LGBTI and Long-term Care Facilities: Creating Culturally Safe Care
“People can’t enjoy the later years of their life if they have to hide 90% of themselves, so it’s about ensuring their dignity and allowing them to live without fear,” says Ms. Samantha Edmonds, one of Australia’s leading LGBTI inclusive strategists, policy makers and influencers with extensive knowledge and experience in assisting ageing, aged care and health providers develop LGBTI inclusive services.
In this article she shares some of the work, and resources for work with LGBTI and older people to create culturally safe care.