Successful Cognitive Aging in HIV: Potential Strategies for Treatment and Research

A Service Delivery Model for Addressing Activity and Social Participation Needs of People Living with HIV

“…The literature on occupational therapy interventions for PLWHA is sparse. Examples include articles addressing issues related to return to work (Barkey et al, 2009), productive participation (Kielhofner, Braveman, Fogg, & Levin, 2008), social participation (Siemon, Blenkhorn, Wilkins, O'Brien, & Solomon, 2013), cognitive functioning (Vance et al, 2012), and case studies of individual interventions (Misko et al, 2015). Although there is clear potential for occupational therapy to contribute to the improved health and well-being of PLWHA who are experiencing episodic disability as the consequence of HIV as a chronic disease, there are no comprehensive service delivery models to guide this emerging area of practice.…”