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- Future projections estimate that the proportion of older people (aged = 50 years) living with human immunodeficiency virus (pwh) is growing and this number is expected to keep increasing.
Global aging is accompanied by an increased prevalence of age-related comorbidities, multimorbidity, polypharmacy, cognitive decline, depression, bone impairment, and frailty that are detected more frequently and/or occur at an earlier age among pwh, compared with the general population.
In this context, a geriatric assessment could provide a complete view of a patient’s function, cognition, and health, and it could improve prognosis, treatment decisions and could enhance quality of care.
Furthermore, management of the older pwh includes the importance of an early diagnosis and treatment, preventative measures for comorbidities: simplifying medication regimen thereby reducing the burden of polypharmacy, and frailty.