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

Get a detailed overview of the social services provided for HIV-infected midlife and older adults, and find out where social work practice with this growing population is headed As more potent medications are being developed to treat HIV, people who have contracted the virus are living longer lives than previously expected. Survival means new side effects and increasingly complex issues, now compounded by the diseases of aging. All this presents unprecedented challenges to social service and benefit systems. Midlife and Older Adults and HIV: Implications for Social Service Research, Practice...