Discrimination lawsuit sparks awareness campaign around senior living LGBT issues
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 27, 2018
A new federal lawsuit alleging discrimination by a Missouri senior living community has sparked a public awareness and education campaign by a national advocacy group for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender...
Erickson Living, AHCA/NCAL among organizations on 2018 ‘Top Workplaces’ list
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 26, 2018
Erickson Living, the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living, Capital One, Cushman and Wakefield, and Walker and Dunlop are five of 150 companies and organizations named...
Several ways exist to increase your organization’s LGBT cultural competency
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 18, 2018
Senior living communities can express or strengthen their support for issues of importance to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender older adults through training and other means. A new ad will be a conversation...
First ‘LGBT-affirming’ senior housing community opens in San Diego
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 01, 2018
The grand opening for San Diego’s first “LGBT-affirming” senior housing community, North Park Seniors, was Friday.
LGBT adults worry about abuse, neglect in senior living as they age: survey
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 28, 2018
Worries about potential neglect, abuse, access to services and harassment in assisted living communities and other long-term care settings are common among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender adults,...
Top 20 ‘LGBT-friendly’ cities for retirees named by website
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 28, 2018
A new list of the top “LGBT-friendly” cities for retirees contains 11 new metropolitan areas this year as well as nine returning cities that were on the inaugural list last year.
Lesbian resident’s discrimination case back in court
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 08, 2018
A lawsuit claiming that an Illinois senior living community failed to protect a lesbian resident from harassment, discrimination and violence from fellow residents because of her sex and sexual orientation...
New HHS division will allow discrimination against LGBT residents, advocates say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 19, 2018
Federal officials say a new division in the Department of Health and Human Services will protect the rights of healthcare workers who object to providing certain types of care on moral or religious grounds....
15 best ‘LGBT-friendly’ senior housing communities named
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 06, 2017
California and Florida dominate a new list of the top 15 senior housing communities deemed welcoming to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals.
New law creates LGBT ‘Bill of Rights’ for California assisted living, nursing home residents
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 10, 2017
A bill signed into law Oct. 4 by California Gov. Jerry Brown establishes a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Long-Term Care Facility Residents’ Bill of Rights to protect LGBT older adults in...