Resources

This page features links to evidenced-based resources on clinical, epidemiological and policy issues related to HIV and aging for nurses and other members of the healthcare team. It is periodically updated. For more information and suggestions contact Sheila Tumilty.

COVID-19

• COVID-19 Deaths Among Older Adults During the Delta Surge Were Higher in States with Lower Vaccination Rates
• Aging-Related Concerns of People Living with HIV Referred for Geriatric Consultation
• Epidemiology and outcomes of COVID-19 in HIV-infected individuals
• COVID-19 Vaccines for People with Underlying Medical Conditions
• Mitigating Isolation of People Aging With HIV During the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Relief, Recovery & Resilience
• Mitigating Isolation of People Aging with HIV During the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Older Americans with HIV face a second pandemic in COVID-19
• COVID-19, Mental Health and Older Adults
• Will a COVID-19 vaccine be safe?
• Latest Updates on Coronavirus: Older Americans Urged to Continue ‘Distancing’
• Relief, Recovery & Resilience: HIV, Aging and COVID-19
• The impact of COVID-19 on older adults
• The Impact of COVID-19 on older men with HIV
• Evidence used to update the list of medical conditions that increase a person’s risk of severe illness from COVID-19
• National Council on Aging
• ANAC COVID-19 Resources 
• No, Coronavirus is not just killing old people
• COVID-19 resources for older adults & caregivers 

ANAC webinars

• Living and Aging with HIV During the COVID Pandemic: Fears, Facts and Resilience - Register to view this recording

Clinical Resources

• HIV Research Update from CROI 2022 with NIH’s Dr. Carl Dieffenbach
• Novel interventions needed for healthy aging with HIV
• Top 5 stories on HIV, ageing and co-morbidities from CROI 2022
• Anticholinergic medications associated with falls and frailty in people ageing with HIV
• Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day was June 5th.Here are several articles about this day:
  • POZ.com
  • HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day
  • The Well Project
• What we need to know about advanced aging
• Melanie Ann Haskin Reese: Advocate
• Aging, Comorbidities & HIV: CROI Update
• Why Sleep Matters For Older Adults with HIV
• Aging and HIV Podcast
• Prevalence and Characterization of Subclinical Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque with CT among Individuals with HIV
• Integrating Geriatric Principles into HIV Clinics
• Emerging Issues in HIV and Aging
• Aging with HIV: Surviving Another Pandemic in the Latino Community
• People Living With HIV in U.S Nursing Homes in the Fourth Decade of the Epidemic
• A Review of Chronic Comorbidities in Adults Living with HIV
• Recommended Treatment Strategies for Clinicians Managing Older Patients with HIV
• Older Women: At Risk for HIV
• Assessing the Quality of Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Nursing Homes
• HIV and Aging: Reconsidering the Approach to Management of Co-Morbidities
• Moving Ahead Together
• Diverse older adults with HIV are living longer lives
• Optimizing HIV Care for People Aging with HIV: Incorporating New Elements of Care
• Optimizing HIV care for people Aging with HIV: Putting Together the Best Health Care Team
• Care of People Aging with HIV: Northeast/Caribbean AETC Toolkit
• Guidance for Addressing the Needs of Older Patients in HIV Care
• Resilience is key to successful aging with HIV
• HIV and Aging
• Long-term Health
• AIDS 2020
• JANAC offers many articles on HIV and Aging.  You must be a member to log-in and access the articles.
• Cognitive Impairment Among Aging People Living With HIV on Antiretroviral Therapy (May/June 2020 issue)
• Effects of Supervised Exercise on Physical Health and Quality of Life Among Older Adults Living With HIV in Hong Kong (May/June 2020 issue)
• Psychosocial Correlates of Body Image and Lipodystrophy in Women Aging with HIV (March/April 2020 issue)
• Frailty in People Living with HIV
• National Resource Center on HIV & Aging
• The 5Ms of Geriatrics
• AAHIVM: HIV and Aging Clinical Recommendations
• CDC Update: HIV and Older Americans
• Summary of quality care for people aging with HIV
• HIV and Aging: A primer for NPs
• National HIV Curriculum: HIV in Older Adults
• Gerontology organizational partners
• Gilead HIV Age Positively initiative
• JANAC special edition on HIV and Aging
  • ANAC members have free access to all issues of JANAC. Log in to your ANAC account and follow the link to JANAC.
  • Non-members can view the articles with pay-per-view access. For the price of purchasing two articles, you can join ANAC and receive full editions of JANAC six times per year and other benefits. Click here to learn more.
• HRSA newsletter: Aging with HIV - Care Challenges
• HIV.gov: Aging with HIV

Policy Issues

• National Efforts To End The Epidemic By 2030
• Enhancing Quality of Life: Building Capacity to Serve People Aging with HIV and Long-Term Survivors
• National HIV/AIDS Strategy (2022-2025)
• Short explanation of highlights of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy
• The Protecting the Health of America's Older Adults Act - Organizations can endorse the bill here.
• Greatest Social Need Toolkit
• Policy Agenda Outline
• Demanding Better
• Meeting the needs of people aging with HIV, On the path to ending the HIV epidemic
• Statement of Leadership Council on Aging Organizations’ Priorities for President-Elect Biden’s 2020 Transition
• President Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Builds a Stronger Foundation for Older Americans
• Supporting All Americans as We Age: #Decision2020 and Questions for Candidates
• HIV & Aging: Older Adults Living and Thriving with HIV
• Leadership Council of Aging Organizations
• SAGE: HIV/AIDS Rights and Resources
• Press release, Nov. 12, 2019, Gerontology Society of America: Higher Education Holds Key to More Age-Friendly Society
• Protecting access to anti-retrovirals for Medicare recipients
• Proposed changes to Medicare Part D
• Grantmakers in Aging report - Aging Positively: Bringing HIV/AIDS into the Aging Services Mainstream

Conference Presentations

2020 Webinars

• Graying of HIV: Virtual Webinar Series - View the recorded webinars for the seven sessions of the Graying of HIV Conference.

ANAC2019

• Disrupted sleep patterns in older adults living with HIV
• Cognitive training in adults with HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder

ANAC at USCA 2019

• ANAC USCA HIV and aging overview
• Bone and heart health
• Case studies
• Intimacy and sexuality
• Neurocognitive
• Integrating geriatric assessments