Abstract
Objective: To analyze the relationship between HIV and the elderly people. Methods: It’s about a study with an exploratory approach, in which the bibliographic survey was used as a technical procedure, in the database of the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS ) and Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES). Results: Eleven (11) articles were analyzed, culminating in a reflection and dialogue about the subjects covered and the ideas brought up showed that the person with HIV adjusts negatively in the face of sexual, social and emotional difficulties; the stigma and discrimination related to sexual life to which people with the human immunodeficiency virus are subjected, leads to an increase in the incidence of HIV / AIDS in the population over 50 years old, requiring health professionals to see that elderly patients are prone to HIV virus infection. Final considerations: The analysis made it possible to verify that the treatments for people with human immunodeficiency have been successful, which contributed to an increasing number of elderly people with HIV / AIDS due to the new life expectancy, however, there are many taboos regarding sexuality in old age, needing to give them more attention and clarification.