Category Archives: Aging with HIV – In The News
HIV and Aging: American Society on Aging (ASA)
In a recent article for the American Society on Aging, Nathan Linsk, considers the issues faced by older adults as the significant challenges for the fourth decade of HIV. The article discusses the physical and emotional challenges long term survivors … Continue reading
Annual Review
It has been an exciting year since the publication of Aging with HIV: A gay man’s guide. I have met a lot of great people around the country and overseas who are keeping conversations going about the challenges of aging … Continue reading
Gay Marriage Victory Still Shadowed by AIDS: New York Times
In today’s New York Times Austin Considine writes about gay marriage and the bittersweet victory it represents for men in midlife who have lost loved ones to the AIDS epidemic. Considine interviewed several gay men who share their feelings about … Continue reading
New Guidelines For Medical Management of Older Patients Living with HIV Released
Last week the American Academy of HIV Medicine, the American Geriatrics Society and the AIDS Community Research Initiative of America (ACRIA) published recommended treatment strategies for clinicians managing older patients with HIV. This is a major step in the medical treatment of HIV recognizing … Continue reading
Aging with HIV on the internet TV show Positive OUTlook
On Thursday, Aug. 11th Mike Hellman was a guest on the internet TV show Positive OUTlook, hosted by Nayck Feliz, talking about Aging with HIV and the discussion group he has been facilitating at the Shepherd Wellness Community over the past … Continue reading
National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day September 18th
Tomorrow is National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day. The AIDS Institute is hosting a Webinar on line conference to discuss the issue. You can join by registering at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/946895474.
HIV and Aging 101
I was asked to write an introduction to HIV and Aging for the National LGBT Aging Resource Center. I’m posting what I wrote here. I expect that I may be able to additional contributions, so if you have any comments … Continue reading
POZ Blogger, Scott Daly, Talks About Aging with HIV
In his blog for POZ magazine, Scott Daly reviews his experience of aging with HIV in the third decade of the epidemic. To read the article go to: POZ magazine.
The Death Sentence That Defined My Life: New York Times
In his Op Ed for the New York Times, “The Death Sentence That Defined My Life,” Mark Trautwein shows us how not dying of AIDS “on schedule” has helped him learn “not to live life on one either.” His story … Continue reading
Aging with AIDS: More are living longer, living with loss: MSNBC
Linda Dahlstrom article for MSNBC tells one man’s story of aging with HIV. It is a touching and personal chronicle of the path so many gay men have had to travel from the trauma of diagnosis, living through innumerable losses, … Continue reading
