HIV & AIDS And The Older Adult

Kathleen M. Nokes,

• Foreword -- Preface -- Contributors -- Chapter 1 Scope of the Challenge/Joanne Hanna Puleo -- Overview of HIV/AIDS and Aging -- HIV Infection -- Educating People About HI V/AiDS -- References -- Chapter 2 Health Care Needs/Kathleen M. Nokes -- Overview of l-IIV Disease -- Primary Prevention -- HIV Testing -- Secondary Prevention -- Tertiary Prevention -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 3 Medical Issues/Peter Aupperle -- Prognosis of Aging Persons with AIDS -- Hazards of Delayed Diagnosis -- Differential Diagnosis for Dementia -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 4 Psychosocial Issues/karen .Solomon -- Risk Factors and Misconceptions -- Responses to Diagnosis -- Getting Help -- Personal Reactions -- Loss -- Programs and Outreach -- Coping Skills -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 5 Creating a Support Group/Barbara Kornhaber and Mary Ann Malone -- Conceptual Framework -- Facilitators’ Approach -- Getting Organized -- Cofacilitators’ Issues -- Initial Sessions -- Issues of Concern to the Group -- Group Members’ Interactions and Reactions -- Evaluation and Future Plans -- What the Cofacilitators Have Learned from the Experience -- References -- Chapter 6 The Older Gay Man/Gregory Anderson -- Defining the Problem -- Identifying and Serving the Population -- The Culture of the Older Gay Man -- Risk Factors for the Older Gay Man -- Older Gay Men and Health Care Providers -- Living with HIV/AIDS -- Interventions -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 7 Long-Term Care/Ann Wyatt -- Long-Term Care Needs of AIDS Patients -- Home Care -- Housing -- Adult Day Health Care -- Nursing I tomes -- Hospice Care -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 8 Legal and Ethical tssues/Kathleen carver and A. Widner Brown -- Discrimination -- Elder Abuse -- Planning for Incapacity -- Last Wilts and Testaments -- Planning for Health Care -- Developing Areas of Health Care Law and Ethics -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 9 Caregiving Issues/Joan Levine-Perkell -- Elderly Persons Infected with HIV/AIDS -- Elderly Parents of Persons with AIDS -- Grandparenting Issues -- Relationships -- Spirituality -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 10 HIV/AIDS and Aging Networks/Daphne Joslin and Marie C. Nazon -- Why Should a Formal Network of AIDS and Aging Professionals Be Developed? -- Underlying Values, Attitudes, and Assumptions -- Health and Human Services -- Current HIV/AIDS and Aging Networks -- l-IIV and the Elderly Work Group -- Building a Network: The Challenges, Benefits, and Organizational Needs -- Summary -- References -- Chapter II Voices/Dorothy E. Ilickey -- Themes That Emerged from Agency--Organization and Individual Interviews -- Interviews with Older People with HIV/AIDS -- Interviews with Agency Representatives -- Appendix A 1993 Revised Classification System for HIV Infection and Expanded AIDS Surveillance Case Definition for Adolescents and Adults -- Appendix B States Prohibiting Sexual Orientation Discrimination and Additional Resource information -- Appendix C Disposal Tips for home Health Care -- Appendix D Resources for Grandparents -- Appendix E Where Older Persons with HIV Disease Can Get Help and Additional Agencies and Organizations -- Index.