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dude training medical staff
and providing medical equip-
ment and nursing teams.
"I know of at least four
other Jewish clients that are
going to need care in the not-
too-distant future," Mrs.
Meyers said. "Right now,
they're mildly symptomatic,
but it's just a matter of time
before they'll need 24-hour
medical care. The Jewish
community is doing no one a
favor by ignoring it." Alan
Goodman, director of Jewish
Family Service, said he
wasn't aware of Andy's case,
but said he didn't think
there was much the agency
could do.
"JFS is a counseling and
support agency," Mr. Good-
man said. "We provide in-
dividual or group therapy,
not medical services."
Mr. Goodman added that
while there are no organized
AIDS support groups at JFS,
his staff is available for one-
on-one advice or support.
"To form an effective
group, we need seven or
eight regular members," he
said. "While there may be a
need among our community,
we don't see it represented
in our caseloads. We may
have a few, but we don't see
it as a big issue in the agen-
cy at this time."
However, Bob Aronson,
executive vice president of
the Jewish Welfare Federa-
tion of Detroit, said that
AIDS in the Jewish com-
munity is a serious problem.
"This Jewish community
is not equipped to handle
people with AIDS," he said.
"I'm not an expert on AIDS,
but I believe the Jewish
community has a respon-
sibility to provide services to
all our people. This is an
issue which must be ad-
dressed by the organizations
of the Jewish community."
Mr. Aronson said he didn't
fault the Jewish Home for
Aged for not taking in the
Jewish AIDS patient, but
said the • Home must begin
planning for the future.
He said he has arranged to
meet with the Hospice
Association of Southeastern
Michigan to determine if an
affiliation with the Jewish
community is feasible. "This
experience of the last two
weeks has been unbelievably
frustrating," Mr. Aronson
said, referring to Andy's
situation. "We were dealing
with an issue where there
were simply no social services
or any Jewish answers." ❑
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