scholarly journals Late diagnosis and vulnerabilities of the elderly living with HIV/AIDS

2015 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 0229-0235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rúbia Aguiar Alencar ◽  
Suely Itsuko Ciosak
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Late Diagnosis ◽  
Sexual Life ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Elderly Living ◽  
Hiv Aids

OBJECTIVE To identify vulnerabilities of elderly people with HIV/AIDS and the trajectory that they follow until reaching the diagnosis of the disease. METHOD Qualitative research conducted in specialized clinics in the state of São Paulo, from January to June 2011. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 11 elderly people who were found to be infected with the virus at the age of 60 years or older. The interviews were analyzed using content analysis. RESULTS In this process four categories emerged, then analyzed with reference to the theoretical framework of vulnerability. CONCLUSION Late diagnosis of HIV infection or AIDS among the elderly happens in the secondary or tertiary service. Issues related to sexual life of the elderly are only questioned by health professionals after the diagnosis, also the time that condom use becomes absolute. It is believed that the investigation of the vulnerability of the elderly to HIV/AIDS allows for carrying out appropriate interventions for this population.

scholarly journals Avaliação da funcionalidade familiar em pessoas idosas convivendo com HIV/AIDS

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (33) ◽  
pp. 99-106
Author(s):  
Luciária Silva Souza ◽  
Naiane Pereira dos Santos ◽  
Pollyanna Viana Lima ◽  
Isnara Teixeira Brito Melo ◽  
Alessandra Souza de Oliveira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Elderly People ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Dysfunctional Family ◽  
Care And Support ◽  
Specialized Care ◽  
Stis And Hiv ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Family Functionality ◽  
Hiv Aids

O presente artigo tem como objetivo identificar a funcionalidade familiar em pessoas idosas convivendo com HIV/AIDS. Trata-se de um estudo de caráter exploratório, descritivo com abordagem quanti-qualitativa, desenvolvida em um Centro de Atenção e Apoio especializado de referência em atendimento para pessoas convivendo com IST’s e HIV/AIDS em um município baiano com 26 pessoas idosos. Utilizou-se roteiro semi-estruturado para entrevista e questionário com dados sociodemográficos e de saúde e o Apgar da família, para avaliação da funcionalidade familiar. Verificou-se no estudo que a maior parte das pessoas idosas diagnosticadas com HIV/AIDS deste estudo convivem em uma família disfuncional grave (34,61%), o que corrobora para que a grande maioria dos idosos mantenham em sigilo o diagnóstico da doença para o seu núcleo familiar, outros convivem com a estigmatização o isolamento e o preconceito. Conclui-se que os idosos convivem em uma família disfuncional grave, com repercussões negativas para o enfretamento da doença.Descritores: Idoso, Funcionalidade Familiar, HIV, AIDS. Assessment of family functionality in elderly people living with HIV/AIDSAbstract: This article aims to identify family functionality in elderly people living with HIV/AIDS. This is an exploratory, descriptive study with a quantitative and qualitative approach, developed in a specialized Care and Support Center of reference in care for people living with STIs and HIV/AIDS in a municipality in Bahia with 26 elderly people. A semi-structured script was used for the interview and questionnaire with sociodemographic and health data and the family Apgar, to assess family functionality. It was found in the study that most elderly people diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in this study live in a severe dysfunctional family (34.61%), which corroborates that the vast majority of the elderly keep the diagnosis of the disease confidential. their family nucleus, others live with stigmatization, isolation and prejudice. It is concluded that the elderly live in a severe dysfunctional family, with negative repercussions for coping with the disease.Descriptors: Elderly, Family Functionality, HIV, AIDS. Evaluación de la funcionalidad familiar en personas mayores que viven con VIH/SIDAResumen: Este artículo tiene como objetivo identificar la funcionalidad familiar en personas mayores que viven con VIH / SIDA. Se trata de un estudio exploratorio, descriptivo con enfoque cuantitativo y cualitativo, desarrollado en un Centro de Atención y Apoyo especializado de referencia en la atención a personas viviendo con ITS y VIH / SIDA en un municipio de Bahía con 26 ancianos. Se utilizó un guión semiestructurado para la entrevista y cuestionario con datos sociodemográficos y de salud y el Apgar familiar, para evaluar la funcionalidad familiar. En el estudio se encontró que la mayoría de las personas mayores diagnosticadas con VIH / SIDA en este estudio viven en una familia disfuncional severa (34,61%), lo que corrobora que la gran mayoría de las personas mayores mantienen confidencial el diagnóstico de la enfermedad. su núcleo familiar, otros viven con estigmatización, aislamiento y prejuicio. Se concluye que los ancianos viven en una familia severamente disfuncional, con repercusiones negativas para el afrontamiento de la enfermedad.Descriptores: Anciano, Funcionalidad Familiar, VIH, SIDA.

scholarly journals Drug injection and associated factors among the elderly living with HIV/AIDS in Tehran, Iran

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salah Eddin Karimi ◽  
Nasibeh Zanjari ◽  
Neda SoleimanvandiAzar ◽  
Elaheh Ahounbar ◽  
Mohammad Ali Mohammadi Gharehghani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Associated Factors ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Drug Injection ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Elderly Living ◽  
Hiv Aids

scholarly journals Social representations of the elderly about HIV/AIDS

2019 ◽  
Vol 72 (5) ◽  
pp. 1349-1355
Author(s):  
Brígida Maria Gonçalves de Melo Brandão ◽  
Rebeca Coelho de Moura Angelim ◽  
Sergio Corrêa Marques ◽  
Denize Cristina de Oliveira ◽  
Regina Célia de Oliveira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Elderly People ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Representational Content ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
The City ◽  
Hiv Aids

ABSTRACT Objective: to understand the representational content about HIV/AIDS among seropositive elderly people. Method: a qualitative study carried out from April to May 2017, in the city of Recife/PE, with 48 seropositive elderly people, through a semi-structured interview. The Social Representations Theory was used as theoretical framework and the method of lexical analysis through IRAMUTEQ software. Results: it was observed that the social representation of HIV is structured around the proximity of death and that it is a disease of restricted groups, leading to feelings of sadness. On the other hand, it is evident a transformation of the representation linked to the reified knowledge, leading to the process of naturalization of the disease. Final considerations: it is concluded that the elderly living with HIV, when they undergo a process of reframing about the disease, become more flexible to deal with their condition of seropositivity.

scholarly journals Qualitative Research With LGBTQ Older Adults and Older Adults Living With HIV/AIDS During COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 586-587
Author(s):  
Sara Bybee ◽  
Austin Oswald
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Research Participants ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Hiv Aids

Abstract In this symposium, researchers will discuss conceptual and practical challenges to conducting qualitative research with older LGBTQ+ adults and older adults living with HIV/AIDS during the COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers who conduct studies with LGBTQ+ populations and with older adults living with HIV/AIDS already face challenges in recruiting and retaining large enough sample sizes. Social distancing guidelines during the pandemic prohibited many researchers from conducting in-person studies. Conducting health and social science research entirely online may have its challenges when working with these older adult populations, but it may also present new opportunities for reaching hidden or hard-to-reach groups. Presenters draw on their recent experiences conducting semi-structured interviews, online surveys, and qualitative analyses of public records to illuminate the complex considerations of conducting research remotely with LGBTQ+ older adults and older adults living with HIV/AIDS. Presenters also discuss how conducting remote research with these populations may require methodological changes in study design in order to collect the most meaningful and reliable data from research participants. Ultimately, COVID-19 has required researchers to alter or change their methods of conducting research. As the internet becomes more heavily relied upon for conducting research, it is imperative that scholars in LGBTQ+ aging and HIV/AIDS consider the potential challenges and opportunities that online research presents for their studies, and for research participants who are living with HIV/AIDS or who identify as LGBTQ+.

Psychosocial Consequences among Elderly Living In Institutional and Non-Institutional Settings

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nagesh Jamwal
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Research Work ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Institutional Settings ◽  
Elderly Males ◽  
Psychosocial Consequences ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Elderly Living

Background – Elderly people face many psychological, physical and socio economic morbidities due to ageing. Institutional settings have been opened for those elderly people who are neither able to take care of themselves nor is there any person to look after them. Objectives- The present research work was conducted to study the quality of life, loneliness and psychological distress of the elderly males and females living in institutions and non-institutional settings in urban Jammu district. Methods –The study was conducted using purposive sampling on 40 elderly living in institutional settings and 40 elderly living in non- institutional settings in the age range of 60-80 years. Tools used – GHQ  by Gautam, Nuhawan and Kamal ,UCLA loneliness scale(Russell, 1996)  and WHO (QOL-BREF, 1998),  was used. Results – The results revealed significant differences on loneliness and quality of life between those living in institutional settings and those living with their families.

Satisfaction with sexual life in people living with HIV/AIDS: the persistent weight of the fear of transmission

AIDS Care ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 681-686
Author(s):  
M. Peyre ◽  
A. Gauchet ◽  
F. Bissuel ◽  
M. Blanc ◽  
A. Boibieux ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Life ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Hiv Aids

scholarly journals Quality of life of elderly people living with HIV/AIDS in outpatient follow-up

2018 ◽  
Vol 71 (suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 513-522 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliano de Souza Caliari ◽  
Lilian Andreia Fleck Reinato ◽  
Daiana Patrícia Marchetti Pio ◽  
Letícia Pimenta Lopes ◽  
Renata Karina Reis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Treatment Interruption ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Physical Changes ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Hiv Aids

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze factors related to the quality of life of elderly people living with HIV/AIDS. Method: A cross-sectional study was carried out with people aged 50 years or more in a specialized outpatient clinic. The data collection was by means of an interview. For the analysis of data and characterization of the sample, descriptive statistics and comparison tests were used. The project met the ethical requirements. Results: Participants were 81 users aged 50 to 75 years, mean age was 57.8 (± 6.1) years, 71.6% of whom were men. There was a statistically significant relationship with the quality of life, the following variables: gender, children, occupation, religion, diagnosis time, HIV exposure, adverse effects, treatment interruption, viral load counts, hospitalization, dependence for daily activities and use of drugs. Conclusion: The results suggest that the quality of life deficit is related not only to physical changes, but to the anguish and stigma related to HIV/AIDS.

scholarly journals Gambaran Kualitas Hidup Lansia Yang Tinggal Di Panti Sosial : Literature Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 1605-1614
Author(s):  
K Krisdiyanti ◽  
Dyah Putri Aryati
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Nursing Home ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Care Homes ◽  
Pubmed Database ◽  
Elderly Living

AbstractThe increasing number of the elderly population is a phenomenom that occurs today. The high level of dependence of the elderly causes the elderly to have the potential to be placed in care homes. The elderly are individuals who hane a high risk of isease and stressors. This, of course, requires efforts to ensure the life of the elderly, not only seen from fulfillment of the needs of the elderly but also the life quality of the eldely. The study aims to describe the quality of life of the elderly who live in care homes. The study used a literature review method by searching for articles in the Pubmed database, and google sholar. The search was conducted by combining keywords: “Elderly, “Elderly people”, “Quality of life”, “WHOQOL-BREF”, and “Nursing home” with the year 2011-2021. Participants in this study were 395 respondents of elderly living in care homes. The results of the literature review of 6 articles showed that there are 73 respondents (18,5%) with low category of life quality, 195 respondents (49,9%) with medium category of life quality, and 127 repondents (32,1%) high category of the life quality. From this study, it can be concluded that the quality of life of the elderly living in care homes is mostly (49,9%) in moderate category. The role of nurses is needed to improve the quality of life of the elderly who live in care homes.Keywords: care homes; elderly; quality of life; WHOQOL-BREF AbstrakTerjadinya peningkatan jumlah populasi lanjut usia merupakan fenomena yang terjadi saat ini. Tingkat ketergantungan lansia yang tinggi mengakibatkan lansia berpontesi untuk ditempatkan di panti sosial. Lansia merupakan individu yang memiliki resiko tinggi dan rentan terhadap penyakit serta stresor. Hal ini tentunya dibutuhkan upaya untuk menjamin hidup lansia, tidak hanya dilihat dari pemenuhan kebutuhan lansia namun juga dilihat dari kualitas hidup lansia. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui gambaran kualitas hidup lansia yang tinggal di panti sosial. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode literature review, untuk pencarian artikel dengan mengakses database Pubmed, dan googlescholar. Pencarian dilakukan dengan mengkombinasi kata kunci: “elderly”, “elderly people”, “Quality of life”, “WHOQOL-BREF”, “Nursing home” dengan batasan tahun 2011-2021. Partisipan pada studi ini adalah lansia yang tinggal di panti sosial dengan total 395 lansia. Hasil penelitian literature review dari 6 artikel menunjukan kualitas hidup lansia dengan kategori rendah 73 responden (18,5%), sedang 195 responden (49,9%) dan tinggi 127 responden (32,1%). Dari penelitian ini diketahui bahwa kualitas hidup lansia yang tinggal di panti sosial sebagian besar (49,9%) dalam kategori sedang. Perlu adanya peran perawat untuk meningkatkan kualitas hidup lansia yang tinggal di panti sosial.Kata kunci : kualitas hidup; lansia; panti sosial; WHOQOL-BREF

scholarly journals The Perceived Effect of Time on HIV/AIDS Identity Incorporation

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Baumgartner
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
Chronological Age ◽  
Temporal Context ◽  
Initial Reaction ◽  
Historical Time ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Social Time ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Hiv Aids

Individuals experience disease in a variety of contexts. In this study, I examined how the temporal context (e.g., historical time, social time, chronological age and the passage of time) affected the incorporation of the HIV/AIDS identity into the self. I used semi structured interviews to collect data from 36 individuals living with HIV/AIDS. Historical time did little to influence the initial reaction to the diagnosis. Chronological age shaped the initial reaction to the diagnosis for some participants. Social time affected immersion in the HIV/AIDS community and the passage of time influenced the integration of the HIV/AIDS identity into the self. The findings add depth to extant studies on the incorporation of the HIV/AIDS identity into the self.

The meaning of loss in the context of elderly homes

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S414-S415
Author(s):  
C. Laranjeira
Keyword(s):  
Elderly People ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Loved One ◽  
Elderly Home ◽  
Loss And Grief ◽  
Competing Interest

IntroductionFamily plays a pivotal function in life of all human being and their significance even increases with the age. However, living in a elderly home may result in a multitude of losses which must be addressed by individual through the process of grief.AimThe purpose of this study was to explore situations of loss and grief among institutionalizes elders.MethodsIt is a qualitative, descriptive and exploratory research. Data was collected from two Portuguese elderly homes in the municipality of Viseu, Portugal. A purposeful sample of 7 elders was recruited, and audiotaped face-to-face semi-structured interviews were conducted.ResultsThree dimensions of emotional loss were created: loss by death, loss by separation and other losses. Loss by separation was further divided into three subcategories: marriage separation, family separation and separation of peers living in the elderly home. The death of a loved one reminds the elderly individual of his/her own mortality, complicating the process of mourning. Separation, however is much more difficult to overcome because there is a loss among the living, with the possibility to lose the meaning of life with the other one.ConclusionsUnderstanding loss and grief among elderly people is fundamental for nursing care, in order to help them with the process of coping and to prevent institutionalization to become an unpleasant experience. This will also offer health care facilities suggested ways to reduce or combat loneliness and depression among the elderly people.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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