The national resource center for care coordination and pozitively aging with HIV
The National Resource Center from HealthHIV builds the capacity of HIV and primary care providers to coordinate care for people living and aging with HIV across a lifetime. This program enhances provider and patient knowledge related to the experiences of PWH over 50 and the comanagement of conditions associated with aging with HIV through data collection and medical education.
HealthHIV State of Aging with HIV™ Fourth Annual National Survey
As people with HIV (PWH) age, they often face unique challenges—from managing long-term complications of HIV to coordinating complex healthcare needs. These concerns must be prioritized to ensure better care and quality of life for older adults with HIV. Given the rapidly growing population of older PWH, including lifetime survivors (dandelions), there is an urgent need to enhance care coordination and address the complex health challenges associated with aging with HIV.
This survey is completely anonymous, and findings will help develop educational materials for providers, enhance communication, and improve care quality for PWH. Your input will directly shape the future of HIV care and HealthHIV’s Pozitively Aging program.
Latest Aging with HIV Trainings
HIV and Aging Webinar Series: Exploring Data and Engaging in Discussions of HIV, Aging and Housing
There is a growing significant need for affordable housing options that meet the needs of the aging population within the U.S. including people aging with HIV. This live webinar delved into the changing landscape of HIV with a presentation of the key findings from the HealthHIV State of Aging with HIV™ Third Annual National Survey primary health services research report.
Retaining and Re-Engaging People Living With HIV in Care: A Unique Look at Challenges and Opportunities From the Perspective of the Patient, Navigator, and Provider
In this activity, an expert provider, navigator, and two patients explore the factors that contribute to people living with HIV (PLWH) falling out of care and different strategies that can be used for re-engaging PLWH back into the HIV care continuum.
Latest Aging with HIV Resources
Aging with HIV: Understanding the Journey
Join Gilead Sciences and the American Society on Aging for a series of podcast conversations about caring for older adults living with HIV.
Inflamm-aging: Effects of Chronic Inflammation with HIV
Advances in Antiretroviral therapy (ART) allow people with HIV to live longer with fewer medications. Join us as Dr. Peter Hunt details the connection between chronic inflammation and HIV infection and discusses care considerations and emerging research.
Aging and PrEP: Considerations for PrEP in People 50 Years of Age and Older
Ensuring older adults have access to PrEP is a key step towards ending the HIV epidemic in the U.S. This webinar will present considerations around medical, counseling, and educational strategies to improve the uptake of PrEP among people aged 50 and older. It will highlight the benefits and opportunities of using PrEP in this population in efforts to decrease the rate of new HIV infections among people over 50. Presenters will focus on practical strategies for engaging older adults, such as culturally competent messaging and sexual history taking.
Integrating Frailty and Functional Outcomes into Clinical Trials
CROI Presentation: Considerations of frailty and functional outcomes for better integration and representation of aging patients in clinical trials.
HIV Clinical, Comorbid, and Social Determinants of Health are Linked with Brain Aging
CROI Presentation: Findings indicate that comorbid and social determinants of health are associated with brain ageing in people with HIV, alongside traditional HIV metrics such as viral load and CD4 cell count, suggesting the need for a broadened clinical perspective on healthy ageing with HIV, with additional focus on comorbidities, lifestyle changes, and social factors.
The Science of Aging: Lessons for HIV at the Interface of Commonality and Heterogeneity
CROI Presentation: Dr Kuchel said: ’20 years Difference between HIV + vs HIV- in this chart’ – “These things are Happening A lot Earlier for PWH than they should be, by 20 years. I would expect 80 year olds to have this level of syndromes, but these PWH are still 60 yrs old or younger.”
About the Pozitively Aging program
HealthHIV’s Pozitively Aging program improves access to services and care coordination for people with HIV (PWH) over 50 and health outcomes through enhancing care coordination/access, health literacy, and patient-provider communications. Pozitively Aging offers consumer facing education materials to strengthen self-management of care and health literacy for people aging with HIV.
HealthHIV’s National Resource Center for Care Coordination and Pozitively Aging with HIV
The National Resource Center from HealthHIV builds the capacity of HIV and primary care providers to coordinate care for people living and aging with HIV across a lifetime. This program enhances provider and patient knowledge related to the experiences of PWH over 50 and the comanagement of conditions associated with aging with HIV through data collection and medical education. Access the National Resource Center at AgingWithHIV.org.
