by Legal Team | Apr 5, 2011 | Uncategorized | lgbt elders, retirement, social security, Aging, LGBT older adults, medicare, nursing home, LGBT seniors, end-of-life issues, bisexual older adults, Daniel Redman, gay older adults, lesbian older adults, transgender older adults

Without traditional support systems in place, many lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender elders end up relying on nursing homes or other institutions providing long-term care. Today, the National Senior Citizens Law Center—along with the National Center for Lesbian Rights, Lambda Legal, National Center for Transgender Equality, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, and Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE)—released a report showing that LGBTQ elders are often not safe in these...

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