HIV & Aging

Understanding HIV in Older Adults: Part 1

2021

Mark Brennan-Ing

Advances in medicine mean the number of older adults living with HIV/AIDS is increasing, presenting new challenges to both aging service providers and HIV/AIDS service providers. “Understanding HIV in Older Adults” is a two-part series of the Gerontological Society of America’s Momentum Discussions Podcast that covers this topic.

In Part 1, Drs. Mark Brennan-Ing (Brookdale’s director of research and evaluation) and Molly Perkins (associate professor, School of Medicine and Graduate Faculty of Emory Sociology, Emory University) discuss

• social networks, isolation, and social supports among older adults living with HIV;
• resilience as a way to address stigma;
• the diversity of those who are living with HIV;
• internalized ageism; and
• the use of crisis competence to learn from HIV survivors during the COVID-19 pandemic.