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'Everyday Advocates' for Inclusive Care? Perspectives on Enhancing the Provision of Long-Term Care Services for Older Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Adults in Wales.
- Source :
- British Journal of Social Work; Mar2017, Vol. 47 Issue 2, p409-426, 18p, 1 Chart
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- This paper centres on a neglected area of social work with older people--the social inclusion of older lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) adults in long-term care environments. The translation of equality law into the delivery of adult care services is a challenging endeavour for organisations, even more so in the morally contested terrain of sexual well-being. In this paper, we report findings from a mixed-methods study into the provision of long-term care for older adults who identify as LGB. Herein we present findings from a survey of care workers and managers (n = 121) and from focus groups with equality and LGB stakeholder representatives (n = 20) in Wales. Focusing on the current knowledge and understanding of staff, we suggest that affirmative beliefs and practices with sexual minorities are evident amongst care workers and managers; however, the inclusion of LGB residents needs to be advanced systemically at structural, cultural and individual levels of provision. There is a need for enhancing awareness of the legacy of enduring discrimination for older LGB people, for cultural acceptance in care environments of older people's sexual desires and relationships, and for a more explicit implementation of equality legislation. Social workers in adult care can advance this agenda. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ATTITUDE (Psychology)
CONCEPTUAL structures
DISCRIMINATION (Sociology)
FOCUS groups
INTERVIEWING
LONG-term health care
RESEARCH methodology
MEDICAL personnel
PROFESSIONS
QUESTIONNAIRES
RESEARCH funding
STATISTICAL sampling
SOCIAL integration
SOCIAL services
SOCIAL workers
LGBTQ+ people
OCCUPATIONAL roles
THEMATIC analysis
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00453102
- Volume :
- 47
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- British Journal of Social Work
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 122551073
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcv143