National AIDS Trust has published two briefings about Improving care for people ageing with HIV.
National AIDS Trust conducted pilot studies in Newcastle and Greater Manchester to identify health and wider care needs and concerns among people living with HIV as they age, and the appropriate responses to these needs.
People ageing with HIV we interviewed for this study expressed problems with the integration of their care. Many felt their clinicians didn’t communicate effectively and that healthcare providers outside their HIV clinic didn’t understand HIV well enough.
These briefings show that the wider needs of people living with HIV as they age, such as those related to social care, were not well integrated with their healthcare. Some expressed concerns about receiving conflicting medical advice or lack of attention to contraindications from prescribers.
The briefings provide specific recommendations for how these concerns can be responded to in Greater Manchester and Newcastle.