This GeriPal podcast speaks with Peter Selwyn and Meredith Greene, about their work with people and specifically older adults living with HIV. These days, more people in the US die with HIV rather than from HIV. Treatment regimens are simplified, and the anti-viral drugs are well tolerated, and people are living with HIV into advanced ages. The average age at death is likely in the 60s. The podcast reviews implications of aging with HIV for clinical care, loneliness and social isolation among older adults living with HIV, persistence of stigma, need to consider HIV in the differential diagnosis for older adults, screening for HIV, screening for osteoporosis in people living with HIV, dementia and cognitive impairment risk in people living with HIV, and when to stop anti-virals near the end of life.
Link: GeriPal Podcasts (05/2025)
