LGBTQ+ Seniors Fear Having to Go Back in Closet for the Care They Need
Almost everyone faces challenges as they age, but LGBTQ+ seniors face particular risks. As a result, many are going back into the closet to receive long-term care they need. Michael Adams, CEO of...
View ArticleFor one Colorado trans woman, long-term care was her only option for housing...
In October 2020, 68-year-old Lisa Oakley went to the emergency room at Memorial Hospital in Craig for elevated blood sugar and complications with her diabetes. In the past, she would get her levels...
View ArticleLGBTQ elder care facilities open nationwide, but discrimination persists
Marsha Wetzel, an out lesbian, shared her life with her partner of 30 years, Judith Kahn, at the couple’s home in Illinois until Kahn died in 2013 of colon cancer. As is the case with some same-sex...
View ArticleLGBTQ elders face ‘caregiving crisis’: Meet 2 women hoping to bring change
In mid-January 2021, Sue Van Zante-Peiser received a call from her friend Ed’s partner. Ed had been hospitalized and the hospital was trying to organize care, but it was tough. Ed’s partner is a decade...
View ArticleNine Truths About the SAGECare Training Course
Today we’re talking to Sadiya Abjani, Director of Learning & Equity at SAGE, the world’s largest and oldest organization focused on advocacy and services for LGBTQ+ elders. SAGECare, SAGE’s...
View Article‘I miss everything. I miss everybody’
Loneliness takes toll on seniors “The pandemic has induced stress in all of us, and sadly, substances are something people have turned to.” Kathleen Cameron Center for Healthy Aging When she retired...
View ArticleAnti-“Woke” Bills Could Affect LGBTQ+ Sensitivity Training for Eldercare,...
As state lawmakers advance dozens of bills to restrict discussion of race, gender and sexuality in schools, at least two states are also considering wider-ranging bills that may have effects far beyond...
View ArticleNursing home rejects transgender elder & after years of discrimination she...
The Maine Human Rights Commission has affirmed a transgender woman’s complaint of discrimination against a long-term care facility, allowing her case to move forward. It is believed to be the first...
View Article‘I felt so caught in between’: Older, LGBTQ+ caretakers face special challenges
Daniel Diaz lives alone now, by himself in his Signal Hill apartment, a space steeped in memories. He and his husband, Robert Morris, had been providing care for Diaz’s mother, Gloria, since 2012 in...
View ArticleNursing home settles historic transgender discrimination complaint
In a landmark settlement, a Maine assisted living facility has agreed to establish policies and procedures to ensure it is a welcoming place for LGBTQ seniors, after a 79-year-old transgender woman...
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