The Experience of Older Adults Living with HIV

Nichols, Janice E.; Speer, David C.; Watson, Betty J.; Watson, Mary R.; Vergon, Tiffany L.; Vallee, Colette M.; Meah, Joan M.

doi:10.1016/b978-012518051-1/50004-6

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“…These negative reactions were related at least partly to the lack of sound information and negative media discourses around HIV disease during the first years of the HIV epidemic. These findings coincide with those of Nichols et al [ 24 ] on older adults infected with HIV in the 1990s. Similar to some respondents of the studies of Emlet et al [ 2 ] and Skaggs and Barron [ 25 ], two participants from our study told that they had reacted neutrally to their positive HIV diagnosis.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Becoming braver and experiencing life enrichment were aspects mentioned by some participants. Barroso and Powell-Cope [ 17 ] and Nichols et al [ 24 ] noted that those individuals who had found positive meanings in living with HIV/AIDS were usually more able to develop good coping mechanisms to deal with daily life changing events. Early retirement, for some of those who were infected with the HIV virus in the 1990s, was expressed as a positive life changing event.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…925]. Nichols et al [ 24 ] and Kremer and Ironson [ 31 ] have also noted the minor significance that older people gave to HIV infection in their lives.…”

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confidence: 99%

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“I Live Quite a Good Balanced Life”: A Pilot Study on the Life Experiences of Ageing Individuals Living with HIV

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Kylmä

Kirsi

2012

Nursing Research and Practice

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An ageing population is accompanied by an increased number of older adults living with HIV. So far, our knowledge regarding the life experiences of older adults living with HIV is still poor and under researched. The purpose of this study is to present new knowledge by interviewing nine Finnish HIV-positive individuals of 50 years of age and older. The data were analysed by inductive content analysis. Living with HIV is shaped by unique personal life experiences. These experiences played an important role on how the interviewees assessed their lives and their future as HIV positive individuals. Most of the participants reacted negatively to their HIV-positive diagnosis. However, throughout time they had found meaning in their lives and had developed a degree of positive attitude towards life and future which was articulated in terms of a good overall balanced life. Since caring is the tenor of the nursing profession, nurses should be able to identify and implement methods for assessing how successfully older adults living with HIV age and intervene in an informed way whenever needed.

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“I Live Quite a Good Balanced Life”: A Pilot Study on the Life Experiences of Ageing Individuals Living with HIV

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Kylmä

Kirsi

2012

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“…Living in the rural south appeared to exacerbate the challenges these individuals face as well as their ability to access resources needed to cope with these challenges. The narratives of resilience shared by participants in the present study reflect a journey from despair to self-acceptance along a trajectory that is similar to what other scholars have documented previously (Emlet, 2006b; Emlet, Tozay, & Raveis, 2011; Nichols et al, 2002; Skaggs & Barron, 2006).…”

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confidence: 80%