I was a part of this roundtable in Orlando a few weeks ago. Last weekend I went to Dallas to participate in ACTHIV conference to discuss the paper and Long-Term Survivors and Aging with HIV issues with Stephen Karpiak, PhD, with ACRIA, Center for HIV and Aging, and New York University College of Nursing and William Arnold, Community Access National Network (CANN). It was an honor to be on a panel of such incredible credentials. The talk was very well recieved and the paper is very good too.
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More than half of the 1.2 million people living with HIV in the United States are over the age of 50, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is estimated that by 2020, 70 percent of HIV patients will be 50 or older. Advances in HIV treatment have turned what was once considered a death sentence into a manageable chronic disease.
Now that people with HIV are living longer, they are experiencing the impact of age-associated comorbidities and face a host of psychosocial concerns that must be addressed.
Given the unique needs of this population, there is a need for increased focus and purposeful action to develop a plan that will allow people with HIV and their health care providers to collectively improve the way that older adults with HIV can expect to age.
This report stems from a discussion among national thought leaders in aging and HIV, convened by Theratechnologies on March 2, 2016, focused on identifying key themes and important next steps to advance actions to improve healthy aging for people with HIV.
Click here to download the full report Building a Focus on Healthy Aging for Older Adults Living With HIV: A Call to Action here: http://bit.ly/FocusHealthyAgingHIV
Tez Anderson (@TezAnderson) is a writer, HIV Long-Term Survivor and the founder of Let’s Kick ASS a grassroots group devoted to optimizing survivors lives. He is the originator of HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day every June 5. Tez lives in San Francisco with his husband and Labradoodle puppy, Riley, where Lets Kick ASS is headquartered. There are chapters in Portland, Palm Springs and Austin.
