Adapting systems of care for people aging with HIV

People aging with HIV have medical and psychosocial needs that require more than the HIV services network can provide. HIV providers may lack experience managing multi-morbidity or the functional consequences of aging. Social support services may be unable to provide necessary services for people living with HIV (PLWH) who are becoming increasingly frail or facing cognitive impairment. HIV providers will be caring for aging PLWH whose HIV management may seem simple compared to the significant burdens of stigma, mental health needs, social isolation, multi-morbidity, and aging-related syndromes.

Source: Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care - May 26, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Eugenia L. Siegler, Mark Brennan-Ing Source Type: research