LGBT Aging and Long-Term Care Fairness Survey

NSCLC in partnership with other leading LGBT organizations are working to raise awareness of the issues facing LGBT older adults who live in nursing homes, assisted living facilities and other long-term care facilities.

The National Senior Citizens Law Center, Lambda Legal, the National Center for Lesbian Rights, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the National Center for Transgender Equality, and Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE), are working together to raise awareness of the issues facing older adults who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (“LGBT”) and live in nursing homes, assisted living facilities and other long-term care facilities. We hope to identify areas where policy changes will improve care, and to find other older adults, advocates and providers interested in these issues.

The survey is only 16 questions. It should take no more than ten minutes to fill it out.  The survey completely protects your confidentiality. (However, we are looking for volunteers willing to be interviewed, so please consider checking that box!)

Click here to fill out the survey or if you would like to fill out this survey manually, you can print it out from the link above and mail it to:

Nancy Arévalo
National Senior Citizens Law Center
1330 Broadway, Suite 525
Oakland, CA 94612

The deadline for the survey is extended to February 28, 2010.

Whether you are an older adult living in a long-term care facility or a family member, caretaker, social worker or friend, your answers to these questions will help as we work together to fight discrimination, abuse and neglect against LGBT older adults.  Specifically, you should fill out this survey if you are:

· A lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender older adult who lives or has lived in a long-term care facility;
· A caregiver of an LGBT older adult who lives or has lived in a long-term care facility;
· A family member or friend with knowledge of an LGBT older adult’s experience in a long-term care facility;
· A social worker or other helping professional who works with older adults.

Long-term care facilities include nursing homes, assisted living communities and senior living facilities.
Again, click here to fill out the survey.

If you have any questions, please contact Heather Wollin at: hwollin@nsclc.org.

Thank you so much,
Paul Nathanson
Executive Director, National Senior Citizens Law Center
On behalf of:  
National Senior Citizens Law Center
Lambda Legal
National Center for Lesbian Rights
National Center for Transgender Equality
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE)