Grandparents Hands:
a program designed to empower men and women over 50 years of age to promote healthy lifestyle choices and reduce at-risk behaviors. We are striving to create volunteer leaders that will serve as HIV/AIDS programs advocates and to teach workshop sessions in their own age group, as well as the younger generation.
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Did You Know
27% of people with living with HIV/AIDS are over the age of 50
Men and women in this age group represent 15%of all new cases of HIV/AIDS
To read more about the growing crisis facing the older populations, you can read Senior Citizens:The New Face of AIDS or AIDS and aging
