Providing Services to LGB Older Adults: Tips for SMP Staff and Volunteers
Publish date: 2013Source: SAGE, Empowering Seniors to Prevent Healthcare Fraud
Topics: Health Care
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Lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB)* older people are often a forgotten population when it comes to services aimed at older people, because such services do not always consider a person’s sexual orientation. Therefore, it is critical to reach them with the information they need to protect, detect and report Medicare fraud and abuse.