Elder Abuse in the LGBT Community

Gutman, Gloria; Robson, Claire; Marchbank, Jennifer

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-25093-5_11

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“…The abuse of older people is generally under-researched [67] especially in relation to those from minority groups [68]. There is very little research in relation to older LGBTQ people and abuse [69][70][71][72][73][74]. Although there is a growing body of research on LGBTQ intimate partner violence [62,63,[75][76][77][78] this primarily focuses on younger people, with, little research involving older LGBTQ people.…”

Section: Neglect and Acts Of Omission Includingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…LGBTQ people are at increased risk of abuse due to heightened marginalisation associated with both ageing [57,[86][87][88] and sexual orientation and/or gender identity [66,70,74].…”

Section: Neglect and Acts Of Omission Includingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Gay and bisexual men ageing with HIV often experienced associated stigmatised rejection both in earlier adulthood and in later life [96]. LGBTQ people have also experienced abuse later in their lives in the workplace, in social and familial contexts, in intimate relationships and in religious contexts [62,63,66,70,74].…”

Section: Neglect and Acts Of Omission Includingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Older LGBTQ People and Religious Abuse: Implications for the UK Regulation of Care Provision in Later Life

Westwood,

Hafford-Letchfield,

James

2024

OBM Geriatr

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Research suggests health, social care, and social work professionals who are highly religious, and adhere closely to traditional doctrine, are more likely to take a negative view of LGBTQ people. This includes those who provide services to older people. Negative attitudes towards lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and/or queer (LGBTQ) people can translate into poor care and even abuse. This commentary discusses recent literature on older LGBTQ people’s experiences of religious abuse. It highlights the concerns among many older LGBTQ people about care from religious based providers where religion becomes a factor leading to abuse, associated with microaggressions, psychological abuse, harassment, discriminatory abuse, neglect, and poor care. Even though only a minority of religious care providers may hold negative attitudes towards LGBTQ people, and even fewer may allow this to inform poor/abusive practice, this is nonetheless an area of concern and merits further investigation. All care providers, including those with strongly held religious beliefs, should deliver equally good, affirmative, non-abusive care to older LGBTQ people, and to LGBTQ people of all ages.<strong>Key words</strong>LGBTQ; religious care providers; abuse; adult protection; equality and human rights; law

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Section: Neglect and Acts Of Omission Includingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…LGBTQ people are at increased risk of abuse due to heightened marginalisation associated with both ageing [57,[86][87][88] and sexual orientation and/or gender identity [66,70,74].…”

Section: Neglect and Acts Of Omission Includingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Neglect and Acts Of Omission Includingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Older LGBTQ People and Religious Abuse: Implications for the UK Regulation of Care Provision in Later Life

Westwood,

Hafford-Letchfield,

James

2024

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“…Elder abuse faced by 2SLGBTQI older adults remains an understudied area, while elder abuse prevention efforts have begun to recognize the need to better serve and address the situations of 2SLGBTQI communities. Further research is needed to build on existing knowledge and resources (e.g., Gutman et al, 2020; Pang & Rideout, 2022; Robson et al, 2018), including in Canada, to increase understanding of 2SLGBTQI older adults’ situations and needs, and to identify prevention and support strategies. In collaboration with Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario, in 2022, we held a community conversation event focused on elder abuse and financial abuse in 2SLGBTQI communities and published an open-access brief that highlighted existing research, reported back on event findings, and provided resources geared towards 2SLGBTQI older adults (Pang & Rideout, 2022).…”

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Social determinants of mental health and care access among 2SLGBTQI people: Highlights from community-engaged research.

Desmeules-Trudel,

Jakubiec,

Maclennan

et al. 2023

Canadian Psychology / Psychologie canadienne

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lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, and intersex (2SLGBTQI) people often have difficulties accessing mental health care services. As a result, research has shown health disparities among these populations. In this article, Egale Canada, the recipient of the Canadian Psychological Association 2022 Humanitarian Award, presents research projects focused on the social determinants of mental health. Through this work, we encourage researchers and practitioners to adopt a holistic view of 2SLGBTQI mental health and to work towards ensuring better access to mental health services.

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“…Our literature review at that point revealed a paucity of research on the topic, although growing interest in the topic was subsequently demonstrated by the many requests the researchers and production team received for copies of the materials produced (which were distributed free of charge) and for trainings and workshops. There has been strong readership (currently over 1500 reads) of our article describing the project [9], and the team received a request to contribute a chapter to Phelan's book, Advances in Elder Abuse Research, which we duly provided [10]. As we continued to reflect upon this initial project and its outcomes, we concluded that the next step might be to interview GSM individuals with lived experience of elder abuse, with a view to publishing their stories in a book that might be accessible to practitioners and lay people as well as academics.…”

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confidence: 99%

The Indigo Project: Participatory Action Research with Gender and Sexual Minority Survivors of Elder Abuse

Robson,

Marchbank,

Gutman

2024

OBM Geriatr

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Though research suggests that older adults belonging to gender and sexual minorities (GSM) are at greater risk of abuse and neglect, more needs to be done to investigate this situation, provide solid data, offer support to survivors and better inform those providing services. This article reports on a participatory action research project in which nine older adults with lived experience of abuse were interviewed, as were the seniors’ programmer from our community partner organization and a trauma counsellor who supported our participants throughout the project. Participants were interviewed at least twice, often more, and the resulting interview transcripts were edited with the help and consent of the participant concerned, to form narratives which were content-analyzed.<em> </em>The goals of the project were to raise awareness of the underreported issue of abuse of elder GSM individuals, to consider how elder abuse might both differ and look the same as it does in the mainstream population, and to offer mental health supports and safe spaces for healing for our participants. This deep dive into lived experience illuminates how homophobia and transphobia (both historic and contemporary) play out in subtle and complex ways. We conclude with recommendations for researchers and care/service providers.

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Elder Abuse in the LGBT Community

Cited by 7 publications

References 16 publications

Older LGBTQ People and Religious Abuse: Implications for the UK Regulation of Care Provision in Later Life

Older LGBTQ People and Religious Abuse: Implications for the UK Regulation of Care Provision in Later Life

Social determinants of mental health and care access among 2SLGBTQI people: Highlights from community-engaged research.

The Indigo Project: Participatory Action Research with Gender and Sexual Minority Survivors of Elder Abuse

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