Factors that lead elderly people to contract HIV infection

Abstract

Objective: To analyze the level of knowledge of the elderly about the forms of exposure to the HIV virus and their vulnerability. Methods: Descriptive, qualitative and exploratory field study, being carried out in a Center and Living for the Elderly, with a sample number of 100 participants. Results: As the analysis of the research set found that the elderly who do not receive correct guidance on safe sex do not use condoms, and care with erection drugs tend to get infected and infect other people. Conclusion: The aging process requires articulation of public policies aimed at this public, enabling, through interventions such as campaigns, scientific research, consultations with health professionals, health education disseminated in the media, thus enabling the elderly to live longer and have a better quality of life, facing the obstacles to guide the elderly correctly in view of social prejudices, the low level of education and the growing increase in drug use among the elderly, characterizing an intense concern for the spread of HIV/AIDS.