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Finances and Planning for the Future

From Ahead of Time: A practical guide to growing older with HIV • 9 April 2010

HIV treatments can be expensive and some HIV-positive people have trouble paying for their treatments. Some people are finding recent changes to social security requirements challenging. If you are experiencing financial difficulties for these or any other reasons, there are organisations that can help.

Organising things such as insurance, including life insurance, and a will or an enduring power of attorney is something that everyone should do, and there are organisations that can help you with these.

You can contact legal assistance organisations such as the HIV/AIDS Legal Centre (HALC), Legal Aid organisations, or your AIDS council or PLHIVPerson (or people) Living with HIV. This term is now preferred over the older PLWHA. organisation for help in contacting organisations that can assist you in financial and legal areas.

Ahead of Time: A practical guide to growing older with HIV

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This Resource was first published on 9 April 2010 — more than one year ago.

While the content of this resource was checked for accuracy at the time of publication, NAPWA recommends checking to determine whether the information is the most up-to-date available, especially when making decisions which may affect your health.

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