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Coping with love
— older people and HIV/AIDS in Thailand | | Author(s) | Brooks Dodge, Usa Khiewrord |
| Corporate Author | HelpAge International |
| Publisher | HelpAge International, London, 2005 |
| Pages | 35 pp |
| Source | HelpAge International, Asia/Pacific Regional Development Centre, c/o Faculty of Nursing, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand. website: www.helpage.org |
| Keywords | AIDS ; Informal care ; Services ; Thailand. |
| Annotation | While Thailand's AIDS epidemic has received much attention, there is little information about the impact of HIV/AIDS on older people. This report presents the findings of research carried out in Sankampaeng, Mae Wang and Muang districts in northern Thailand. The use of interviews and focus group discussions for gathering information demonstrates the range of ways in which older people are affected by HIV/AIDS, their significant caregiving role, and how HIV/AIDS affects household income. Older people's lack of knowledge about the epidemic, the lack of income security, the burden of caregiving and the strain HIV/AIDS places on family and community relationships are highlighted. Given that there are few projects and programmes for the older population, the report makes key recommendations for an agenda for action to improve the lives of older people affected by HIV/AIDS. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070130211 E |
| Classmark | CQTT: P6: I: 7HG |
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