Staff members of senior living and other long-term care providers who receive state funding will be required to honor resident rights and complete cultural competency training focused on sexual orientation and gender identity outlined in a new civil rights law signed Wednesday by New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy.
Elder advocacy organizations said Thursday that they welcomed an announcement by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that it now interprets the Fair Housing Act to bar discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
The leader of a St. Louis continuing care retirement community said Thursday that he is pleased that a federal sex discrimination suit against the community has been resolved.
SAGE is going virtual this year with its elder housing symposium, offering workshops and learning sessions highlighting the challenges faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender older adults.
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A coalition of 23 state attorneys general are suing the Trump administration over a new rule they say allows healthcare discrimination targeting LGBTQ+ individuals, including those living in residential care settings.
Tim R. Johnston, Ph.D., senior director of national projects for LGBT elder advocacy organization SAGE, spent a year and a half working on his new book, “Welcoming LGBT Residents: A Practical Guide for Senior Living Staff.” He recently answered some questions for me about the book and its subject matter as well as his work at SAGE.
A first-of-its-kind equality index is moving into Phase 2, providing senior living and other long-term care providers with a self-assessment tool to evaluate how well they are including and welcoming to LGBTQ residents.
Senior living operators would be well advised to heed two recent developments on the labor-relations front. One is a landmark ruling; the other is a sleeper settlement.
Senior living organizations are applauding Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that existing federal law forbids job discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation of transgender status.
