Long-Term Care Equality Index proceeds to next phase
Now is the time to allay fears and leave no doubt in the minds of current and prospective LGBTQ residents that they will be treated well.
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Stepping up to provide person-centered care to LGBT seniors
Aging services organizations still have a long way to go in addressing the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender older adults. Thankfully, many resources exist to help.
LGBTQ-supported senior housing project announced in Boston
A former school building in Boston will be converted to 74 income-restricted rental units for LGBTQ adults aged 62 or more years, along with gallery space, an arts studio, community gardens and recreational space.
An expensive way to offer career advice
Having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day? John Saracino probably has you beat.
LGBT-friendly independent living building to open in Houston
Ground was broken Aug. 6 in Houston for the Montrose Center’s Law Harrington Senior Living Center.
New law prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity
Assisted living communities are prohibited from discriminating against residents on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity under a bill signed into law by Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker.
Taking pride in LGBT-friendly communities
Watermark Retirement Communities said is the first nationwide senior living company to pursue the top-level SAGE Platinum credentials for all 58 of its communities. Learn more, and find out how to submit your photos!
Healthcare, civil rights groups join states in suing federal government over ‘conscience rule’
Lambda Legal, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the “conscience rule” issued earlier this month by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights.
23 states, cities, municipalities sue federal government over ‘conscience rule’
A coalition of 23 states, cities and municipalities filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the federal government for a final rule that allows individual healthcare workers as well as healthcare organizations to decline to provide care that conflicts with their religious and moral beliefs or mission.
HHS says new rule allows healthcare workers, organizations to honor religious and moral principles in care provision
Individual healthcare workers as well as healthcare organizations can decline to provide care that conflicts with their religious and moral beliefs or mission under a final rule issued Thursday by the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights. Some fear the rule could lead to discrimination against LGBT individuals.
