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HIV/AIDS and adults over 50: a call to action by Marilynn Larkin, MA

“You’re awfully old to have this disease.” That’s what a 70 year-old with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) infection was told by a healthcare provider, according to Charles Emlet, PhD, associate professor of social work at the University of Washington–Tacoma. Emlet has worked with older adults with HIV/AIDS for more than 20 years. Recently, he interviewed 25 people ages 50 and older about their experiences with HIV for an article in an upcoming issue of The Gerontologist, a journal of the Gerontological Society of America. “There’s been a lot of media coverage about 2006 marking the 25th anniversary of the first cases of AIDS being diagnosed in the United States,” says Emlet. “This year’s headlines also brought attention to the fact that the first Baby Boomers are turning 60. But,” he asserts, “an important connection between the 2 has gone largely unnoticed—and it’s a silence that can kill.”

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