Midlife and Older Adults and HIV : Implications for Social Service Research, Practice, and Policy

ISBN-13: 9780789026453 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 130 str.

Cynthia Cannon Poindexter; Sharon Marie Keigher

Opis

At the beginning of the HIV pandemic, the disease's impact on older adults was seldom considered. However, HIV affects older adults in many ways, and their unique challenges warrant increased attention. Up to 15 percent of Americans infected with HIV are now over 50, and the professional literature and intervention designs are beginning to look spe

Spis treści

• Introduction
  
• OVERVIEW
  
• Inclusion of “Older” Adults with HIV (Cynthia Cannon Poindexter and Sharon M. Keigher)
  
• Knowledge and Use of AIDS and Aging Services by Older, HIV-Infected Adults (Charles A. Emlet)
  
• Perceptions of Vulnerability to HIV Among Older African American Women: The Role of Intimate Partners (April Winningham, Donna Richter, Sara Corwin, and Cheryl Gore-Felton)
  
• Midlife Women with HIV: Health, Social, and Economic Factors Shaping Their Futures (Sharon M. Keigher, Patricia E. Stevens, and Sandra K. Plach)
  
• Reconciling Successful Aging with HIV: A Biopsychosocial Overview (David E. Vance and F. Patrick Robinson)
  
• BRIDGING RESEARCH AND PRACTICE ARTICLE
  
• Compensating for Cognitive Deficits in Persons Aged 50 and Over with HIV/AIDS: A Pilot Study of a Cognitive Intervention (M. M. Neundorfer, C. J. Camp, M. M. Lee, M. J. Skrajner, M. L. Malone, and J. R. Carr)
  
• Six Champions Speak About Being over 50 and Living with HIV (Cynthia Cannon Poindexter)
  
• Resource Information: HIV Over Fifty (Nathan L. Linsk and the National Association on HIV Over Fifty)
  
• Index
  
• Reference Notes Included
  

O autorze

Sharon Keigher, Cynthia Cannon Poindexter