. Peter Foundation in Vancouver, BC describes the care of people with HIV/AIDS as “complex care,” because the often unstable lives of HIV positive individuals makes it very difficult for them to access or sustain treatment.
“As a health care system we haven’t figured out how to effectively connect and engage people in a sustained way with the treatment…It is because the profile of individuals who have yet ... Read the full story »
Read our monthly Featured Articles going in-depth on an issue related to housing and HIV/AIDS, each with a different audience in mind: people living with HIV/AIDS, service providers and researchers.
Find publications related to housing and HIV/AIDS, including academic publications, reports, and grey literature.
Learn about organizations across Canada offering services related to housing and HIV/AIDS. Services include: housing search support, housing for PHA’s, nutrition, mediation, etc.
SERVICES: meal service, laundry facilities, shower facilities, clothing depot, computer access, needle exchange, information, women’s outreach, drop in, retreats, workshop, employment training, small business development, testing
ABOUT: Kali Shiva was established in 1987, as a community based …
SERVICES: housing provider, portable subsidies, rent supplement, housing for PHAs
ABOUT: The McLaren Housing Society of British Columbia is a non-profit organization that provides safe, affordable housing to men, women and families who live with HIV/AIDS, are in financial need and yet are able to live …
SERVICES: emergency housing, shelter, life skills, medication monitoring, volunteer opportunities, social events, transitional shelter, medical clinic, resource centre, workshops, mentor program, employment programs, office facility use
ABOUT: The Victoria Cool Aid Society has been building hope, lives and …
SERVICES: transitional housing, meals, support, advocacy, hygiene facilities, food safety training, drop in centre, internet use, library, medical services, clothing, outreach, referrals
ABOUT: Our Place is a non-profit society formed by the alliance of the Open Door and The Upper Room in 2006. We have moved into our new facility to …
SERVICES: supportive housing, counselling, recreation, housing search support, advocacy, workshops, home visits, Aboriginal Health Clinic
ABOUT: The VNFC mandate is to meet the needs of Native people in the Greater Victoria area by providing them with services and information designed to enhance traditional values and cultures of the Native Peoples…
