Living the Last Days: Chris Brownlie L.A. Hospice - PBS (1989)
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I have a friend in Canada who has HIV due to a blood transfusion. She's undetectable, praise God!
Medication has come such a long way since then. I usually don't talk about my personal life but I was diagnosed with HIV in 2007 and started treatment with Atriplia then switched over to Biktarvy when it came out. I've been undetectable since 2011 and does not show up on my blood work and can't pass it on but I don't take any chances & have not been in a relationship or with anyone since I found out. I go for my labs once a year now and I feel great. I wish they had this medication long time ago for these patience they would be alive today 😢 may them all R.I.P 🏳️🌈👼🕊️
**patients** sorry, my English degree took over!!! I'm praying for you and with you!!!😊
Glad your doing well .peace
Hope you will find someone you can't be alone forever
I am glad to hear that you are doing well. Bless you.
@@PebblezfrmDetroit80there was a restaurant in my town that had a sign that said "thank you for your patients"😂 I told my mom to read the sign and she didn't get it🤦♀️
I became a nurse in 1992 and I can’t tell you how many patients I lost but I never once treated them as anything else as people❤
The fact you had to mention that makes people realise you had to think whether they were people or not
@@MrThedonheadhow?
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A true nurse would. So that is your true calling. Helping and taking care of others in their most vulnerable times. Not everyone is meant to be a nurse . You do have some rude and lazy ones out there. They worry more about a paycheck then their patients. I’m so glad you are different. I have much respect for you. God bless you and all you do.
It’s not about you!!
I lost my father to HIV related diseases in 1995, just before things turned around for AIDS patients. I was 6. I miss him.
sorry to hear that. One of my mom's childhood friends died in 2008 and a girl i worked with died in 2011 of AIDS
I am so sorry for your loss♥
May your father rest in peace. Sending you my love and a virtual hug ♥️🙏
@@alexpiper1115 I am sorry for your loss. May they both rest in peace amen 🙏♥️
💜🙌🏿🙏🏻
I saw our neighbor waste away and eventually died due to AIDS. She was a lovely lady. In the last days could barely walk, could hardly recognize me. I was only a small boy but saw it all and remember her to this day. RIP.
That`s so sad...
My cousin died of aids . His family turned their backs on him . I was the only one that cared . I took care oh him on till he passed in 1998 . All he ever wanted was the love of his family .
Nice so called family, oh if its going to cause them to think with empathy, lift a finger, or spend one dime, cross him off the list.
You're the only one who had your cousin's back.
May your cousin rest in Paradise.
And may all his blood relatives who disowned him rot in Hell.
@@thecajunphoenix some people donated to these organizations, then dropped off any former family member to the nearest hospital years before they died may they also rot in Hell.
I lost so many of friends to aids I went to so many funerals in the late 80s and early 90s I recently found a picture of me and 6 friends we all took a vacation in Hawaii I’m the only left alive in the picture now I cried so much much
Ah, that's so sad, Freddy Hoyt. I am so sorry for your loss. I hope you get to see them again one day.
How is everybody around you dying from AIDS what type of lifestyle did you have 🤷🏾
@@duwaine96 A lot of my friends used to party a lot and have unprotected sex I never lived my life like that
Where is my comment?Does not matter?REALLY???
💔💔💔💔💔💔 for your 6 friends soooooooooo very sorry Beloved.
HIV is not a moral issue, it is a health issue, the staff are amazing, giving compassion, care and dignity, thanks for posting this
The health issue is the result of a moral issue, the wrong choice of sexual lifestyle.
Wrong choice according to you obviously...quit projecting !! Condoms should be used for prophylaxis; regardless of one's sexual orientation. You sound like you come from the 'dark ages'...!!
@@CeeOlleab388 troll 🤦🏻♀️
@@Randompotatoes-qs7bmno, it's a fact. What this person is saying is, in the cases of men who practice unsafe sex, you have to be prepared for the consequences.
@@CeeOlleab388 my cousin got aid thru a transfusion. NOT unmoral living habits. Back then alot of ppl got it that way. She at that time didn't know u could get it thru blood transfusions or she would of never taken it. She ended up giving it to her unborn baby as well. Such a sad situation. I remember the whole family being terrified to be around her.😢😢
My freind's son died of AIDS from a blood transfusion he had from an accident he suffered when he was 9 years old. This disease is horrible! RIP to all whom passed on from this horrid, deadly, disease. It's heartbreaking to see loved ones lost to AIDS! Sad. 😔
So sad for the young man and his family. Many prayers to all!
These videos bring back so many memories. I was a brand new nurse in the 80's and learned about HIV/AIDs along with everyone else as we went. These patients were mostly young and so sick. I learned that there are things worse than death, but also how important it is to be alive. I will never forget their faces.
'brand new nurse' 😊
You are remembered.😊❤✝️
I graduated nursing school in 1982. I started out in urology and med/surg and never had an AIDS patient. I know it would have been hard and very sad to see them waste away. Thank goodness for the new meds.
I nursed many during the 80's and early 90's, it was a very difficult time.
God bless you.
God bless you
Thank you for your service.
Thank you for being there for them.
God bless you.
This reminds me of a saying they had at the AIDS ward (5B) at San Francisco General Hospital in the '80s, which was something similar to: "Don't regret growing older, it's a privilege that many will never have."
Outstanding video and an absolute treasure! So thankful to the Rainbow History Project for uploading these videos for us to see.
It was a Holocaust in the Castro... will never forget😢
I totally agree with your quote
RIP to all of the people that lost their lives to this deadly disease. God bless
It wasn’t the disease that killed these people, it was the AZT treatments they were given which obliterated their immune systems and put them into kidney and liver failure!
Do not bless the children of the Devil !
Evil people are not "resting in peace" in Hell.
"For the wages of sin is death"
~ HOLY BIBLE, Romans 6:23
@@unitedstatesirie7431if we are going to hell where you’re not then of course we will be resting in peace. Where ever the rabid Christian’s such as yourself aren’t will be such a glorious place!
@@unitedstatesirie7431you need help
@@unitedstatesirie7431 We are all God's children. I wish you peace within your heart.
This video popped up in my feed today. My uncle died in 90, and his partner passed in 1996, his anniversary is today. For me, this brings back sad memories and I can’t bring myself to watch it 😢
I was a new graduate RN and chose to work on an AIDS floor. It was emotionally and physically grueling. Best decision I have ever made. These were my kids boys and girls n in between
I really enjoyed this video,but it was hard for me to understand the talking.
It was a blessing to see thiis video& sad that sooooo many had to die.
You are to be congratulated for your truly humane approach (in stark contrast to so many others). I presume you're now retired and I hope you can enjoy your own time, safe in the knowledge that you did the right thing.
@@carolynalexander6390Anyone having trouble hearing/understanding what’s being said,turn on your CC on your screen. Best wishes to all.
The 80's was wild. That man was smoking a cigarette in a hospice center while in bed.
I know. Those were different times back then. I remember going so many places with the smoking and non smoking options. It’s so crazy still to see it in a hospital. They don’t want you to smoke at home now.
I remember walking around malls in the early/mid 90’s as a teen smoking cigarettes, lol. I remember when the law came that forbid us from smoking in stores & stuff too. We were all like this sucks. 😂
@@valkyrie9024I definitely remember smoking at the mall food court circa 95-96
Well it is hospice, I mean, let him smoke in peace while he dies.
@@daynasafranek7807 Cigarette smoke definitely stays after the cigarette has been put out.
These people are the greatest., They are carrying in loving and it comes from their heart. I was diagnosed with AIDS back in 2003., I had it for 10 years and didn't know it until I was very, very sick.. My infectious disease doctor tell me I was very sick but she was gonna make me better.. She was an angel from above.. I was very sick and thought if I feel better if I die. Then let me die.. I can't imagine how these dates. Patients felt back in the 80s.. I was lucky at a time when there was finally a light at the end of the tunnel.. I think I started out with taking 9 pills a day., In this day in 2023 I am down to one pill a day and I am undecacable.. What A miracle. I wish it had come soon you're there. Take care of all who has this Disease. God bless from Michigan..
How are you feeling now friend
Bless you brother greetings from South Africa 🇿🇦
Great ❤
I have a friend that was about to die here in Sweden in AIDS, just when he was about to pass away the combination medication became legal, they did drive the medicin to him in an ambulance. When they arrived he was unconscious but they did manage to turn him around.
is your friend still alive today? I very much hope he is
Do you know what drug combination they gave him?
Turn him around?
That's where the problem starts.
What happened
So sad but at the same time it restores my faith in humanity. God bless those doctors, volunteers and souls of those who lost the AIDS battle.
My respects to the community
People need people. Bless all the doctors and volunteers that give their love to this sick human beings.
My mom was a new nurse in the mid- late 80s. She saw first hand the awful treatment, or lack of, of AIDs patients. It was so bad she almost quit nursing altogether. She is reluctant to talk about that time bcuz it brings up so many memories, bad and good. She lost several friends to the disease and was with several of them when they died. Bill is who I remember most. He was an RN too, they met in nursing school. He was so fun. He would come over to drink wine and dance to madonna songs and Wham! with my mom, in the living room. He brought me yoohoo and I thought it was the most fanciest chocolate milk ever created!! When he died it hurt my mother deeply. I remember the last time I saw him, I asked why everyone was so sad. He said "SAD?? Whose sad?? This is a dance party!" Which is what we called those times we listened to music and danced around the house. My childhood memories are timed around him. Memories before Bill and memories after Bill. They are all happy and fun. He really was a light in our life.
Ive asked my mom to write down what happened in those times and she says she just not ready. Ive offered to have someone help, like a ghost writer and she says no. When its time she will do it herself ❤ Shes 65 and still works PRN in the SICU. Which is about 1 or 2, 12hr shift a week. She enjoys staying busy and loves bedside nursing.❤
I hope all these men are now in paradise
Me too ❤
they in hell for being gay
God would judge them a lot better than many of us have.
Can you imagine if our world was filled with the same attitude and love as these care givers? How I wish it was a few years later for these beautiful people ❤❤❤
I'm so glad that I had the courage to watch this. It's not easy, but there is so much to learn.
If you can make it 50% of the way thru this video then that is a good thing.. Acknowledge your own courage, inner strength, and most importantly your Love. 🌹🌸🏵
Showing love kindness and compassion is what matters the most, to the living and dying
Their beautiful smiles at the end when they are remembered. They will never be forgotten.
Everything is forgotten.
I am so glad these people had such a loving kind place to take their last breath. My heart goes out to all these people that care for patients that are at the end of life.
HIV/AIDS was a worldwide pandemic at that time. God bless all the doctors and volunteers and RIP to the patients. It’s amazing to see how far we have come in the medical treatment of these patients.
I think it's just as big a problem today.
HIV/AIDS is still a worldwide pandemic even now.
While it is a good thing that many HIV-infected people can get to undetectable status thanks to antiretrovirals, not every HIV-infected person can afford the treatments even with health insurance.
Even worse is, not every HIV-infected person responds to antiretroviral treatments.
And cursed be the insurance companies that choose to exclude HIV-infected people from being covered!
R.I.P. to all the patients in this video
I would love to see where these heroes are now . The staff is so incredible . What an amazing beautiful piece of history this is .
this video needs to be shown to social workers, counselors, and grief counselors. so they may get a familiarity with the past. this is no Death Sentence. but it is our History and real.
Don't forget teenagers as of 2023,. Because the numbers are spiking again due to reckless men. Men who refuse to wear a Condom .. Unfortunately girls who graduate high School will become exposed. After meeting some low life clown..on dating apps. Exclaiming he's 🔥🔥 CLEAN 🔥🔥. Men are the source and the transport.. second is blood transfusion and Dirty needles. SMH..
@GigiGisele yes sex education needs to be given to all. but you can not stereotype and marginalize populations of people or specific groups. this disease does not discriminate its a equal opportunity for anyone and everyone.
should be shown in schools
@@4125greenbrierroad Exactly,,but with the current conservative element..so we keep talking about AIDS . So teens will ask us questions and not fall victim to this dangerous for".
I'm glad that Robert was able to leave hospice and go back to his apartment and work, even if only for a brief period. Such a simple wish. To have as much independence and normalcy as possible even with such a grim prognosis and no treatment options.
It's heartbreaking that all of these amazing people just missed or were too far gone to benefit from AZT.
AZT could have brutal side effects, but it did save some of my patients back then in the UK.😊
Reinhold von Treffencaunbowz, MBBS, PhD
AZT is what killed them! Are you seriously this ignorant? That deadly experiment obliterated their immune systems and put them into swift multi organ failure.
AZT killed alot of people faster. Another gift from Fauci.
AZT worsened AIDS and hastened death.
AZT killed more people that it saved. Combo drugs later on started saving ppl
It is so heartbreaking to see these people sick. The workers are so loving and kind. I love seeing so much humanity.
I’m shocked i survived. I contacted it in June 1986 at 16 yo and in 1996 i was at deaths door with 7 T cells and 2 opportunistic infections but the meds came out right then and i made it slowly. So grateful but i think about all the men that weren’t as lucky.
I’m so very happy to read this!
You undoubtedly know you’re one of the lucky ones- EXTREMELY lucky!
I’m so glad you’re here and healthy!
Bless you and I sincerely wish you and yours the best!
#TheNormalHeart
Love & Light from Miami Shores🦚
Stay safe mate✌🏼🌎
God bless you
So glad you made it!
Wow that's 3 years before I was born. truly amazing. Thank goodness you're still here. ❤
What amazing and compassionate doctors and carers. Whilst this video is heartbreaking, the empathy and care the staff of the hospice provide is truly heart warming. Gosh this video made me cry. 💕🙏🏼💕
I remember Chris Brownlie well. My second time watching. Such trying times. I use to work in Hiv nursing back then. Taught home health aides classes and AHF let my students use Chris Brownlie for their clinical experience. The staff at Brownlie were so kind and dedicated. Would be nice to see them again but its been 35 yrs don't know who is still alive. AHF is still a thriving hiv healthcare foundation still providing hiv care. What a challenging time its was for all of us. But rewarding as well you still could say. Thanks for sharing what hiv was like in the begining.
I screwed around a lot, but somehow remained negative. Very few of my lovers are still alive. Thanks for being there for us!
So thankful for such a wonderful staff. Seeing the love, compassion and care during that time makes my heart feel warm and ache at the same time because so many of the people diagnosed during that time are gone.
Just remembering the hate and discrimination AIDS patients went through before the drugs were really effective, was such a horrible time. It seemed like for a while all I saw on the news was AIDS quilts made by loved ones to remember the ones society wanted to forget and I always thought it was so wonderful those were done. I lost friends to AIDS and it makes me sad to think of what they would or could do if they were still here. I wish they were here. ❤
Sounds like the recent epidemic, lots of hate and discrimination.
Well, before people knew how it was spread, I wouldn’t consider it “hate” because someone didn’t want to be around someone that had it. It was fear. I was young when this first hit the news, but I remember a news segment that talked about people leaving town during the gay pride parade because they didn’t know if it was airborne. And some people just moved away for good. Even with Covid, some people were terrified to get it and would be just about ready to physically fight someone because of a mask. Sometimes fear will make people hateful, but a lot of times, people take it too personal when it’s not. It’s just someone trying to take care and protect themselves.
@@missyann7588beautifully said!!
Yes, I remember... my sister has a square on that quilt. She past away in 1999.
My uncle who raised me has a square on that quit 1999
This was a truly amazing video.I have never seen anything on hospice.Thanks for the opportunity to see it.
I really felt like I knew these people, so sad they passed.
They died in comfort and with dignity.
the love, strength and unity between all of the people in this video is so beautiful.
This was so interesting. Thank you. Rest in peace to these people
If Patrick couldnt bare to look at the reflection of his dying self by being with the others, why not let him be in his room. Maybe that was best for him. Some people prefer to isolate when suffering intensely.
Because this place was very small. It had mostly volunteers. They can’t wait on him hand and foot. The he has requests other than the regular care everybody received and constantly called them for them while they were in the middle of of care with other patients to bring him something. They can’t risk the place burning down also. He already got kicked out of a couple of other places for the same reason. They had patients who actually can’t walk and need that attention. Only the very very lucky ones got to go there. There’s only a couple of dozen people there. Most never had a chance to die with dignity. They opened this place to fill that gap that was existing. It wasn’t a full medical facility.
The 80's was a hard time for the people that suffer from hiv Aids ! This days you get old with good medications 🙏🏽
And we thank them❤
Hey i'm a mother of five.I was a crack an heroin addict.I am so BLESSED i was not infected.God Bless these BRAVE SOULS.I really can relate❤❤😥
@@lisawhite3648 Now, it's all fentanyl; I was a heroin addict for over 38 years. After my recent retirement, I chose to go on methadone maintenance. Glad you are okay, bless you.😊
May they all rest peacefully. Great doco.
I was 7 in 1989 and grew up with AIDS adverts on the TV in the UK. I’ve always known what HIV was ever since I was a young child, what I didn’t understand so much was all the lovely people dying and all the prejudice they faced. I remember it being a big thing when Princess Diana visited AIDS patients and touched them. I remember thinking that it was weird that such a fuss was being made, as I couldn’t understand as a child why you would avoid touching someone poorly ☹️
It’s so sad looking back now seeing the prejudice these poor people faced and the horrible deaths they faced. Such a shame that they were just too late to be helped by AZT.
You do know that AZT did far more harm than good? And the NIH who licenced it knew that. It was stopped been giving to cancer patients prior to HIV because of its incredible toxicity. It was given the green light because it was profitability for the pharmaceutical industry. I think you should take a look at how much scientist and doctors are revered and revaluate that perception. It's generally accepted that COVID 19 was created in a laboratory by scientists tinkering with viruses unethically. And then when it got released either intentionally or accidentally, effective treatments ( ivermectin, monoclonal antibodies, hydroxichloroqine etc) are effectively barred and smeared to prevent them from getting in the way of more profitable medicines ( The COVID vaccine)... You've heard of the military industrial complex but the medical industrial complex is just as real.
May they all rest in peace😢 🕊️. God bless the creator of the hospice and all the staff.
a really insightful documentary not just exploring aids but also exploring life. this can teach us all so much. most importantly to be grateful. grateful to be able to go for a walk or feel the breeze or even just to be able to breath without pain. some of the people here would give anything for that
This was a terrible time. Going through the pandemic felt so similar. I lost so many family members and friends.
Forever in my heart and always on my mind! 🕊️
It’s still impacting people.
@@Allergictocatstoo
Yes it is!
@@Atensgrandmaare you seriously comparing aids to covid?
We as caregivers have to remember that we are only human. We get frustrated. We are strong. If we don’t allow ourselves to feel emotion, it will become a big problem. It’s hard not to get attached to a person when you are giving them care. At the end when she was talking about the gentleman they lost, it hit me so hard. Bless all the staff, the residents. My prayers to the Angels who gained their wings 🪽 FLY HIGH!!
AIDS took a large amount of young men generation.
Rest in peace to all of them.
About 10-15 million globally.. HIV began killing people in the 1950's. Except no one knew what certain people died from..other than a bizarre Cancer or Pneumonia.. All hay broke loose in 1980.. ..If Condoms we're used and heroin addicts. Had a facility to acquire new needles... Millions could have been saved...let's not forget the people who donated blood. Not knowing that they were infected with a retrovirus..
Cleansing
@@missb9628 what a disgusting thing to say. May you have the day you deserve
It's so odd. According to my uncle and my grandmother , both doctors told , condoms /prophylactic was alright in the market ( 1960 was sex education " gonorrhoea, hepatitis A,B,C and really D, herpes, syphilis etc ) before this pandemic started.
I have families who lived ( they are still alive these days around the ages of 70th, 80th, and 90th, why whole families were aware of the whole spectrum of knowledge about diseases), they're hiv negative using condoms.
How those people weren't aware of......? 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮
@@miskayheagth1694they were aware they just didn't give a damn. It was all about the here and now for them and they took zero personal accountability even after after epidemic was underway. Then they pitched a fit when there wasn't a cure ready in almost no time at all. The hard truth is that there is a LOT of degeneracy in the gay community. Not all gays but an awful lot of them. The gay bathhouse culture of the 70s was absolutely vile.
God bless these doctors whom provided comfort care and proper pain medication, anxiety medication, sleeping medication to help them. 😢❤️🙌☦️
It's just another form of misery to be zonked out on all sorts of drugs
The beginning of the epidemic was tragic for so many people and their families. Rest easy friends. You won’t be forgotten. ❤️
I lost 3 friends to Aids in the 1990s. What a horrible time to live and die.
God Bless these nurses & all they did
Thanks for sharing these videos!
RIP to all those who died.
incredibly moving and amazing story.
We must never forget. Thank you for this important video.
"Do you want to die?" "Yes" 💔
I am a 60-year old gay man, living in the UK. The HIV epidemic therefore hit just as I was entering my twenties and it thereby arrested my sexual life before it had begun. With tens of thousands of others I thus missed any chance of developing relationships at the usual time of life but remain thankful that I commited to celibacy while others, mostly ignorant of risk, effectively exposed themselves to what was, at the time, a death sentence. I remain single and I'm sometimes lonely but, of course, I'm still alive unlike many, many others, and continue to be thankful that HIV was discovered just as I would otherwise have become sexually active.
The last thing I want is someone asking me questions when I’m about to die.
RIP...Randy the Dandy McClintock..1990
When i was 18 i sued the VA in Dallas Texas because my father was admitted with PML caused by AIDS. They didn't have hospice care for their AIDS patients. That was in 1991. I lost in court, but seeing this majes me realize that daddy and i really one. It took many of people fighting for the right of their loved ones to create change.
PML is a terrible disease that so many don't know about. I'm sorry about ur dad
I think Patrick is SO SCARED that he is crying out for the pain to go AWAY! RIP Pat
I'm extremely excited HIV AIDS is no longer a death sentence
Why? Do you plan to be having a lot of sex? As long as you NEVER run out of medication, it's not a death sentence to my understanding. But if you do...
Can we all please give thanks to the treatment discovery in 1996 that turned this nightmare around. At the time I thought this was like cancer and we'd never have a cure....
Watching this video reminds me of my late uncle who passed away in 2008, we lost two uncles that year within a month. If he were still alive, he would be happy to see his children all grown up and married, he would be delighted to have around 5 grandchildren.
I'm 65 it was a horrific time.😓
So sad I had a cousin died of aids own a flower shop this was way before I was born he was young rest in peace my cousin and the all them in this video watching this in 2023 and I was 8 when this was aired
I would have love to work there , I worked in the early 1990,s in lancaster city Pennsylvania, in a AIDS center i enjoyed helping them and was not afraid to hug HIV patents, I helped out in the LGBTQ community, being a gay man I understood then the sad part was when they passed away got to me but helping them made me feel better 😢, I miss the friends I made may they RIP and be blessed in the next life
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In the early stages no one knew how one could catch it. It was a mystery at first. One doctor at the beginning when I asked about this new disease, said it was nothing; just people overreacting.
The stigma and lack of compassion people with hiv were met with in the 1980s and 1990s was just inhuman.
Amazing video. Grateful.
This brings back such sad memories I lost my best friend and I still miss him so much If only he had gotten HIV now.
That was beautiful and brilliant to watch 🙏💐🇬🇧🥰🌹
I would have liked to work here if I was around during this time period. I was only around during Covid and decided to work with those patients. I have so much heart for those who need help.
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They are angels in. Heaven
They certainly weren't Angels while alive😮
@@barneyronnie 😂😂😂 right most of them are gays
@@naimomohamed7332 so what does where a person deposits their knutt at have to do with the kind of person they are?
May they all rip
These workers and volunteers are true angels on earth. Thank you.
I don't know how I stumbled across this video but I'm already looking into hospice volunteering.
I would love to know if any of the workers and doctors featured on this video are still in the medical field, and where. They all appeared to be in their mid-20's to 30's in 1989, so they should be in their mid 50's and 60's today if they are still alive.
We lost one friend to AIDS in the 90s. It was still one too many. Thank goodness it is no longer a death sentence.
To be honest I watch some of these documentaries when I start feeling like I am taking life for granted. I feel such sorrow for these people. It’s not a self serving thing. It is a wake up call to remind ourselves that life is fragile and to never take it for granted.
These kinds of short documentaries from the mid and late 80's are so important for new generations to see how devastating and brutal the AIDS epidemic really was, decimating millions of young and middle age, eradicating an entire generation of brilliant gentle beautiful people. Tragic Herculean Odyssey.
The way they are so ready to die shows how horrible it was
Is this place still open? What a comfort to those who never intended for this to happen!!! God Bless all! It is now 2023 and people are STILL dumbfounded about this Cancer!!! My heart goes out to all that suffer this horrible life misunderstandings!!!!!
It closed in 1996. It opened in 1989. Hope that helps. I found the information online. 😊
@@daynasafranek7807 😭😢😥😥
@@daynasafranek7807 😓😭😭😭
@@PamelaZandarskiIt's actually a good thing that a lot of these types of hospices closed around 1996. Treatment for HIV/AIDS began to allow patients to live a lot longer, so the need for AIDS hospices began to drop off. People still do die from it. But not at the rate that it once was. We're getting closer to a cure every day ❤
Nobody should suffer like that. Thank God for the hiv treatment we have now.
Beautiful that they had wonderful people to take care of them. I had two friends (one from high school the other from work) who passed away and I miss my phone chats I used to have with them. A miracle they discovered medications.
Great video
Grim beyond words..
I would be honored to work there
I miss my hospice job so much. I truly think thats my lifes purpose. I never felt more at peace being with people as they crossed over and being with them until the end.
I bet you’re a hoot at parties
Oh the poor boy his mom would have wanted to be with him I’m sure
That broke my heart. He was ashamed to let her see him 😢
REST PEACEFULLY.
Triste, yo en esa época tenía ocho años y ver este vídeo uff me produce muchísima pena, nostalgia saber que tan jóvenes esperando la muerte eso tiene que ser devastador, estar en una habitación contando las horas o días esperando que llegue sus últimos días. Triste saber que todas estas personas ya no están aquí 🙏
Sí, fue un momento aterrador, incluso para aquellos de nosotros que pensábamos que estábamos muy lejos del riesgo del AIDS.
My sister was diagnosed with HIV a few years ago I have no idea if she’s getting treatment, if she has aids I have no idea but she’s alive. Please pray for my sister
I wish the life changing medications were around for these people, no pun intended. It just makes me so sad.😢
What a beautiful place!❤🙏
I’ve been a RN since 1976. I was running an Emergency Room in the late 1980’s when AIDS first reared it’s ugly head. I didn’t come in until 3 pm and there would be patients that had waited to see me for over four hours, nobody wanted to care for them because of fear and discrimination. When the ID physicians approached me to work for them, I jumped at the chance. We, in conjunction with the Dept of Health started a testing an counseling center, got our own beautiful clinic to treat them in, in place of the dingy, one room we had at the hospital. Because of discrimination, I got divorced but it was worth every minute.
I love Patrick , he’s so funny 😢
RIP to all these beautiful gay men
Are they gays
Of course they are, silly
I don't believe that they were all Gay are you serious SMH
@@slotkillah6586 Some i didn't watch it all could be iv drug users.Just statin facts.
they are all burning in hell now.