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"Could we hold hands?"
— older lesbian and gay couples' perceptions of long-term care homes and home care |
| Author(s) | Charles Furlotte |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 35, no 4, December 2016 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, December 2016 |
| Pages | pp 432-446 |
| Source | journals.cambridge.org/cjg |
| Keywords | Gay men ; Lesbians ; Same sex couples ; Care homes ; Long term residents ; Home care services ; Attitude ; Self esteem ; Canada. |
| Annotation | This qualitative study looked at the expectations, concerns and needs regarding long-term care (LTC) homes and home care services of 12 older lesbian and gay couples living in Canada. Study findings reflected four major themes: discrimination, identity, expenditure of energy and nuanced care. Discrimination involved concerns about covert discrimination; loss of social buffers as one aged; and diminished ability to advocate for oneself and one's partner. Identity involved anticipated risk over disclosing one's sexual identity; the importance of being identified within a coupled relationship; and the importance of access to reference groups of other gay seniors. The study concludes that partners were burdened by the emotional effort expended to hide parts of their identity, assess their environments for discrimination and to placate others. Nuanced care involved a mutual level of comfort experienced by participants and their health care providers. These themes inform understandings of LTC homes and home care services for lesbian and gay older couples. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170224227 A |
| Classmark | ES6DA: ES6DB: SMG: KW: KX:4Q: NH: DP: DPA: 7S |
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