LGBT Long Term Care Resources

Reports, Publications, Newsroom and Fact Sheets

Discover recent publications that range form how the Affordable Care Act will affect LGBT to challenges for elder LGBT in long-term care facilities to disparities in health.

Legal Resources

New Guide for LGBT Elders in California Provides Comprehensive Information About Their Rights and Benefits
Planning with Purpose: Legal Basics for LGBT Elders
Rights of LGBT individuals in Nursing Homes
NOLO press: A Legal guide for Lesbians and Gay Couples: This book outlines the proper legal steps to define and protect a lesbian or gay relationship. The authors include important subjects such as domestic partner benefits, property rights and how to provide for each other upon death. Includes many necessary legal forms. Denis Clifford, Frederick Hertz & Hayden Curry, 2002, 11th Edition, Nolo Press.

Fact Sheets

Find practical guides and checklists for such topics as estate planning, family law issues, questions to ask in a long-term care facility and tips for caregivers.

Family Caregiver Alliance Fact Sheet for LGBT Caregiving: Frequently Asked Questions New York Times, 4/7/11
Transgender Family Law Facts
A fact sheet for transgender spouses, partners, parents, and youth.
Your Right To Visit: A Guide To Visiting Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities and Hospitals
The Affordable Care Act and LGBT Americans
Healthcare.gov fact sheet. (March 2010)

MEDIA ARCHIVE

Recently published articles from newspapers and magazines.

Graying and Gay, and Finding a Home
2/23/12 - The New York Times
Aging Back in the Closet
8/17/11 - East Bay Express
Fountaingrove, Openhouse: Housing for LGBT Seniors
6/26/11 - San Francisco Chronicle
National Senior Citizens Law Center: LGBT Older Adults in Long term Care Facilities
4/26/11 - Survey of older LGBT adults who live in long term care facilities and their families and caregivers.
Gay Couples Closer to Receiving Medicaid Spousal Protections
4/7/11 - The New York Times
Facing Discrimination Issues: As LGBT Long Term Care facilities are starting to materialize, mainstream facilities must review their policies and training programs. 2009 - Provider Magazine, American Health Care Association

REPORTS

Find practical guides and checklists for such topics as estate planning, family law issues, questions to ask in a long-term care facility and tips for caregivers.

LGBT Older Adults in Long Term Care Facilities: Stories from the Field
(April 2011)
The Health of Aging Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Adults in California
(March 2011)
Healthy People 2010: First inclusion of LGBT data for national, science based objectives for promoting health and preventing disease for the following decade.
Outing Age 2010: Public Policy Issues Affecting Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Elders. Public policy issues and challenges for LGBT as they age.
Improving the Lives of LGBT Older Adults: Report examines the difficulty for LGBT elders to achieve three key elements of successful aging: financial security, good health and health care, and social support and community engagement. The report also offers detailed recommendations for improving the lives, and life chances, of LGBT older Americans.
Facing Discrimination Issues: As LGBT Long Term Care facilities are starting to materialize, mainstream facilities must review their policies and training programs. 2009 - Provider Magazine, American Health Care Association
Transgender Family Law Facts
A fact sheet for transgender spouses, partners, parents, and youth.
Out and Aging: The MetLife Study of Lesbian and Gay Baby Boomers (November 2006)


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