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Aging
As a group, LGBTQ older adults experience unique economic and health disparities. LGBTQ older adults may disproportionately be affected by poverty and physical and mental health conditions due to a lifetime of unique stressors associated with being a minority, and may be more vulnerable to neglect and mistreatment in aging care facilities. They may face dual discrimination due to their age and their sexual orientation or gender identity. Generational differences and lack of legal protection may cause older LGBTQ adults to be less open about their sexuality. Social isolation is also a concern because LGBTQ older adults are more likely to live alone, more likely to be single and less likely to have children than their heterosexual counterparts. All of these considerations can be compounded by intersections of sex, race, ethnicity and disability.
We're here to reduce isolation among LGBTQ seniors and increase the number of LGBTQ culturally competent senior service providers.