The Shocking Truth About LGBT Seniors

[WillParkinson]

The Shocking Truth About LGBT Seniors

A new report highlights the health and lifestyle disparities of LGBT seniors, including social isolation and unequal treatment.

The Public Policy & Aging Report, from the groups Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders and The National Academy on an Aging Society, hopes to be the first step in bringing concrete change to this population segment. It's estimated that there will be over 3 million LGBT people over the age of 65 by 2030.

"Given the voluminous gerontological literature that has built up over the past half-century, it is hard to imagine that any set of aging populations has been largely ignored or under-investigated. Yet, LGBT older adults have remained nearly invisible to the community of advocates, researchers, practitioners, administrators, and politicians who associate themselves with the modern aging enterprise," study editor Robert Hudson, chair of the Department of Social Policy at the Boston University School of Social Work, said in a statement.

http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/11/17/The_Shocking_Truth_About_LGBT_Seniors/

[William769]

1. Recommended.

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2. old people violate the GLBT communities 3 family values nt

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3. btw the pic in that article is typical advocate ageism those guys are hardly "Seniors" nt

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4. According to AARP

you're a "senior" if you're 50 or over. While some of society is promoting the idea of vibrant, active older people, not everyone is on board.

[w8liftinglady]

5. Recommend. We all get older.

I have seen too many LGBT elder patients with no resources,no will.I have also seen families jump in front of a partner of thirty years to grab his life-long earnings from his partner's estate.I have seen a same-sex partner excluded from end of life talks time and time again.
Write a will,folks.The law definitely isn't on our side yet.