ECH, January 2018 Aged care provider ECH is excited to launch the LGBTI Concierge Service which provides information and assistance to our community about ECH services and the aged care system. The Concierge Service has been designed by ECH and 13 older people who identify as lesbian, gay and/or transgender. The aim of the service is to assist older people from LGBTI communities to access and...
A Fate Worse than Death? Being Transgender in Long-term Care
Psychology Benefits Society blog ( American Psychological Association), Oct 26, 2017 “I would kill myself.” This is what a 70 year-old transgender woman told me recently when I asked what she would do if she needed long-term care. While this sounds dramatic, it is a common sentiment among older transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) adults (Witten, 2014). Many TGNC older adults do not have...
Resource Kit – Young People and Sexual Health
NSW STI Programs Unit, 2017 The Resource Kit contians tools, fact sheets, activities and protocols for working with young people around sexual health. Section 1: Organisational Tools Tools supporting organisations to engage in sexual health Access tools Section 2: Worker Tools & Fact Sheets Sexual health tools and fact sheets for workers Acess tools Section 3: Games & Activities Fun games...
Homophobia, Biphobia & Transphobia Survey Results, Part 6: Discrimination in Health, Community Services or Aged Care
Posted on June 4, 2017 by Alastair Lawrie, at alastairlawrie.net This post is the final in a series of six, reporting the results of The State of Homophobia, Biphobia & Transphobia survey I conducted at the start of 2017. In all, 1,672 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) Australians provided valid responses to that survey. In this article, I will be focusing on...
Aged Care Workers and HIV & Ageing (Resource)
ASHM, 2015 Over the last 35 years, HIV has been transformed from what was once a fatal illness to a chronic condition that people can now easily manage. Therefore, people with HIV are able to live longer and reach old age. As people living with HIV start to access aged care services, what effect will this have on the Aged Care Worker and the role they perform? This booklet was developed for Aged...
The taboo of sex in care homes for older people
BBC News magazine, 27 June 2015
It’s often been said that there’s not enough discussion of the issues around older people and sex. And there’s confusion about how to deal with the romantic lives of people in nursing homes.
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