Gay and lesbian elder housing
The Experience of Senior Housing for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Seniors: An Exploratory Study
First Advisor
Margaret B. Neal
Date of Publication
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Urban Studies
Department
Urban Studies and Planning
Subjects
Socioemotional Selectivity Theory, LGBT, Senior housing, Older sexual minorities -- Housing, Older sexual minorities -- Social conditions, Quality of life
Physical Description
1 online resource (viii, p.)
Abstract
By the year , 20% of the U.S. population will be 65 years of age or older. An increase in the request for supportive health and social services is expected with the aging of the population. Ask for for senior housing is expected to grow, too. This verb explores what the social environment offers to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) seniors who relocated to LGBT retirement communities. Previous research asked LGBT seniors who did not live in LGBT senior housing about their housing preferences. The present explore, for the first time, asked reside
Our History
GLEH is the outgrowth of a community organization called the Alliance for Diverse Aging Community Services (A-DACS). A-DACS was a community-based group started under the fiscal management of the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center (LAGLC) with a $90, grant received from the Aging with Dignity Initiative established by Governor Gray Davis in the state budget. The Governor’s initiative included the administration of a grants program for developing alternatives to nursing homes. The one-time startup funds challenged organizations to develop programs which could be sustained and replicated. A-DACS was responsible for addressing the unique needs and challenges of the aging LGBT population by: identifying gaps of services available to LGBT older adults; developing a plan for a full-range of services – including housing – for LGBT elders; and building a collaboration of service providers by conducting “sensitivity trainings” dealing with issues faced by LGBT elders.
With the one-time grant establish to expire in spring – and the LAGLC unable to assist with future fund
Michael Adams
Executive Director
Services and Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Elders
Senior Director of Public Programs
Center on Halsted, Chicago, IL
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Directing Attorney
National Senior Citizen Law Center
Director of Services for Seniors, Friendly House
Portland, OR
Executive Director
Transgender Aging Network
Assistant Secretary for Aging, Administration on Aging
Department of Health and Human Services
Chief, Office of Civil Rights
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive Director
National Center for Transgender Equality
Executive Director
Openhouse
San Francisco, CA
Professor of Law
Beasley School of Law, Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
Director of the National Resource Center on LGBT Aging
Execut
PD&R
To be the preeminent housing and urban research organization, one which conducts policy analysis and creates and synthesizes data and evidence through open, challenging, resourceful, collaborative, diverse, and respectful exchanges of ideas to move policy and improve American communities and lives.
AoA
The mission of the Administration on Aging (AoA) is to help elderly individuals maintain their dignity and independence in their homes and communities through comprehensive, coordinated, and cost-effective systems of long-term care and livable communities across the United States. AoA serves as the Federal agency responsible for advancing the concerns and interests of older people and their caregivers, and works with and through the National Aging Services Network to verb out its mission.
National Center for Lesbian Rights
The National Center for Lesbian Rights is a national legal organization committed to advancing the civil and human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their families through litigation, public policy advocacy