Subtitle: Improving health and social care service delivery for older LGB users
Publisher: Equality and Human Rights Commission
Country: UK
Pages: 36
Very little data exists that compares LGB and heterosexual populations. The evidence is even more limited for older LGB people. The existing evidence suggests that LGB people face many of the same issues as other members of society when ageing, including health and care concerns, however, their experiences and needs are mediated through a range of forms of disadvantage and discrimination related to their sexual orientation, and other aspects of their identities. Understanding how this affects the lives of older LGB people, and what it may mean to be older and LGB
when accessing health and social care is at the heart of this paper.
The aims of this paper are to:
Highlight what is known about the experiences of older LGB women and men when accessing health and social care provision.
Highlight what is known about the diverse health and social care needs of older LGB women and men, given that
this group is not homogenous.
Outline where the health and social care needs of older LGB women and men may be different to those of older
heterosexual women and men.
Highlight examples of health and social care services, where the needs of older LGB women and men are understood
and met.
Suggest what needs to be done to meet the health and social care needs of older LGB women and men.
