SAGE’s National Resource Center on LGBTQ+ Aging heard from LGBTQ+ centers across the country that they needed some practical tips on ways that they could make their centers and services available, accessible and welcoming to older adults. With that, we published the Age-Friendly Inclusive Servicesguide. With this tool, we provide a turnkey guide to LGBTQ+ organizations on how to open and welcome older adults to their communities and programs. We leveraged our core competency training curriculum for LGBTQ+ centers and also interviewed LGBTQ+ providers across the country on how they have successfully welcomed older adults into their settings. We added relevant quotes to the guide for credibility and an “on-the-ground” perspective.
Here are some of the features of this guide:
A historical timeline to understand how old someone born in the 1930s was when important events happened
Tips on how to use inclusive language/terms for older adults
Programming, marketing and outreach suggestions to reach older adults
Further resources and organizations dedicated to LGBTQ+ older adult services
