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.
Publisher: Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust Country: UK Pages: 3
Publisher: Healthwatch Devon Date: 2016 Country: UK Pages: 36 This report contains descriptions by 149 people who were (and are) seeking help for gender identity issues. Their perceptions, experiences and views are discussed about outcomes of care and treatment quality. We did this work to complement the work being carried out by NHS England, and we…
Publisher: University of Bristol Date: 2015 Country: UK Pages: 31 ‘Everyday Advocates’ for Inclusive Care? Perspectives on Enhancing the Provision of Long-Term Care Services for Older Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Adults in Wales This paper centres on a neglected area of social work with older people — the social inclusion of older lesbian, gay and…
Subtitle: The reality of end of life care for LGBT people Publisher: Marie Curie Country: UK Pages: 44 Everyone should have the right to high-quality palliative care when they have a terminal illness, regardless of their condition, where they live, or their personal circumstances. The UK has been ranked as the best country in the…
Publisher: Tonic Country: UK Pages: 20