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Skeldon, Laura and Jenkins , Simon (2022) Experiences and attitudes of the LGBTQ+ community on care/nursing homes. Journal of Homosexuality, 70 (13). pp. 3075-3107. doi:10.1080/00918369.2022.2086751 ISSN 0091-8369.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2022.2086751
Abstract
Recent research has found that older lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) people have a negative attitude toward long term care services. To build upon this, we conducted a systematic review analyzing current research into the LGBTQ+ communities’ perspectives and experiences of care/nursing homes. Additionally, we sought to explore the attitudes of care/nursing home staff toward providing care for LGBTQ+ residents. To conduct this study, we used the databases Embase, Medline and Web of Science, which identified 19 articles for review. From this, we were able to draw several conclusions, including that LGBTQ+ participants were concerned that they would have to conceal their identity and experience abuse. Most staff had a positive attitude toward LGBTQ+ residents, but there were exceptions to this. Despite their positive attitude, staff often lacked awareness of LGBTQ+ issues. The results of this review suggest that care/nursing homes are not welcoming environments for sexual and gender minorities, and that staff require more training to support this community. We end with innovative suggestions to tackle these issues, such as designing coproduced services with the support of LGBTQ+ communities.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine R Medicine > RC Internal medicine |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Older people -- Nursing home care -- Great Britain, Sexual minorities -- Great Britain, Nursing home patients -- Care -- Great Britain, Nursing home patients -- Psychology -- Great Britain, Nursing homes -- Employees -- Great Britain | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Homosexuality | ||||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||
ISSN: | 0091-8369 | ||||||
Official Date: | 11 July 2022 | ||||||
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Volume: | 70 | ||||||
Number: | 13 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 3075-3107 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1080/00918369.2022.2086751 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 28 February 2022 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 12 July 2022 |
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