At least half of those currently living with HIV/AIDS are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT).  However, the number of adults age 50 and over with HIV/AIDS is increasing rapidly. Because the “face” of HIV is aging so rapidly, and a significant proportion of people with HIV remain LGBT, Services & Advocacy for GLBT (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender) Elders (SAGE) developed a policy paper [...]

In the U.S., the increased longevity that occurs when a person effectively engages ARV treatment is accompanied by perhaps the epidemic’s most intractable challenges.  In this country, according to the CDC, half of all people living with HIV will be over age 50 in five years. Those aging with HIV are developing age-related chronic illnesses 20 to 30 years earlier than would otherwise be anticipated. The HIV medical system is already assessing how to change [...]

With continued support from the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation and the Keith Haring Foundation, ACRIA is poised to begin Phase II of our Mapplethorpe-Haring Depression Study. Depression remains a serious problem for older adults with HIV. Why? While advances in fighting HIV have turned this condition into a still serious, but manageable chronic disease, we do see an accelerated aging process with the early onset of other comorbid health conditions. Research on older adults in general [...]