Social Services for Senior Gay Men and Lesbians
Social Services for Senior Gay Men and Lesbians is an important new reference that provides those in the helping professions with practical information on how to work with the older gay and lesbian population. Although older gays and lesbians are the same in many ways as their heterosexual counterparts, they have an extra “layer” of concerns that are unique to their sexual orientation, including “coming out” to family and medical professionals, fear of discrimination, isolation, and...
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Social Services for Senior Gay Men and Lesbians is an important new reference that provides those in the helping professions with practical information on how to work with the older gay and lesbian population. Although older gays and lesbians are the same in many ways as their heterosexual counterparts, they have an extra “layer” of concerns that are unique to their sexual orientation, including “coming out” to family and medical professionals, fear of discrimination, isolation, and loneliness. This new book helps social service providers address these and other concerns of the aging homosexual.Social Services for Senior Gay Men and Lesbians examines the history of homosexuality and how practitioners have developed ways to better serve this population. The book features case studies of topics that face practitioners and their older gay clients, including:housing needs of older gay and lesbian adultsgroup therapy for older gay maleslong-term care dilemmas for older lesbianscounseling an older gay male who is “coming out”staff development for non-gay social service providershistorical review of gay and lesbian issuesBecause so little information exists in these and other areas, Social Services for Older Gay Men and Lesbians is an excellent resource for social workers, psychologists, nurses, counselors, and physicians.
ForewordPrefaceGay and Lesbian Elderly: Historical Overview and Implications for Social Work Practice1The Wisdom of Non-Heterosexually Based Senior Housing and Related Services11Playing BINGO with the Best of Them: Community Initiated Programs for Older Gay and Lesbian Adults27Staff Development for Working with Lesbian and Gay Elders35Maturing Gay Men: A Framework for Social Service Assessment and Intervention47Realities and Hopes for Older Gay Males79The Story of Carrie and Anne: Long-Term Care Crisis97Jim: Coming Out at Age Sixty-Two101Yvonne and Helen: Finding a Way to Trust105Index109
