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| Expectations of later life support among lesbian and gay Queenslanders | | Author(s) | Mark Hughes |
| Journal title | Australian Journal on Ageing, vol 29, issue 4, December 2010 |
| Pages | pp 161-166 |
| Source | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(IS... |
| Keywords | Gay men ; Lesbians ; Services ; Needs [elderly] ; Living in the community ; Social contacts ; Personal relationships ; Australia. |
| Annotation | The study, based in Queensland, Australia, aimed to examine lesbian and gay people's expectations of support, socialising and cohabitation in later life. Lesbian and gay people expected to receive support from diverse sources, including same-sex partners, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender friends and heterosexual friends. Women were more likely to expect to receive support from others than men, and men were more likely to expect to live alone in later life. Concludes that aged care providers need to be responsive to the different sources of support that may be provided to older lesbian and gay people. Services that are lesbian- and gay-friendly may facilitate service uptake and reduce pressures on lesbian and gay people's informal networks of support. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-111020006 |
| Classmark | ES6DA: ES6DB: I: IK: K4: TOA: DS: 7YA |
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