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[Applause]
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imagine being seated at your dining room
table sharing a meal with your older
adult parents and grandparents and you
casually inquire can we discuss your sex
lives I am certain that this would prove
to be a daunting prospect for many of us
but when we were younger
experiencing puberty and our bodies
undergoing physiological changes our
parents had is the talk and discussion
of the birds and the bees with us so
maybe that’s time where we turned the
favor
practice a bit of role reversal and talk
to our parents about their sex lives as
they age but we should do more than
simply talk about sex I believe we
should have a discussion about the
myriad of risk factors that have
contributed to older adults
becoming one of the fastest growing
populations impacted by HIV and AIDS
according to the most recent health
statistics persons age 50 and older
account for 17% of all newly diagnosed
HIV cases in the United States but maybe
you couldn’t imagine yourself having
this type of discourse with an older
adult relative what might find this to
be slightly inappropriate as though you
were bucking cultural norms in some way
this conversation might cause you to
feel uncomfortable uneasy it may even
create anxiety for you but for a moment
let’s consider the alternative imagine
the stigma the fear of isolation and the
lack of social support a person knew
diagnosed with HIV is likely to
experience now imagine that that person
newly diagnosed with HIV is 62 years of
age as a college professor I have a
passion for and research and teach about
vulnerable health populations and
throughout the course of my studies I’ve
encountered some pretty powerful and
resilient older adults dealing with HIV
and AIDS one individual who I made
Maxine was newly diagnosed with HIV and
struggling to understand her diagnosis
Maxine had been married for 30 years she
was widowed and only recently
reintroduced to the dating scene but
much had changed physiologically since
Maxine her last stated doula advanced
age Maxine did not use birth control
chemical or barrier methods she could
not conceive unknowing for her
physiological changes meant that an act
of unprotected intercourse could provide
easy access for HIV to enter her
bloodstream after having dated only one
person since her husband’s death
Maxine found herself ill a newly
diagnosed with HIV
Maxine’s story Falls perfectly it’s a
heteronormative ideology but let’s
debunk that the sexual practices of
older adults do not differ from that of
the other older adults are exposed to
the same risk factors for HIV as young
adults are there are many other adults
struggling to understand and disclose
their HIV status
it’s a family and friends all with a
variety of different sexual expressions
my give adults older adults sink
intimacy affection attachment with
others some are a same-sex orientation
others express sexual fluidity yet
others
live in nursing home environments and
knowingly share sexual partners because
of limited options in choices h-i-v does
not discriminate
there are many older adults who have
contracted HIV in advanced age and
others who have contracted the virus
earlier in life and are aging and green
with HIV according to public health
literature older adults living with HIV
have been coined the hidden population
this is because many HIV prevention
campaigns designed to target at-risk
groups often ignore older adults as a
society we provide special privileges
and an enhanced social status to our
older adult population for example as we
all age
we’ll get free bus passes access to
specialty menus at select restaurants
and business discounts on select these
but there’s a flipside to this as a
society we also projects are
unconsciously Aegeus and bias attitudes
about other adult sexuality we presume
there’s to be infrequent sexual activity
a lack of sexual diversity and in really
extreme cases maybe even no sexual
activity at all we ignore drug use and
believe they’re not to be partaking in
any risk-taking behavior that can lead
to the contraction of HIV for example
the sharing of diabetic needles to
conserve resources older adults
unlike young adults or have a stage in
life similar its infancy with us heavy
reliance on family and friends for
financial assistance medical care
mobility and transportation the system
in general a tremendous amount of social
support again think role-reversal a
diagnosis of HIV and AIDS and an older
adult to mean the loss of family and
friends at the stage in life where
they’re needed most
stigma can negatively impacts one’s
quality of life leaves a non-disclosure
of the HIV virus and the lack of receipt
of much needed health care alter adults
are also likely to experience unique
medical concerns one of which is symptom
ambiguity and what I mean by this is
many of the signs and symptoms of HIV
mimic signs of ailments associated with
Asia for example extreme weight loss
fatigue flu-like symptoms can all be
misconstrued for diabetes or the flu
this can be misleading to physicians and
leave to delayed diagnosis misdiagnosis
and lack of routine screening for HIV
physiological changes associated with
aging can mean that the rate of
progression from hiv/aids is much faster
in an older adult and older adults often
our concerns with drug interactions from
having to take numerous prescriptions to
treat both HIV and other chronic
ailments such as diabetes heart disease
and maybe even arthritis at the same
time imagine yourself back at that
dining room table you’re probably still
gonna feel uneasy about having the talk
okay but there is an absolute necessity
to having this discussion with our older
adult relatives bucking cultural norms
and being open to the conversation
allows us to provide a
appropriate HIV education as informed
citizens we can advocate for effective
pharmaceuticals likewise we can also
push for an understanding of
age-specific epidemiology as well as
effective HIV prevention campaigns an
understanding of the HIV phenomena among
our older adult populations impacts us
all have the conversation what better
place than at the dinner table
[Applause]
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
you
[Applause]
[Music]
imagine being seated at your dining room
table sharing a meal with your older
adult parents and grandparents and you
casually inquire can we discuss your sex
lives I am certain that this would prove
to be a daunting prospect for many of us
but when we were younger
experiencing puberty and our bodies
undergoing physiological changes our
parents had is the talk and discussion
of the birds and the bees with us so
maybe that’s time where we turned the
favor
practice a bit of role reversal and talk
to our parents about their sex lives as
they age but we should do more than
simply talk about sex I believe we
should have a discussion about the
myriad of risk factors that have
contributed to older adults
becoming one of the fastest growing
populations impacted by HIV and AIDS
according to the most recent health
statistics persons age 50 and older
account for 17% of all newly diagnosed
HIV cases in the United States but maybe
you couldn’t imagine yourself having
this type of discourse with an older
adult relative what might find this to
be slightly inappropriate as though you
were bucking cultural norms in some way
this conversation might cause you to
feel uncomfortable uneasy it may even
create anxiety for you but for a moment
let’s consider the alternative imagine
the stigma the fear of isolation and the
lack of social support a person knew
diagnosed with HIV is likely to
experience now imagine that that person
newly diagnosed with HIV is 62 years of
age as a college professor I have a
passion for and research and teach about
vulnerable health populations and
throughout the course of my studies I’ve
encountered some pretty powerful and
resilient older adults dealing with HIV
and AIDS one individual who I made
Maxine was newly diagnosed with HIV and
struggling to understand her diagnosis
Maxine had been married for 30 years she
was widowed and only recently
reintroduced to the dating scene but
much had changed physiologically since
Maxine her last stated doula advanced
age Maxine did not use birth control
chemical or barrier methods she could
not conceive unknowing for her
physiological changes meant that an act
of unprotected intercourse could provide
easy access for HIV to enter her
bloodstream after having dated only one
person since her husband’s death
Maxine found herself ill a newly
diagnosed with HIV
Maxine’s story Falls perfectly it’s a
heteronormative ideology but let’s
debunk that the sexual practices of
older adults do not differ from that of
the other older adults are exposed to
the same risk factors for HIV as young
adults are there are many other adults
struggling to understand and disclose
their HIV status
it’s a family and friends all with a
variety of different sexual expressions
my give adults older adults sink
intimacy affection attachment with
others some are a same-sex orientation
others express sexual fluidity yet
others
live in nursing home environments and
knowingly share sexual partners because
of limited options in choices h-i-v does
not discriminate
there are many older adults who have
contracted HIV in advanced age and
others who have contracted the virus
earlier in life and are aging and green
with HIV according to public health
literature older adults living with HIV
have been coined the hidden population
this is because many HIV prevention
campaigns designed to target at-risk
groups often ignore older adults as a
society we provide special privileges
and an enhanced social status to our
older adult population for example as we
all age
we’ll get free bus passes access to
specialty menus at select restaurants
and business discounts on select these
but there’s a flipside to this as a
society we also projects are
unconsciously Aegeus and bias attitudes
about other adult sexuality we presume
there’s to be infrequent sexual activity
a lack of sexual diversity and in really
extreme cases maybe even no sexual
activity at all we ignore drug use and
believe they’re not to be partaking in
any risk-taking behavior that can lead
to the contraction of HIV for example
the sharing of diabetic needles to
conserve resources older adults
unlike young adults or have a stage in
life similar its infancy with us heavy
reliance on family and friends for
financial assistance medical care
mobility and transportation the system
in general a tremendous amount of social
support again think role-reversal a
diagnosis of HIV and AIDS and an older
adult to mean the loss of family and
friends at the stage in life where
they’re needed most
stigma can negatively impacts one’s
quality of life leaves a non-disclosure
of the HIV virus and the lack of receipt
of much needed health care alter adults
are also likely to experience unique
medical concerns one of which is symptom
ambiguity and what I mean by this is
many of the signs and symptoms of HIV
mimic signs of ailments associated with
Asia for example extreme weight loss
fatigue flu-like symptoms can all be
misconstrued for diabetes or the flu
this can be misleading to physicians and
leave to delayed diagnosis misdiagnosis
and lack of routine screening for HIV
physiological changes associated with
aging can mean that the rate of
progression from hiv/aids is much faster
in an older adult and older adults often
our concerns with drug interactions from
having to take numerous prescriptions to
treat both HIV and other chronic
ailments such as diabetes heart disease
and maybe even arthritis at the same
time imagine yourself back at that
dining room table you’re probably still
gonna feel uneasy about having the talk
okay but there is an absolute necessity
to having this discussion with our older
adult relatives bucking cultural norms
and being open to the conversation
allows us to provide a
appropriate HIV education as informed
citizens we can advocate for effective
pharmaceuticals likewise we can also
push for an understanding of
age-specific epidemiology as well as
effective HIV prevention campaigns an
understanding of the HIV phenomena among
our older adult populations impacts us
all have the conversation what better
place than at the dinner table
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you
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