Healthy Aging Resources
This resource center connects you with the latest in research, training, and more to help better coordinate and optimize care for People Aging with HIV (PAWH). You can filter the resources below by title, date, or topic/category, such as care coordination, health equity, and mental health.
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Infection with HIV can accelerate aging within the first two to three years of infection, study says
Researchers with University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) looked at blood samples from more than 200 men to compare those infected with HIV to a control group who did not have HIV, and scored them on five different measures of aging.
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Fatigue is associated with worse cognitive and everyday functioning in older persons with HIV
This study goes into detail about framing the relationship between fatigue, cognition, and everyday functioning in PLWH.
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Addressing Health Disparities in HIV: Introduction to the Special Issue, JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes: December 15, 2021
This article is about how racial and ethnic minorities specifically in California are impacted by HIV/AIDS. It discusses how they tailored their programs to target low-income populations. This particular study was done to prevent further HIV infections in at-risk populations.
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Gilead Sciences 2021 HIV Age Positively Report
This report from Gilead Sciences reviews resources related to HIV and aging created by HIV Age Positively program grantees.
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Barriers and opportunities for the mental health of LGBT older adults and older people living with HIV: A systematic literature review
The study was conducted to review current literature regarding accessing mental health care among LGBT older adults and older PLWH. The results displayed a lack of provider competency in caring for LGBT patients, lower rates of insurance coverage, greater mental health burden, social and structural determinants of health, policy solutions, and technology and health literacy.
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Aging With HIV Comes With Other Health Concerns
This article from POZ notes that a large study found that heart disease and mental health conditions are driving use of multiple medications as people age. People aging with HIV develop more chronic conditions and start to take more medications.
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Aging With HIV Institute and Roundtable
This roundtable at SYNC 2021 brought together experts living and aging with HIV (15 years or more) to review and reflect upon the current capacity and future constraints of the HIV and aging care and prevention services sectors, and the discrete needs that follow.
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Methamphetamine and cardiac disease among people with HIV infection
This study evaluates the association between methamphetamine use and cardiac disease among PWH. The study displayed no association between methamphetamine abuse/dependence and a diagnosis of myocardial infarction or heart failure was found among PWH.
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Factors affecting statin uptake among people living with HIV: primary care provider perspectives
This study examined clinic leadership and provider perceptions of factors associated with statin prescribing for persons with HIV receiving care in eight community health clinics across Los Angeles, California.
