Empowering Older PWH
Empowering Patients to “Age Healthy” With HIV

Released: October 12, 2022

Expiration: October 11, 2023

Cristina Mussini
Cristina Mussini, MD

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In this episode, Cristina Mussini, MD, shares her approach to caring for aging patients with HIV. This includes not just focusing on their HIV, but their over well-being, such as:

  • Maintaining a healthy weight, eating healthy and staying mobile
  • Overcoming the obstacle of stigma from society and self-stigma
  • Empowering patients to care for themselves
  • In women who are often caregivers most of their life:
    • Encouraging self-care
    • Staying up to date with preventive care such as cancer screenings (eg, mammography, annual Pap smear, and colonoscopy)
  • Teaching patients to love themselves
  • Making sure the patient knows you truly care for them