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Associated Press
July 25, 2007 at 3:44 PM EDT
NEW YORK — As volunteers in hairnets served Styrofoam cups of Jell-O to the lunch crowd at a senior center in Queens, another group of volunteers was distributing something that didn’t quite fit in amid the card games and daily gossip: condoms.
“You’re giving out condoms,” said a wistful Rose C, 82, “but who’s going to give us a guy?”
But this was no joke.
The condom giveaway is part of an effort by the New York City Department of Aging to educate older people about the risks they may face of contracting the virus that causes AIDS. After the condom giveaway, free HIV testing was offered.
AIDS education of the elderly has become an important issue as antiretroviral drugs that can keep patients living into their golden years change the face of AIDS. Experts warn that ignorance about HIV among seniors can lead to new infections.
And those infections are happening. A physician from Howard University Hospital in Washington recently diagnosed unsuspected HIV in an 82-year-old.
So HIV educators have crafted a message of prevention and are taking it to senior centers and other locales where older people meet. They also hope to create a welcoming environment for people who already have the virus.
New York City has the most HIV cases of any U.S. city — nearly 100,000 — and is considered a leader in the area of AIDS education for seniors, with the City Council having budgeted $1-million (U.S.) toward HIV education for older people.
“Often older people do not concern themselves with HIV and AIDS because they assume that they are not at risk, and that can be a tragic mistake,” said Edwin Mendez-Santiago, New York City’s commissioner of aging.
Frank, 72, happily pocketed his supply of official New York City condoms with their subway logo.
“I think it’s a great thing,” he said. “We used to go to the drugstore and wait for an hour or two before we got up
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