In the UK, people over the age of 65 account for almost two-thirds of acute hospital beds [1]. With an ever increasing population of older people, that proportion is expected to grow, and with it the prevalence of cognitive impairments associated with ageing.
Fátima Brañas is a consultant geriatrician and the clinical lead for orthogeriatrics at the Infanta Leonor University Hospital in Madrid (Spain). She holds a PhD, specializing in HIV infection in older adults, and is working hard in this field—from both a clinical and a research point of view—to provide all the benefits of a geriatric assessment for older HIV-infected adults.
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