Despite
advances in LGBT civil rights, many senior care providers never stop to
consider that their older clients may be lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgender (LGBT) - and even those who do may not know how to provide
services in culturally-sensitive ways. As a result, LGBT seniors often
avoid seeking needed services out of fear of discrimination. The
tendency for LGBT seniors to go "back in the closet" is particularly
pronounced in situations where they are most vulnerable - such as when
accessing home health care or residing in assisted living or
residential care facilities. One study indicated that LGBT seniors may
be as much as five times less likely to access needed health and social
services because of their fear of discrimination from the very people
who should be helping them. This
type of social isolation has an enormous impact in the health and
well-being of LGBT seniors. With LGBT seniors twice as likely to live
alone than heterosexual seniors, more than four times as likely to have
no children, the informal caregiving support we assume is in place for
older adults may not be there for LGBT elders. SAGE's Strategic Plan SAGE
has adopted a new strategic plan that will guide SAGE's future as we
continue to grow in our ability to serve our LGBT elders and advocate
on their behalf. Read all about how SAGE will continue to provide
services, programs, advocacy and communications. SAGE's Ad Campaign In the fall of 2008, SAGE's launched
an ad campaign which took New York City by storm with the message that
there's no expiration date on a full and active life. SAGE ads appeared
in print media and in the public transportation system all over NYC.
These ads depict SAGE clients, social workers, donors and volunteers in
a vibrant light.
History and Background Programs
like SAGE become an important "safety net" for LGBT elders.
Incorporated by lesbian and gay activists and aging service
professionals in 1978 as Senior Action in a Gay Environment, SAGE (now
Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders) is the world's oldest and
largest non-profit agency addressing the needs of lesbian, gay,
bisexual, and transgender elders. SAGE works with LGBT elders to
address and overcome the challenges of discrimination in senior service
settings, while also being an essential component in the creation of
informal caregiving support, and development of new "family" networks.
SAGE's programs include:
• The nation's first Friendly Visiting program for frail and homebound LGBT seniors
• The country's first support group for LGBT seniors with HIV
• The nation's first program dedicated to caregiving services for LGBT seniors.The nation's first LGBT Senior Drop-In Center,
• The creation of the first national conferences devoted to LGBT aging concerns.
•
The only Robert Wood Johnson Foundation "Faith in Action" grantee (of
more than 2,000 nationwide) specifically targeting LGBT older people
for supportive services,
• The recipient of a three-year, $900,000
grant from the Department of Health and Human Services and the
Administration on Aging to create the nation's only national resource
center on LGBT aging.
Today, there are a growing number of
retirement communities, senior housing and other high-end housing
options targeting LGBT seniors. But for hundreds of thousands of LGBT
seniors who will be aging in place in their own communities, SAGE
programs and services provide the link they need to a safe and
welcoming community.
OLD LESBIANS ORGANIZING FOR CHANGE PRESENTS NATIONAL GATHERING 2010OLD LESBIAN PRIDE: SHARPENING THE RADICAL EDGEJuly 14 –18, 2010, CLEVELAND, OHIO Speakers, Workshops, Entertainment, Dinner Dance. Lesbians 60 or over
(and partners/female caregivers of any age) are invited
Program
Keynote Speakers: Margaret (Peg) Cruikshank 1940; Vera Martin 1923;
Sheila Ortiz Taylor 1939; Marilyn “Jezz” Jesmain 1931.
Entertainment: Alix Dobkin 1940
THE HOTEL The Skyline Hotel where the Gathering will take place is minutes from the Cleveland
airport and provides free shuttle service from the airport to the hotel. The hotel also has indoor and
outdoor swimming pools and a hot tub and provides free breakfast every day. You must call the
hotel at 216-524-0700 and make your own reservation (tell them you’re with OLOC and a room costs
$89/night + tax no matter how many are in the room.) For more information about the hotel you
can go to the website below, but you must register by phone, not online, to get OLOC's special rates.
http://www.skylinehotelindependence.com/About_Us.html
Contact List for Current Steering Committee Members:Co-Directors:Jan Griesinger, 1942, Athens, OH jan@oloc.org
(740) 448-6424
Mina Meyer, 1940, Long Beach, CA mina@oloc.org
(562) 420-3555
Steering Committee Members:
Alix Dobkin, 1940, Woodstock, NY alix@oloc.org
(845) 679-7586
Myra Brahms, 1942, New York City, NY myra@oloc.org (212) 628-6797
Ruth Debra, 1944, Palm Springs, CA ruth@oloc.org
(760) 318-6794
Sally Tatnall, 1937, Cleveland Heights, OH sally@oloc.org (216) 862-0598
Tita Caldwell, 1931, San Francisco, CA Tita@oloc.org
(415) 970-0694
Carole Stoneking, 1937, Columbia, SC Carole@oloc.org (803) 748-9490
David Bohnett Foundation---check it out!!! David Bohnett and the David Bohnett Foundation are committed to improving society through social activism.We
pursue our mission by providing funding, state-of-the-art technology
and technical support to innovative organizations and institutions
that, in addition to meeting our funding guidelines, share our vision.www.bohnettfoundation.org |
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Health
Care reform is a topic on everyone's minds these days. In
Massachusetts, we've taken the lead in developing the model the nation
is looking to for expanded access to health care and health insurance.
But despite the progress we've made, there are still thousands of
people who slip through the safety net each day and don't have coverage
for access to the health care they need and deserve.
At Fenway
Health, it is at the core of our mission to make sure that NO ONE goes
without access to health care. Whether you are lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender, straight, old, young, black, white, student, retired, or
anywhere in between, we take pride in serving anyone who enters our
door with honor and respect.
But because we still haven't
achieved universal access to health care for everyone, there is still
work to be done. And we can't do it without your support. Many people
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the cost of the care they so desperately need. Your gifts to Fenway
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The gift you make today could help save a life tomorrow.
Make a gift using this link:
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This publication, with the right leadership is
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Support/Training: Seller will train new publisher for 30 days
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History of the LGBT Aging Project The
LGBT Aging Project was founded in 2001 by a group of advocates from
both the aging service network and the LGBT community who recognized
that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender elders are invisible to
mainstream elder service providers and that older LGBTs are invisible
within LGBT community as well.
The LGBT Aging Project
hosted a LGBT Aging Summit with over 100 agencies and activists which
resulted in a written action plan that outlined the goals of our work,
ranging from training of mainstream elder care providers to civil
marriage rights and expanded social activities for LGBT elders
themselves.
In most cases our aim was to facilitate change
in existing systems, not provide direct services ourselves. We
projected completion of most of our work plan within three years.
However we have exceeded this timeline due to tremendous culture change
and receptivity to LGBT issues over the past few years.
The
LGBT Aging Project’s work is focused in Massachusetts, but we are also
founding members of the National Roundtable on LGBT Aging, hosted by
the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force
(NGLTF – The Task Force)
which allows us to collaborate with colleagues throughout the country
and address national policy issues together.
Since its
inception the Aging Project has collaborated with community partners to
conduct research among LGBT elders and mainstream providers, engaged
scores of LGBT elders themselves, provided training to more than 2,000
people and increased public awareness of LGBT elders and caregivers,
and the issues that impact their lives. We are proud of our pioneering
and innovative work within both the mainstream and LGBT communities.
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