Older People & HIV/AIDS: Personal Accounts
The life of 55-year-old, African-American artist Joyce McDonald is a triumph of will over circumstance.
 Is the Ribbon Enough? (Regularly Updated)
A blog by Rev. Andrena Ingram.
From The Body
 Living My Life Positively (February 4, 2012)
"I've been ridiculed and criticized because of my HIV status," writes Louisiana resident Millicent Foster; "But that has just made me more determined."
From The Body
 Why and How I Volunteer: A Blog Entry From Volunteer Positive (January 12, 2012)
"As I sit here with singing and music echoing from a nearby Thai festival, I realize that nothing is more important than being present in the here and now and to be living the experience of international service, and that an experience specifically focused on HIV-related issues is even more rewarding than I had originally anticipated."
From Volunteer Positive
- Fulfilling a Lifelong Dream, Part One: A Blog Entry From Volunteer Positive (January 10, 2012)
"From the time President Kennedy introduced the Peace Corps while I was in high school in Rhode Island I wanted to someday be a volunteer. ... but [at nearly 60] they did not want me because I was HIV positive. ... It is now January 2012, and at the vibrant age of 65 I am proudly serving with the inaugural Volunteer Positive endeavor in Chiang Mai, Thailand."
From Volunteer Positive
 A Day in the Life Video Series: Robert Darrow on Taking His Meds and Living His Dreams (November 21, 2011)
From The Body
 A Day in the Life Video Series: Eva Hansen on Traveling While Positive -- for 28 Years (October 19, 2011)
In the latest edition of our "A Day in the Life" video series on HIV treatment adherence, Eva shares why she adores traveling -- and what she's learned about trotting the globe with HIV meds in tow.
From The Body
- AARP Tackles the Graying of AIDS in Its July/August Issue (July/August 2011)
In AARP Magazine
- A Decade of Positive Faces (Summer 2011)
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In The Positive Side, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
- A Decade of Positive Faces: Francisco Ibáñez-Carrasco (Summer 2011)
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In The Positive Side, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
- A Decade of Positive Faces: Darien Taylor (Summer 2011)
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In The Positive Side, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
- A Decade of Positive Faces: Sandy Lambert (Summer 2011)
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In The Positive Side, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
- A Decade of Positive Faces: Brian R. (Summer 2011)
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In The Positive Side, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
- A Decade of Positive Faces: David Hoe (Summer 2011)
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In The Positive Side, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
- A Decade of Positive Faces: Ron Rosenes (Summer 2011)
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In The Positive Side, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
- A Decade of Positive Faces: James Oakes (Summer 2011)
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In The Positive Side, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
- A Decade of Positive Faces: Devan Nambiar (Summer 2011)
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In The Positive Side, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
- A Decade of Positive Faces: Maggie McGinn (Summer 2011)
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In The Positive Side, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
- A Decade of Positive Faces: Françoise Grothé (Summer 2011)
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In The Positive Side, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
- A Decade of Positive Faces: Jake Peters (Summer 2011)
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In The Positive Side, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
- A Decade of Positive Faces: Jane Wallis (Summer 2011)
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In The Positive Side, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
- A Decade of Positive Faces: Laurette Lévy (Summer 2011)
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In The Positive Side, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
- A Decade of Positive Faces: Brigitte Charbonneau (Summer 2011)
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In The Positive Side, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
- A Decade of Positive Faces: Louise Binder (Summer 2011)
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In The Positive Side, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
- A Decade of Positive Faces: Jim Wakeford (Summer 2011)
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In The Positive Side, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
 This Positive Life: An Interview With Oliver W. Martin III (June 8, 2011)
From The Body
- MSNBC Tackles Aging, AIDS and Loss (June 2, 2011)
In MSNBC.com
- Video Blogger Asks "What's Hard About Living With HIV/AIDS When You're Over 50? (April 27, 2011)
In HyperVocal
 This Positive Life Video: An Interview With Richard Brodsky (April 1, 2011)
"I was very fortunate because Jodi, she kind of like just immediately said, 'No, we're going to work this out.' It was a struggle at the beginning because we didn't know too much about it. I found out a little about it at the time, 'It's like a death sentence.'"
From The Body
 The Long-Term Survivor Dilemma: A Blog Entry by Nelson Vergel (February 14, 2011)
"As lucky survivors of a whole generation eroded by death, most of us are looking forward to a full life while searching for clarity and courage to regain financial security as we age with this disease."
From The Body
 First-Person Stories From HIV-Positive People: January 2011 (January 7, 2011)
From The Positive Project
 My T Cells Could Use a Facelift: A Video Blog Entry by Mark S. King (December 2, 2010)
From The Body
 D as in "DOG," as in Vitamin D: A Blog Entry by Sherri Beachfront Lewis (October 22, 2010)
I'm told that most people are in need of Vitamin D so here we go, a new study for Vitamin D. Hopefully this new study will provide some answers. I am still on the first front line, first generation being a longtime HIV-positive woman who is aging.
From The Body
 This Positive Life Video: An Interview With Ron Crowder (August 24, 2010)
When Ron tested positive in jail back in 1991, he wasn't surprised. Being an injection drug user who was sharing needles, he knew he was at risk. Yet, being diagnosed in a time when AZT was the only medication available, Ron never lost hope nor has he allowed an AIDS diagnosis to stop him from giving back and educating Nashville's African-American community about HIV.
From The Body
- Let's Talk About Sex (Summer 2010)
Interviewing older adults about HIV and risk.
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In Achieve, from ACRIA and GMHC
- Time Warp? A Blog Entry by Bob Frascino, M.D. (April 20, 2010)
From The Body
- This Positive Life: An Interview With Gary (March 10, 2010)
In This Positive Life, from The Body
- 4,000 Pages and Counting (December 27, 2009)
Larry Kramer's boundless outrage changed the course of AIDS. Now, with his still-unfinished epic about America's hidden gay past (George Washington, Alexander Hamilton ...), he's furiously rewriting history again.
In New York Magazine
- A Closer Look: Living Longer With HIV, but Aging Faster (November 1, 2009)
A review of what we know so far about aging and HIV, including personal stories and video interviews featuring people with HIV in their 40s and beyond.
In New York Magazine
- Older Adults Trainings: Stories From the Front Lines (October 15, 2009)
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In Achieve, from ACRIA and GMHC
- This Positive Life: Former Pop Star Sherri Lewis Talks About Living With HIV (October 2009)
From The Body
- The Graying Epidemic (May/June 2009)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- You're Not Getting Any Younger (May/June 2009)
Embrace it!
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Nelson Vergel: Going Beyond Survival (May/June 2009)
A leading advocate's thoughts on getting the most out of life.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Beyond Ripe (May/June 2009)
"All my kvetching aside, I am happy I made it to 43," says HIV advocate Jim Pickett. "Fourteen years ago, when I found out I was HIV positive, the drama queen in me had me burned up in a vase before 40."
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- This Positive Life: An Interview With Lois Crenshaw (March 24, 2009)
From The Body
- Taking It Step by Step: An Interview With Dorothy and Lizabeth (June 2008)
In WORLD Newsletter, from Women Organized to Respond to Life-Threatening Diseases
- Alba: "I Think I'm the Oldest Woman Living With HIV!" (June 2008)
In WORLD Newsletter, from Women Organized to Respond to Life-Threatening Diseases
- Profiles in Courage: George Burgess (July 2007)
From The Body
- Profiles in Courage: Reverend Frederick Batiste (April 8, 2007)
From The Body
- First Person: Loreen Willenberg
- First Person: Jane Fowler
- First Person: Luana Clark
From The Body Features: Women & HIV
- Profiles in Courage: Greg Braxton (March 2007)
From The Body
- Half Century: Turning Fifty Hasn't Detracted From Surviving AIDS (September/October 2006)
Matt Sharp explores his feelings about reaching the half-century mark.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- The Graying of AIDS: Older HIVers Tell Their Stories (2006)
In this multimedia exclusive from TIME magazine, six men and women with HIV between the ages of 51 and 73 discuss stigma, HIV prevention for seniors and keeping hope alive.
In Time
- Profiles in Courage: Bishop Kwabena Rainey Cheeks (January 2006)
53-year-old Bishop Kwabena Rainey Cheeks uses his position in the church to address the growing HIV epidemic among African Americans.
From The Body
- Profiles in Courage: Joyce McDonald (January 2006)
The life of African-American artist Joyce McDonald is a triumph of will over circumstance.
From The Body
- Profiles in Courage: An Interview With an HIV-Positive Substance Abuse Counselor in Chicago (January 2006)
From The Body
- Beatriz Diaz: From Silence to Success (January 2005)
Beatriz Diaz, 49, learned the hard way that loving yourself is critical to committing to HIV treatment.
In A Guide to Fuzeon: The First Fusion Inhibitor, from The Body
- I'm Too Old For This (Summer 2004)
For this gay, 65-year-old man, his love life has been his main concern, not HIV.
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In ACRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
- Moving Forward (Summer 2004)
Harlem native Yolanda Birthwright, 54, wonders: If I'd never been diagnosed with HIV, would I be enjoying my life as much as I do now?.
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In ACRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
- Love, Sex, Friends, Medications, Spirituality, Health (Summer 2004)
Marilyn McBride, a 50-year-old mother who has been HIV positive for 10 years, is in great health and spirits.
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In ACRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
- Why Am I Still Here? (Summer 2004)
Paul Miller, 52 and HIV positive for more than a decade, has lately had a whole new set of changes to cope with.
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In ACRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
- Awakening a Giant (Summer 2004)
J. Edward Shaw, 63, talks about the challenges he's had to overcome as he grows older with HIV.
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In ACRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
- Smell the Coffee! (Summer 2004)
For Joan Warner, who was diagnosed in 1990 at the age of 51, life goes on -- both the good and the bad.
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In ACRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
- There's Always Room for Hope (Summer 2004)
As a widow and an HIV-positive woman approaching 60, Sharon's life has taken on new meaning.
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In ACRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
- A Personal Journey (July 2002)
An interview with Hulda, a woman infected with HIV 11 years ago when she was 47.
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In WISE Words, from Project Inform
- Carolyn's Story: From LA to London to HIV-Positive (October 1998)
A former model and a wild kid of the 1960s, Carolyn was diagnosed with HIV at the age of 47.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Powers of Example: Pearl Johnson -- a Grandmother With AIDS (July 1997)
A blind, HIV-positive woman has changed her life and welcomes her third grandchild to the world.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
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