• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • English
  • Français
  • Accessibility
  • Contact
  • Donate
  • Home
  • Our Story
    • Vision and Mission
    • Board
    • Staff
    • Strategic Plans
    • Annual Reports & Financial Statements
    • Awards
    • Partners
  • Our Work
    • How We Work
    • HIV and Rehab
    • Episodic Disabilities
    • HIV and Aging
    • Consumer Information
    • Annual Forums
  • Resources
    • Full Document Library
    • E-module for Evidence Informed HIV Rehabilitation
    • Education
    • Video Vault
    • Links
    • Health Gateway
    • Episodic Disabilities Employment Network (EDEN)
  • News
    • E-Updates
    • Media Contacts
    • Press Releases
    • From Our Partners
  • Take Action
    • Become a Sponsor
    • Donate
    • Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon
    • Join a Network
    • Become a Member
    • Work with Us
    • Events
    • Shop
  • Members
    • AGM
    • Our Members
  • Donate
    • Twitter
    • Facebook
    • Youtube
    • Instagram
    • Newsletter Sign-up

Realize

Fostering positive change for people living with HIV and other episodic disabilities

  • HIV and Rehabilitation
  • Episodic Disabilities
  • HIV and Aging
  • Consumer Information
You are here: Home / Our Work / HIV and Aging / What does it mean?

What does it mean?

Resources What Does it Mean

  • HIV and Older Adults Course Syllabus

    PDF: HIV and Older Adults Course Syllabus

  • HIV and Aging Media Primer
  • CWGHR / CAAN Continuing the Discussion: Complex Chronic Illness and Aging

    Presentation: Complex chronic illness and aging. Authors: Le-ann Dolan, CWGHR; and Art Zoccole, Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network.

More related resources (20)

At least one third of people living with HIV in Canada have now reached or surpassed the age of 50.  This aging cohort includes both people living long-term with HIV who were diagnosed in the 1980s and 1990s, before effective treatment was available, as well as older adults who have been newly diagnosed in recent years.

Why focus on people living with HIV who are 50 years old or older?

  • Across the life course, people living with HIV tend to experience a higher burden of disease. (Kendall et al., 2014)
  • The immune systems of people living with HIV who are age 50 or older do not respond as robustly to treatment. (Viard et al., 2001) HIV is also more likely to be detected later in this population leading to more damage to the immune system. (Smith, Delpech, Brown & Rice, 2010)
  • Older adults (50+) have historically been excluded from research studies on the prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted infections and are therefore more vulnerable to infection and adverse health outcomes related to medication. (Ross Johnson, 2014)
  • It is prudent to prevent additional chronic illness from developing among people aging with HIV rather than to wait until health declines or function is irreversibly impaired. (OAR Working Group on HIV and Aging, 2012)
  • It may be important to consider the impact of aging even earlier among people who are living with HIV and facing a number of other health and social challenges. (DeLorenze, Weisner, Tsai, Satre & Quesenberry, 2011)

For more information on realize‘s HIV and aging initiatives, contact Kate Murzin, Health Programs Specialist at kmurzin@hivandrehab.ca

Primary Sidebar

In this Section

  • How We Work
  • HIV and Rehab
  • Episodic Disabilities
  • HIV and Aging
    • What does it mean?
    • Aging with HIV
    • Prevention
    • External Links
  • Consumer Information
  • Annual Forums

Latest Tweets

  • 1/3 Realize wants to learn about #LongCovid #PostCovidSyndrome & work impacts in #COVIDCanada! All participants rec… https://t.co/nlUAdMMWmV - about 3 days ago
  • RT @DAWNRAFHCanada: We are honoured to be welcoming 2021 Touchstone Award recipient @LavJacobs amongst our incredible panel of Black women… - about 3 days ago
  • The Realize Team is thrilled to welcome David Stempowski who will be bringing his Sales and Marketing talents to ou… https://t.co/8HN3Id1QvJ - about 7 days ago
  • Follow us
Realize logo
  • Health Gateway
  • Episodic Disabilities Employment Network
  • Episodic Disabilities Network
  • Canada-UK HIV and Rehabilitation Research Collaborative
  • Terms of Use
  • Sitemap
  • English
  • Français
© Copyright 2021 All Rights Reserved