title: Aging and living with HIV/AIDS.
abstract: With individuals either living longer with the disease or contracting it at a later stage in life, HIV/AIDS can no longer be regarded as just a young person's disease. In fact, people older than 50 will represent 50% of HIV/AIDS cases by 2015. The intersection of aging and HIV/AIDS is explored in this article through the use of an individual example highlighting typical age-related issues encountered in living with a chronic HIV infection and two of the more common comorbid conditions. Nursing implications for managing these conditions-depression and dyslipidemia-as well as other considerations for providing care to older adults with HIV/AIDS are addressed.
authors.affiliation: University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Hannah
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Peter G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Janet C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Mentes
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D023241:Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000451:nursing / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology