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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 and Policy introduces policymakers and policy analysts, practitioners in the helping professions, and the public to available social services for aging adults who are living with HIV/AIDS. It also addresses midlife and older adults at risk of HIV infection as well as aging persons whose lives are affected by relatives and friends living with HIV. Midlife and Older Adults and HIV provides a comprehensive examination of this emerging field of practice. Specific chapters examine prevention, family care, vulnerability, inclusion, and the disease process itself. It lays out the broad terrain of future social work practice with HIV-infected elders and elders affected by HIV. The book concludes with reflections on survivorship during the past two decades from six older community leaders living with HIV/AIDS. It also provides current research findings, innovative conceptual models, an invaluable compendium of resource information from the National Association of HIV Over Fifty, and program ideas to address the HIV epidemic within the aging population. The issues addressed in Midlife and Older Adults and HIV include: HIV prevention initiatives coordination and integration of local service networks the health, social, and financial risks facing women with HIV the health consequences of HIV/AIDS and its interactions with normal aging the use of behavioral reinforcement methods as interventions perceptions of vulnerability to HIV among older African-American women and the role of intimate partners and much more! Midlife and Older Adults and HIV is a comprehensive resource on social services for aging adults who are living with HIV/AIDS. It serves as a record of what is known and what is presently being learned about practice in this constantly evolving field. The book is a call to action for social workers and other human service professionals to anticipate and plan for the emerging needs of persons with HIV/AIDS who are rapidly growing older. The array of topics covered in this volume also makes it ideal as a supplemental textbook in courses on HIV and aging.

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Author:   Sharon Keigher ,  Cynthia Cannon Poindexter
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.420kg
ISBN:  

9780789026453

ISBN 10:   0789026457
Pages:   140
Publication Date:   06 October 2004
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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

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