Thanks to developments in medicine, people living with HIV in the UK are now living longer into older age. But older people with HIV are substantially more disadvantaged than their peers – both financially and health-wise.
I thought a quick blog (why does that sound always obscene? Is it just me?) would be a useful update for participants and for everyone interested in the Joseph Rowntree Foundation's 'Better Life' program.
Speaking as a lifetime specialist in care for older people, we have, in the words of the familiar Chinese proverb, been cursed to live in interesting times.
If you have read the news this week you can’t fail to have noticed that there are more reports of many older people in the UK not receiving the care they deserve or need.
It may be uncomfortable to watch, but BBC2's current series Can Gerry Robinson fix Dementia Homes? should be praised for bringing public attention to what some see as a pretty unpalatable subject matter.
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