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| Developing inclusive health and social care policies for older LGBT citizens | | Author(s) | Liam Concannon |
| Journal title | British Journal of Social Work, vol 39, no 3, April 2009 |
| Pages | pp 403-417 |
| Source | http://bjsw.oxfordjournals.org |
| Keywords | Sexual orientation ; Older men ; Older women ; Health services ; Services ; Social policy. |
| Annotation | Creating anti-oppressive practices in service provision that successfully remove barriers to the social inclusion of older lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgendered (LGBT) citizens has proven tremendously difficult thus far. The Department of Health publication, 'Better care, higher standards: a charter for long term care' (DH, 1999) refers (on p3) to the development of non-discriminatory services that treat users with dignity and respect, taking account of sexual orientation. Such government social policy holds out the hope that services will be designed to help LGBT people. This paper examines the unique oppression and marginalisation faced by older lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgendered citizens in homophobic and ageist societies, which often fail to acknowledge their existence. he research findings highlight strategies being created through social policy that aim to successfully achieve the inclusion of this group in the planning and delivery of their services. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090903216 A |
| Classmark | ES6: BC: BD: L: I: TM2 |
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