Beyond the Diagnosis: Building Systems for Healthy Aging with HIV
October 14 All day
Aging with HIV Institute
People aging with HIV (PAWH) often face complex health challenges that unfold over time and across systems where care is inconsistent, support can be fragmented, and the realities of aging are too often ignored. By highlighting insights from the HealthHIV State of Aging with HIV™ Fourth Annual National Survey, this institute will examine how these experiences are shaped by underdeveloped geriatric expertise, persistent gaps in care coordination, and the lack of alignment between HIV services and aging-related systems.
This institute will explore how healthy aging can be supported through improved provider preparedness, integration between HIV and aging systems, and advocacy that centers the lived realities of PAWH across all levels of function, access, and need.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe key issues shaping the experience of aging with HIV, including multimorbidity, mobility limitations, housing instability, and the long-term impacts of accelerated aging and early antiretroviral treatment.
- Assess whether current systems and providers are prepared to meet the full spectrum of aging-related needs in HIV care.
- Explore structural and policy innovation by identifying strategies to align HIV services with healthy aging priorities, invest in workforce readiness, and build models of care that sustain quality of life over time.
