| Description |
1 online resource (130 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; OVERVIEW; Gay and Lesbian Elderly: Historical Overview and Implications for Social Work Practice; PROGRAMS AND SERVICES; The Wisdom of Non-Heterosexually Based Senior Housing and Related Services; Playing BINGO with the Best of Them: Community Initiated Programs for Older Gay and Lesbian Adults; Staff Development for Working with Lesbian and Gay Elders; RESEARCH AND TREATMENT; Maturing Gay Men: A Framework for Social Service Assessment and Intervention; Realities and Hopes for Older Gay Males; CASE STUDIES |
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The Story of Carrie and Anne: Long-Term Care CrisisJim: Coming Out at Age Sixty-Two; Yvonne and Helen: Finding a Way to Trust; Index |
| Summary |
Social Services for Senior Gay Men and Lesbians is an important new reference that provides those in the helping professions with practical information on how to work with the older gay and lesbian population. Although older gays and lesbians are the same in many ways as their heterosexual counterparts, they have an extra "layer" of concerns that are unique to their sexual orientation, including "coming out" to family and medical professionals, fear of discrimination, isolation, and loneliness. This new book helps social service providers address these and other concerns of the aging homosexua |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317764212 |
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1317764218 |
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