Advances in medicine mean the number of older adults living with HIV/AIDS is increasing, which also presents new challenges to both aging service providers and HIV/AIDS service providers. In Part 1 of this series on Understanding HIV in Older Adults, Drs. Mark Brennan-Ing and Molly Perkins discuss social networks, isolation, and social supports among older adults living with HIV; resilience as a way to address stigma; the diversity of those who are living with HIV; internalized ageism; and the use of crisis competence to learn from HIV survivors during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Guest: Mark Brennan-Ing, PhD
Senior Research Scientist, ‎Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging, Hunter College, CUNY
Host: Molly Perkins, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Medicine and Graduate Faculty of Emory Sociology, Emory University
This podcast episode is supported by ViiV Healthcare. Content was developed by The Gerontological Society of America (GSA).