Elder advocacy group SAGE and the Human Rights Campaign Foundation today are announcing plans for what they believe is the first-ever nationwide tool to assess how well senior living and other long-term care facilities are treating residents who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer.
New Orleans tops a list of the most LGBT-friendly cities for retirement released Tuesday by SeniorAdvice.
Bipartisan legislation reintroduced Wednesday in the Senate and the House of Representatives, if passed, would amend existing federal civil rights laws to explicitly prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in employment, housing, education, credit, federal jury service, public accommodations and the use of federal funds.
A recent court case decision takes aim at the heart of senior living, which is about connection, meaning and relationships.
A federal judge Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit against a Missouri continuing care retirement community that had been accused of discriminating against a lesbian couple by not allowing them to live there, writing that the district court in which she presides “has squarely held that ‘Title VII [of the Civil Rights Act] does not prohibit discrimination against homosexuals.’ ”
Wednesday was the “topping-off” ceremony for what officials describe as New York City’s first LGBT-friendly affordable senior housing building and the largest such development in the country.
A Missouri continuing care retirement community accused of discriminating against a married lesbian couple by denying them admission has asked a federal court to dismiss the case.
A senior living community in Illinois can be sued for failing to protect a resident from anti-gay slurs and other harassment, a federal appeals court has ruled.
Find or create support groups, and prepare for an increase in the number of residents with both cognitive impairment and HIV/AIDS. Those are two pieces of advice contained in a new issue brief for aging service providers about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and dementia from SAGE and the Alzheimer’s Association.
Workers at assisted living communities in Massachusetts will be required to undergo training on the prevention and elimination of discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity under a new law.
