Publisher: Compassion in Dying Country: UK Pages: 30 Most people have some form of opinion about how they would like to be treated at the end of their lives, regardless of their identity or background. For LGBT people in particular, your identity might have an impact on the treatment and care you would like to…
Country: UK Length: 23:40 Now You See Me is the collaborative project of one older lesbian researcher/writer and one queer, curious young film-maker. Building on Jane Traies’s research into the Lives and Experiences of Older Lesbians in the UK (University of Sussex, 2014) and into the invisibility of Older Lesbians (University of Birmingham, 2009), together…
Publisher: AgeUK, et al Country: UK Pages: 56 (LGBT Chapter starts p45) This publication looks across all the protected characteristics and flags up issues where the risk and prevalence of dementia may vary for different groups and how access and provision of services must take into account the needs of particular groups. Minority groups often…
Subtitle: LGBT housing futures: a feasibility study Publisher: Stonewall Housing Date: 2016 Country: UK Pages: 8 Feasibility study which went onto inform a full report and the emergence of The Tonic housing project
Subtitle: LGBT housing futures: a feasibility study Publisher: Stonewall Housing Country: UK Pages: 39
Subtitle: An RCN guide for nursing and health care professionals Publisher: Royal College of Nursing Date: 2016 Country: UK Pages: 16 The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) recognises that trans people frequently experience prejudice and discrimination. The nursing community can, through its professional actions and interests, work to eliminate and significantly reduce this at both an…
Subtitle: Addressing Inequalities in End Of Life Care Publisher: Care Quality Commission Country: UK Pages: 4 2016 Although lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people experience a higher incidence of life-limiting illness, the experience of LGBT people at the end of life has often been overlooked. Evidence shows that discrimination continues to have an adverse…
Subtitle: A narrative account of LGBT Needs Publisher: National LGB&T Partnership Country: UK Pages: 24 This document is intended to be used both by those who provide services and those who commission services to support them to work with LGB&T people. The aim is to provide a resource to assist in designing and providing care…
Publisher: The National LGB&T Partnership Country: UK Pages: 16 While LGBT people with dementia share some of the same experiences as heterosexual people living with dementia, there will be many issues that are not the same. As other research has underlined, LGBT people with dementia have specific health needs along with the usual care and…
Country: UK Length: 07:35 Publisher: TONIC Comments: Tonic Housing is a new, user-led organisation whose vision is to reduce the social isolation and discrimination currently experienced and/or feared by older LGBT people in the United Kingdom. This film supports the case for building the UK’s first retirement community with a distinct LGBT identity and ethos.