Bering Omega Community Services

About Bering Omega Community Services

In Response To The Need Of Those With Hiv/Aids, Bering Omega Community Services Created Many Innovative Programs. In 1986, When Dying Aids Patients Were Being Discharged From Local Hospitals With No Home To Go To And No One To Care For Them, Bering Omega Opened A Residential Hospice Program, Known As Omega House, The State's First Such Facility For Persons In The Final Stages Of Aids. In 1987, Bering Omega Built The First Dental Clinic In The U.S. Specifically For Persons With Hiv. We Responded To A Need For Dental Care As Many Dentists Refused To Treat Previously Healthy Patients Who Were Suddenly Developing Never-Seen-Before Lymphomas, Ulcers, And Candida Of The Mouth. When Local Emergency Rooms Were Being Used As Drop-Off Sites For Aids Patients Who Couldn't Be Left Unattended During The Day, Bering Omega Responded By Opening The First Adult Day Care Center In Texas. Last Year, Bering Omega Offered Its Services To More Than 2,500 (Or 1 In 3 Persons Known To Be Infected In Houston) Indigent, Uninsured And Under-Served Hiv+ Individuals And Their Caregivers In The Greater Houston Area Who Have No Other Healthcare Alternatives. Our Mission Is To Nurture The Physical, Emotional And Spiritual Well-Being Of Persons With Critical Health Needs Through Compassionate Programs And Services.