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    Population Ageing and Sustainable Livelihoods in regions affected by HIV/AIDS

    The population Ageing and Sustainable Livelihoods in regions affected by HIV/AIDS project was funded by the ESRC and ran from August 2005 until November 2006. Hosted at University of Sheffield.
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    Mind the gap: HIV and AIDS and older people in Africa

    HelpAge International, 2008
    Large numbers of older people are themselves living with HIV. Many are also taking on vital caring responsibilities for loved ones living with HIV and the children orphaned by AIDS. This briefing from HelpAge International, aimed at the European Union (EU) and member states, highlights the vital support that many older people provide to their children and grandchildren in contexts of HIV.
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    Community reaction to older-age parental AIDS caregivers and their families: evidence from Cambodia

    Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, 2009
    Depictions of community reaction to persons with HIV/AIDS and their families often typically focus only on negative reactions, and have been based on assumptions and generalisations that are unduly influenced by anecdotal data and whose validity is largely undetermined.
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    Living with our Bibi: a qualitative study of children living with grandmothers in the Nshamba area of north western Tanzania

    HelpAge International, 2008
    The Kwa Wazee Project works with grandparents and the grandchildren who live with them (generally orphaned as a result of HIV/AIDS) in the Kagera district of Tanzania. The main activity of the Project is to provide a cash transfer in the form of a pension to grandparents (mostly grandmothers). Grannies get small monthly pensions for themselves and for the grandchildren they support.
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    Poverty reduction and non-contributory old age pension programme in the Roma Valley: evidence from logistic probability model

    African Econometric Society, 2007
    In November 2004, the government of the Kingdom of Lesotho introduced an non-contributory old age pension scheme, in keeping with one of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of poverty alleviation by the year 2015 and the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing which calls for the involvement of the elderly in development strategies.  This paper is an effort to investigate the impact
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    Building Bridges: home-based care model for supporting older carers of people living with HIV/AIDS in Tanzania

    HelpAge International, 2007
    Research in 2006 by Helpage International and partners of Tanzania shows that 20-45 % of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and 25-75 % of vulnerable children are cared for in older headed households. Older people’s role of caring for their dependents is difficult in a complex environment.
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    Research on older adults with HIV

    AIDS Community Research Initiative of America, 2008
    Almost 27% of all people living with AIDS in the United States are aged over 50. Heterosexual sex is emerging as the current dominant mode of transmission. One decade after the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) there is a dramatic decrease in mortality rates and increased life expectancy among people living with HIV/AIDS.
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    Elderly caregivers consultation report

    Children in Distress Network, 2007
    The role of caring for orphaned and vulnerable children rests heavily on elderly women in communities severely affected by HIV and AIDS. This proposal concept from the CINDI Network programme in South Africa outlines the results of a consultation with elderly caregivers, their requests for support and intervention ideas.
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    Stronger together: supporting the vital role played by older people in the fight against the HIV and AIDS pandemic

    HelpAge International, 2008
    In the HIV/AIDS pandemic, it is older people, particularly grandmothers, who are shouldering most of the emotional and financial burden as carers. Yet their vital role is going unrecognised. This report calls for a major shift in the response to HIV/AIDS. Some of the recommendations include:
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    Older persons AIDS knowledge and willingness to provide care in an impoverished nation: evidence from Cambodia

    Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, 2006
    This paper examines the issue of caregiving among men and women age 60 and older in Cambodia who are being called on to be primary caregivers for their children who contract AIDS. Results indicate that older women are less knowledgeable about AIDS than reproductive aged women but more likely to state a willingness to provide care.

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