This paper examines the twin problem of older people and the HIV and AIDSscourge in Sub-Saharan Africa with reference to Kenya, particularly in the rural areas. Specifically, the paper assesses the direct and indirect effects of HIV and AIDSon the older people, and suggests policy and strategic measures that could be undertaken to empower older people to effectively respond to the HIV and AIDSscourge, in addition to their own problems of ageing. The central argument is that olderpeople in Sub-Saharan Africa are increasingly being infectedand affected by the HIV and AIDSscourge, and in some cases, forced to care fortheir adult HIV and AIDSsick children; and ultimately to their orphaned and vulnerable grandchildren. At the same time, the problems of the older people, who traditionally were largely supported by their working adult children, are worsening;as the adult children no longer effectively givesupport to their ageing parents, usuallyliving in the rural areas. There is need for Sub-Saharan African Governments, the Non-Government Organizations (NGOs), theCharity Organizations, and other relevant institutions operating in the region, to include and support the older generation in programmes to fight HIV and AIDSscourge and empower the older people to effectively care for their grandchildren orphaned by AIDSscourgeas they address their own ageing problems. The paper is based on a review of various reports on old age problems and HIV and AIDSscourge, and its impacts on older people.

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