Use of Antiretroviral Therapy in Nursing Home Residents with HIV
Antiretroviral therapies are essential in HIV care. As people living with HIV age and their presence in nursing homes increases, it is critical to evaluate the quality of HIV care. We determine the rate of ART use and examine individual and facility level characteristics associated with no ART use in a nationally representative long stay NH residents with HIV.
Brain Aging in HIV Affected by Adverse Social Determinants of Health, Comorbidities
Social determinants of health were found to be associated with brain aging among patients with HIV infection, according to results of a retrospective case-control study published in The Lancet HIV.
Alzheimer’s Disease and Healthy Aging Data Portal
The Alzheimer’s Disease and Healthy Aging Data Portal provides easy access to national and state level CDC data on a range of key indicators of health and well-being for older adults.
Putting the Brakes on Accelerated Aging of Bone, Muscle from HIV Infection, Treatment
Antiretroviral cocktails can make human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, undetectable and untransmittable, but both the virus and its treatment can also accelerate aging of bone and muscle.
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.
HIV: A personal story
University of Oxford’s Nuffield Department of Medicine spoke to one of Associate Professor Lucy Dorrell’s patients about her experiences discovering that she was HIV+.
National HIV/AIDS Aging Awareness Day 2022 Twitter Chat
Read the transcript of our Twitter Chat on Aging with HIV at the hashtag #NHAADchat.
Infection with HIV can accelerate aging within the first two to three years of infection, study says
Living with HIV may have an immediate effect on how your body ages, according to new research which showed that cellular aging was sped up in male patients within two to three years of infection.
Fatigue is associated with worse cognitive and everyday functioning in older persons with HIV
Fatigue is prevalent in people living with HIV and in older adults. Research has been associated with a wide range of psychosocial factors, including depression, anxiety, and poor quality of sleep, leading to overall poorer quality of life. Fatigue is also associated with comorbidities such as hypothyroidism, Hepatitis C, disease severity, and treatment status among PLWH. This study goes into detail about framing the relationship between fatigue, cognition, and everyday functioning in PLWH.
Monocytes in HIV and SIV Infection and Aging: Implications for Inflamm-Aging and Accelerated Aging
With ART and the extended lifespan of PLWH, HIV comorbidities also include aging—most likely due to accelerated aging—as well as cardiovascular, neurocognitive disorders, lung and kidney disease, and malignancies. The broad evidence suggests that HIV with ART is associated with accentuated aging and that the age-related comorbidities occur earlier, due in part to chronic immune activation, co-infections, and possibly the effects of ART alone.
