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'Everyday advocates' for inclusive care?
— Perspectives on enhancing the provision of long-term care services for older lesbian, gay and bisexual adults in Wales | | Author(s) | Paul Willis, Michele Raithby, Tracey Maegusuku-Hewett, Penny Miles |
| Journal title | British Journal of Social Work, vol 47, no 2, March 2017 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, March 2017 |
| Pages | pp 409-426 |
| Source | https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcv143 |
| Keywords | Gay men ; Lesbians ; Bi-sexuals ; Services ; Long term ; Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Care home staff ; Managers ; Attitude ; Social surveys ; Wales. |
| Annotation | This paper centres on a neglected area of social work with older people - the social inclusion of older lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) adults in long-term care environments. The translation of equality law into the delivery of adult care services is a challenging endeavour for organisations, even more so in the morally contested terrain of sexual well-being. The authors report findings from a mixed-methods study into the provision of long-term care for older adults who identify as lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB). They present findings from a survey of care workers and managers (n = 121), and from focus groups with equality and LGB stakeholder representatives (n = 20) in Wales. Focusing on the current knowledge and understanding of staff, the authors suggest that affirmative beliefs and practices with sexual minorities are evident amongst care workers and managers. However, the inclusion of LGB residents needs to be advanced systemically at structural, cultural and individual levels of provision. There is a need for enhancing awareness of the legacy of enduring discrimination for older LGB people, for cultural acceptance in care environments of older people's sexual desires and relationships, and for a more explicit implementation of equality legislation. Social workers in adult care can advance this agenda. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170922205 A |
| Classmark | ES6DA: ES6DB: ES6E: I: 4Q: KW: LHB: QRM: T6: DP: 3F: 9 |
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