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LGBTQ+ UK retirement living: Discover the options
Posted by Rachel Bashford
This article will give you the latest on:
- What LGBT retirement options are there in the UK?
- How advanced are other countries in creating LGBT retirement living?
- The future of flexible and personalised retirement living choices.
- Where can you hunt for individualised retirement living?
What LGBT retirement living options are there in the UK?
The latest information () from the ONS (Office of National Statistics) reported that an estimated % of the UK population aged 16 and over identified as lesbian, queer or bisexual in , exhibiting a rise from % in
Interestingly, the study also revealed that, for the first moment in reported statistics, there had been an increase in the number of overs identifying as LGB, up from % of this age category in to % in
Noting the changes in societal attitudes, the ONS explains the data change as being influenced by a greater acceptance in society towards people expressing different sexual identities.
In authenticity, these altering attitudes are start to filter
LGBT Inclusion In Senior Living Communities Project
Capitol Hill Village is far from the first organization to realize the importance of the needs of LGBT+ elders. Below are a variety of studies and papers that delve into the unique needs and circumstances of LGBT+ elders and potential solutions for the issues they face.
LGBTQ State of Aging
This report provides an overview of key findings from a study conducted by SAGE and University of Nevada, Las Vegas. This study targeted LGBTQ elders living in rural areas, BIPOC LGBTQ elders (Black, Indigenous, and people of color), TGNB elders (Transgender and/or Nonbinary), low income LGBTQ elders, and LGBTQ elders with disabilities.
AARP Dignity Report
This report by AARP complies the experiences of LGBT+ people 45 years and older such as physical and mental health needs, homeownership rates, monetary needs, and much more.
Sodexo
This report issued by Sodexo explores the need for and the usefulness of DEI and Cultural Competency training regarding LGBT+ older adults in care facilities.
Stories
Many Lesbian, Gay, Attracted to both genders, and Transgender (LGBT) elders report earnest concerns about aging and retirement, according to the ngo group Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE).
For years, LGBT retirees have suffered indignities during their final years. For example, same-sex partners have been denied the opportunity to share the identical room, staff members who personally protest to homosexuality contain treated LGBT elders insensitively, and finances and benefits normally given to heterosexual partners have been withheld from surviving same-sex partners. Many seniors feel they need to move back into the closet when they enter the senior care system.
The loneliness and isolation that can accompany aging are often compounded by discrimination and the fact that LGBT people are less likely to have children and may be ostracized by their families.
While the situation has improved in recent years, there is still a request for supportive retirement communities for LGBT people. Here are the LGBT-focused retirement communities and homes that are currently operating in the United
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The Stonewall riots that marked the beginning of the latest gay rights movement erupted in , more than 55 years ago, and yet so much of LGBTQ life is uncharted territory.
That includes finances, aging and retirement. The impairment of so many male lover men from the AIDS crisis robbed the collective, and the world, of so much, including role models and examples of how to manage the social, financial and physical effects of aging.
Many Gen Xers who were born during the Stonewall era are just now contemplating what retirement will represent for them, and the roadmap barely exists.
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Many of the boomers who came before them not only couldn’t live openly as they were, but for most of their lives, they lacked many of the legal protections and opportunities — in employment, housing, survivorship, marriage, children — that can facilitate a less stressful retirement.
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