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Uncharted territory
— a report into the first generation growing older with HIV | | Corporate Author | Terrence Higgins Trust |
| Publisher | Terrence Higgins Trust, London, January 2017 |
| Pages | 35 pp |
| Source | https://www.tht.org.uk/~/media/Files/Publications/Policy/u... Terrence Higgins Trust, 52-54 Grays Inn Road, London WC1X 8JU. |
| Keywords | AIDS ; Needs [elderly] ; Services ; Health services ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | In 2010, Terrence Higgins Trust, Age UK and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) published 'A national study of ageing and HIV (50 Plus)',. which explored the needs and experiences of more than 400 people living with HIV aged 50 and over. This report updates the evidence based on the 2010 findings, in which 246 completed surveys from respondents across the UK were analysed (age range 50-82; median age, 55); women, 22%). Age at diagnosis ranged from 18 to 74. The report uses case studies to consider: the impact of the availability of HIV treatment on individuals' needs and experiences; differences in the experiences of those in the age group 50-60 compared to those aged over 65; the impact of poverty; unmet social care needs of people living with HIV; the need for co-ordinated support to manage long-term conditions and self-care; the role of GPs in supporting people living with HIV aged 50 and over; social isolation and loneliness; experience of HIV self-stigma; and the needs of older women affected by HIV. The report concludes that there are many people growing older with HIV who will require additional health and social care services or financial support. (RH) |
| Accession Number | CPA-170331003 B |
| Classmark | CQTT: IK: I: L: 3F |
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| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
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