LGBT Health Inequalities by Fish Julie Karban Kate

Author:Fish, Julie, Karban, Kate [Fish, Julie, Karban, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781447322726
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Publisher: Policy Press
Published: 2015-03-18T00:00:00+00:00

EIGHT

Good practice in health and social care provision for LGBT older people in the UK

Sue Westwood, Andrew King, Kathryn Almack, Yiu-Tung Suen and Louis Bailey

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Laura, Gary, Bridget, Chris and Theresa have been referred to social services. Laura is an 83-year-old White British lesbian. Her civil partner died last year and she now lives alone in their large multi-storey house in a rural area. She has several private pensions. Her eyesight is deteriorating and she can no longer drive. She is lonely and depressed. Gary is a single 70-year-old gay man of African Caribbean decent, living in an inner-city local authority flat and reliant on state pensions and other forms of welfare support. He is showing signs of memory loss and confusion. Bridget is a 65-year-old bi-identifying woman of White Irish Catholic origin. She lives in the suburbs with her partner, Chris, aged 69, a White British bisexual man who has multiple sclerosis, needing increasing care and support. Their daughter is supportive, but lives a long distance away. Theresa is a 61-year-old heterosexual trans woman with an Asian/White British heritage, who transitioned three years ago. She has a son, but they are estranged. She lives in a sheltered housing scheme for people with mental health issues. Theresa has complained that staff are discriminating against her.

What would good practice look like for each of these people?

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