More than 30 percent of all those with HIV are 50 years old or older, according to statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for 2008, the most recent year for which data is available. That’s up from 26 percent in 2006. Now, geriatricians are incorporated into the care of HIV patients. Many face the natural physical decline of old age along with the cumulative effects and symptoms of living with AIDS.
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