Why do some people adapt successfully to change while others do not? We examine this
question in the context of a severe HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa, where adapting (or …

Older adults have been largely overlooked in community studies of HIV in highly endemic
African countries. In our rural study site in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa, HIV …

This thesis contributes to understanding two demographically important phenomena: African
ageing, and the ageing of the African HIV epidemic. Building on the body of interpretivist …

Research within geography and cognate disciplines demonstrates how (un) certainty
informs relational, emergent and open‐ended processes of healthy aging. Although (un) …

Abstract In South Africa has made great efforts to provide knowledge about HIV/AIDS to the
general population in an attempt to halt the epidemic that has affected millions of people. For …

South Africa has the highest number of people living with HIV in the world (over 6 million) as
well as a rapidly aging population, with 15% of the population aged 50 and over. High HIV …

In many sub-Saharan African communities, caring for vulnerable children in the era of
HIV/AIDS appears to be creating deep financial, physical and psychological strains for care …

Prevalence of HIV after age 50 is considerable, especially in southern Africa. Negative
social constructions of HIV in older age, and the health consequences of ageing with the …

In this paper, we examine a prominent interpretation of HIV risk in a rural South African
setting experiencing a severe HIV epidemic well into older ages: the discourse of caregiving …

This study explored how women's and men's gendered experiences from childhood to old
age have shaped their vulnerability in relation to HIV both in terms of their individual risk of …