HIV a challenge for aged care sector
The aged care sector is said to be facing new challenges, as people living with HIV and AIDS grow older.
Breakthroughs in medical treatments mean that people who develop AIDS are living much longer and will need to use aged care facilities.
The West Australian AIDS Council’s executive director, Trish Langdon, says many aged care workers have not had much experience dealing with HIV and AIDS.
She says much needs to be done to make sure that people with the virus, who are having to deal with a complex range of health issues, can get the level of care they need.
“This is going to be quite challenging for the next five to ten years, for a very large sector, who are actually in some ways, fairly under resourced, and actually have quite a lot on their plate anyway,” she said.
