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Assessing the needs of older gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people
— a service-learning and agency partnership approach | | Author(s) | Laurie A Smith, Rosemary McCaslin, Janet Chang |
| Journal title | Journal of Gerontological Social Work, vol 53, issue 5, 2010 |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2010 |
| Pages | pp 387-401 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Sexual orientation ; Older men ; Older women ; Needs [elderly] ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | A US county agency and a social work research class worked in partnership to conduct a state-mandated needs assessment of older gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered people (GLBT). A survey design with purposive sampling of GLBT people over 60 yielded 38 participants. Findings included that the Internet was a viable means to reach this population, and that student awareness increased. Areas of greatest unmet need were GLBT-oriented/friendly legal advice, social events, grief and loss counselling, social workers, and assisted living. Some participants perceived existing senior services as unfriendly or hostile to GLBT persons. Recommendations include continued use of service-learning research and expanded needs assessment efforts. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-101104212 A |
| Classmark | ES6: BC: BD: IK: 4C: 7T |
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