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Across the country, budget shortfalls have put pressure on state Medicaid programs that pro­vide most publicly funded long-term service and supports.

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An unbefriended LGBT elder could end up with a guardian with whom the elder has no prior personal connection, and who may have little to no LGBT cultural competency or interest in protecting the...

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Sexual orientation relates to socioeconomic status, and the differences in this status directly impact the health and healthy aging trajectories of LGBT elders.

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LGBT older people are twice as likely to be single and live alone and four times less likely to have children.

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What events formed LGBT Gen Xers to make them unique, and what path lies ahead for this Sandwich Generation cohort?

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Alzheimer’s—a new view, an Openhouse/On Lok partnership helps LGBTQ elders, dementia risks for LGBTQ older adults, and the freeing fun of improv.

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"We’re applying a well-defined design thinking approach, one that has been widely adopted in the world of products, and one that puts the “user” of the program at the center of the design."

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Compared to older adult heterosexuals, LGBTQ older adults are more likely to report higher rates of several chronic conditions associated with dementia.

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ASA’s Healthcare and Aging Network (HAN) Leadership Council will celebrate OAM by offering a special series of presentations at the 2019 Aging in America Conference.

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Wellness is a simple, though multi-pronged, concept, which emphasizes a mission of connection.

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We have often heard from aging network providers who have some LGBT inclusion efforts in place, “How do we work with the heterosexual and cisgender peers of our LGBT older adults”?

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If you’re interested in the law and policy horizons for LGBT Elders, especially in the wake of the Masterpiece Cake Supreme Court decision, Aaron Tax (SAGE) and Murray Scheel (Whitman-Walker) have a...

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This engaging session will discuss the results of a needs assessment completed by Howard Brown Health to identify specific health and wellness concerns and service needs among older LGBTQ adults.

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What lies ahead for the burgeoning population of older adults that will need long-term care?

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Why won’t Americans, who are living longer lives, plan for their long-term care? And where are the policies for financing it?

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What lies ahead for the burgeoning population of older adults that will need long-term care?

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Most states have no state laws protecting LGBT people from discrimination.

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The Summer 2019 issue of Generations lays out the landscape of how rural America does and does not work for older adults—barriers to accessing services and scarce resources juxtaposed against life on...

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Nursing home suicides, what LGBTQ elders and immigrants share, the lives and legacies of America’s vets, helping hoarders and more…

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While professional eldercare is extremely important to society at large, and especially to LGBT older adults, it also is seriously undervalued in the United States.

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