HYGIENIC ASPECTS WITH REGARD TO THE NURSI NG OF HOME CARE-PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM AIDS AND CHRONICAL DISEASES AS WELL AS MENTAL-HANDICAPS

A human handicap is defined as a broad, hard and long lasting restrict ion of the mental development and the social integration. Groups of ha ndicapped persons can be divided into mentally, psychologically, physi cally, sensory (blind, deaf) handicapped as well as into multiple disa bled and chronically sick persons and those in need of care (old). New groups with demands for aid are among others people suffering from AI DS, psychologically sick (old) and people getting old as well as menta lly, physically und multiple handicapped persons, people suffering fro m cancer, severely ill and dying people. For all handicapped people sh ould be demanded the possibility of living almost normal lifes. For al l persons directly concerned as well as their families such a normal l ife should include the right of selfdetermination and autonomy the dem and for complex styles of living and nearby care/support the providing of respective infrastructures such as barrier free living and access to public institutions, access to public transport and homes fitting f or handicapped persons the demand for out-patient treatment by a compl ex range of various possibilities of support and finally the providing of alternative forms of living in contrast to the traditional way of life of handicapped people like families or homes. Three important liv ing areas can be derived from these ideas, nameley living conditions e ducation/professional and working field social life/social environment .