I go to a dementia support group and I’m the only gay person there
Description: Some of the real stories of dementia, caring and LGBT+ lives which are played out in the film Supernova. Publisher: The Telegraph Date: 2021 Country: UK Pages: 15
Es and Flo
Publisher: What’s On Stage Date: 27 Aug 2020 Country: UK Length: 06:51 Comments: Extract of play which follows a lesbian couple that has secretly been in love and living together for over 30 years. One of the pair then begins show signs of dementia.
Pauline & Hilary’s Vow – ‘Whatever it takes, we are in it together’
Publisher: Alzheimer’s Society Date: 9 March 2023 Country: UK Length: 02:36 Comments: In 1971, Hilary vowed to stay with Pauline in sickness and in health. They were able to fulfil their dream of becoming ‘wife and wife’ in 2017, after the law was passed making same sex marriage legal. Only two years after their wedding,…
Proud to Care: LGBT and Dementia
Subtitle: A Guide for Health and Social Care Providers Publisher: LGBT Health and Wellbeing Date of Publication: Unknown (since April 2018) Country: Scotland Pages: 42 LGBT Health and Wellbeing has developed this toolkit to support health and social care staff to reflect on and develop their practice in working with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender…
The gay couples living with dementia
The LGBT Dementia Cafe – Channel 4 News Country: UK Length: 07:35 Publisher: Channel 4
Dementia Equity and Rights
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…
Dementia care and LGBT communities: A good practice paper
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…
Over the Rainbow
Subtitle: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans People and Dementia Project Publisher: Dementia Engagement and Empowerment Project (DEEP) Country: UK Pages: 30 The Over the Rainbow project was in partnership with the University of Worcester Association for Dementia Studies, Birmingham LGBT Centre for Health and Wellbeing and PACE Health London. We know that LGBT people with…
The Dementia Challenge for LGBT Communities
Subtitle: A paper based on a roundtable discussion Publisher: The National LGB&T Partnership, et al Country: UK Pages: 12 Dementia is at the top of the national agenda, as reflected in the National Dementia Strategy; by 2025, according to the Alzheimer’s Society, there will be an estimated 1 million people with dementia in the UK.…
Don’t look back?
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…