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AGEING AND HIV/AIDS: Impact, Responses, and Weak Links

AGEING AND HIV/AIDS: Impact, Responses, and Weak Links. Uche Azie Director Gabby Management Consult. The Impact of HIV/AIDS on the Elderly . Impact on the health of the elderly Impact on the income and subsistence of the elderly

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AGEING AND HIV/AIDS: Impact, Responses, and Weak Links

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  1. AGEING AND HIV/AIDS: Impact, Responses, and Weak Links Uche Azie Director Gabby Management Consult

  2. The Impact of HIV/AIDS on the Elderly • Impact on the health of the elderly • Impact on the income and subsistence of the elderly • Socio-cultural and psychological impact of HIV/AIDS on the elderly

  3. Impact on the Health of the Elderly • Vulnerability to Disability • Immune Compromise and the Ageing Process • Age Associated Opportunistic Infections and Side-effects of Antiretroviral Treatment on the Elderly • Nutritional Dysfunction and HIV/AIDS Related Complications

  4. Impact on the Income and Subsistence of the Elderly • Reduced Earning Capacity • Reduced Remittances from Breadwinner due to HIV/AIDS related Death • Inadequacies of Savings Plans, Pensions Schemes and Insurance for the elderly • Food Insecurity and Nutritional Dysfunction

  5. Socio-cultural and Psychological Impact of HIV/AIDS on the Elderly • Failed expectations on the care and support from their children • Failed expectations of happy old age • Failed expectations of future generations • The fear of early death in old age • The fear of “who will bury me when I die”

  6. The Responses of the Elderly to the Control of HIV/AIDS • Older People Above 60 years are Policy decision-makers and Opinion leaders, Social and Political Gate-keepers and Icons • The Elderly are Key to Caring and Mitigation • Coping Strategies of the Elderly to HIV/AIDS

  7. Coping Strategies of the Elderly to HIV/AIDS · Strategies targeted towards improving food security · Strategies targeted towards income supplementation · Strategies targeted towards reducing the productivity and earnings effects of lost labour

  8. Coping Mechanisms of the Elderly to HIV/AIDS • Shift in food consumption patterns • Resort to Street Begging • Search for Employment • Pension Schemes and Supplemental Incomes • Sale of Assets • Reliance on the Extended family Safety Net

  9. Consolidating the Reponses of the Elderly to HIV/AIDS • Meeting the Health Care Needs of the Elderly • Improving Agricultural Production • Enhancing Income-generation Capacities and Diversification of Sources of Income • Improving the Welfare of Children in Need • Social Support Groups

  10. Weak Links in the Expanded Response Against HIV/AIDS • Multisectoral Response without the Elderly • HIV/AIDS Policies and Strategic Plans without the Elderly • Exclusion of the Elderly in HIV/AIDS Related Public Goods

  11. Thank You For Your KindAttention

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