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Title: Transgender seniors not getting proper care
Post by: SandraJane on June 17, 2012, 03:47:27 AM
Post by: SandraJane on June 17, 2012, 03:47:27 AM
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Transgender seniors not getting proper care
PRIDE MONTH: LGBT SENIORS SAGE and NCTE
by Sean Pyles | 2012-06-13
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Transgender-seniors-not-getting-proper-care/38122.html (http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Transgender-seniors-not-getting-proper-care/38122.html)
http://www.lgbtagingcenter.org/resources/resource.cfm?r=520 (http://www.lgbtagingcenter.org/resources/resource.cfm?r=520) Report- Improving the Lives of Transgender Older Adults: Recommendations for Policy and Practice
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Helena Bushong. Photo by Andrew Davis
A recent new set of recommendations released by SAGE (Services and Advocacy for LGBT Elders) and the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) sheds light on systematic issues facing the growing population of aging transgender Americans.
The report—entitled "Improving the Lives of Transgender Older Adults; Recommendations for Policy and Practice"—focuses on how insurance companies, Medicare and cultural stigma prevent aging transgender people from receiving proper care.
According to the report, "The existing research on transgender people paints a picture of many people aging in isolation and without a network of knowledgeable or welcoming providers in the aging, health and social services arenas."
This isolation can have profound effects on the aging transgender population. The report explains how "in order to avoid the stress of dealing with incompetent service providers, many transgender people do not seek care until they experience health emergencies and, in some cases, have died in the absence of medical care."
Transgender seniors not getting proper care
PRIDE MONTH: LGBT SENIORS SAGE and NCTE
by Sean Pyles | 2012-06-13
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Transgender-seniors-not-getting-proper-care/38122.html (http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Transgender-seniors-not-getting-proper-care/38122.html)
http://www.lgbtagingcenter.org/resources/resource.cfm?r=520 (http://www.lgbtagingcenter.org/resources/resource.cfm?r=520) Report- Improving the Lives of Transgender Older Adults: Recommendations for Policy and Practice
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Helena Bushong. Photo by Andrew Davis
A recent new set of recommendations released by SAGE (Services and Advocacy for LGBT Elders) and the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) sheds light on systematic issues facing the growing population of aging transgender Americans.
The report—entitled "Improving the Lives of Transgender Older Adults; Recommendations for Policy and Practice"—focuses on how insurance companies, Medicare and cultural stigma prevent aging transgender people from receiving proper care.
According to the report, "The existing research on transgender people paints a picture of many people aging in isolation and without a network of knowledgeable or welcoming providers in the aging, health and social services arenas."
This isolation can have profound effects on the aging transgender population. The report explains how "in order to avoid the stress of dealing with incompetent service providers, many transgender people do not seek care until they experience health emergencies and, in some cases, have died in the absence of medical care."