Impact of HIV/AIDS on the Elderly with Adult Children Infected with AIDS in Dehong, Yunnan, China 2012
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Background Most recently research on the AIDS epidemic has focused on persons who are infected by HIV in globally. However, the impact on elderly whose adult children living with AIDS has received less attention until 1990s. The impact of the epidemic extends not only infected with the virus but also affect their family members, emotionally, economically, socially, and physically. The elderly parent living with AIDS adult children not only loses the support of their adult children, but also increasingly takes on additional familial responsibilities with potentially adverse effects for their own well-being.
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