PPT-HIV/AIDS and Older Adults

Shawn M Lang Director of Public Policy CT AIDS Resource Coalition HIVAIDS and Older Adults What are HIV and AIDS H uman I mmunodeficiency V irus A cquired I mmunodeficiency D. Outreach & Prevention. Jody Bechtold, LCSW, NCGC-II, BACC. Why Focus on . Older Adults?. Source: A Profile of Older Americans: 2003, Administration on Aging, HHS. Changing Demographics: . More . Elderly. 2012 Election Advocacy. www.HIVHealthReform.org/HIVmedaccess. Rules for Election Advocacy. DO. Encourage participation in the civic process. Educate your community on ways to register and vote. Remind them that they have a voice. Oscah. . Mahoso. Ondangwa. Commercial College . Outline. Background of study. Objectives . Methodology. Sample. Results . Conclusions. Recommendations. National AIDS Conference, 2016 Swakopmund. 2. IN ALAMEDA COUNTY. . March 2016. DEMOGRAPHICS &. SOCIAL DETERMINANTS . OF HEALTH. Age Distribution of Population . in Alameda County. Source: US Census Bureau, 1980 and 2010. Age Pyramid, 1980. UK Physical Activity Guidelines. UK-wide . Global evidence of the health benefits . Life course . Recommended amount for health benefit. Why do we need guidelines for older adults?. Physical . activity levels are . What is it? . An assessment of the risks . climate change poses to human health in the United . States . An Interagency product of the US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP). Part of the ongoing National Climate Assessment (NCA) process. The graying of the disease . Extenuating vs Mitigating . Factors. Celia J. Maxwell, M.D., FACP. Associate Dean for Research. Howard University College of Medicine. CDC . Campaign . “. prevention IS CARE”. B. Renee Dugger, DNP, RN, . GCNS-BC*. *. Special acknowledgement and thanks to Meredith Wallace PhD, APRN, A/GNP-BC and the Geriatric Nursing Education Consortium (GNEC. ) for resources utilized for this presentation . What is loneliness like for older adults?. Being Alone. Loneliness defined. Loneliness is the subjective feeling of being alone. It is “the distress that results from discrepancies between ideal and perceived social relationships.” . AIDS- Acquired . I. mmune . D. eficiency Syndrome, is a serious viral disease that destroys the body’s immune . system. HIV-The virus (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) that causes AIDS.. Of the 40,000 new HIV infections each year, half of those occur in people younger than 25 years old. INTRODUCTION. Older adults comprise a major portion of the population. For dentistry, older adults are retaining more teeth which means providing treatment for them is a separate entity. A knowledge about the aging changes in the . HIV1 and slower to progress to AIDS.. Most cases are due to type1.. Modes of transmission. 1-sexual.. 2- perinatal.. 3-parenteral(occupational and intravenous drug injection).. 4- blood transfusion.. WORLD AIDS DAY 2015. Content. Covenant. Praise the Source of Faith and Learning . by . Professor Thomas H. . Troeger. Statistical . Data. • The Numbers of People Living with HIV/AIDS. • The Top Ten Countries with . C. . Bréhin.  ,  A. Tagarro ,  S. Domínguez-Rodríguez ,  L. Kuhn ,  T. . Nhampossa.  ,  K. . Otwombe.  ,  A. . Janse. van Rensburg ,  N. Klein ,  M.G. Lain ,  A.I. . Maiga.