by Diverse Elders | Jul 13, 2012
Robert Espinoza, Senior Director of Public Policy and Communications at SAGE, discusses the importance of including LGBT older adults in the Older Americans Act in this article published in Aging Today, the bimonthly newspaper of the American Society on Aging. Visit...
by Diverse Elders | Jul 13, 2012
Established in 1965, the Older Americans Act (OAA) is the country’s leading vehicle for funding and delivering supportive services to older people in this country. OAA holds enormous potential for millions of LGBT older adults, a population with profound needs...
by Diverse Elders | Jul 13, 2012
As the nation’s primary health insurance program for low-income individuals, Medicaid serves as the single largest payer of long-term care in the United States. Medicaid qualification rules include a series of “spousal impoverishment protections” that aim to...
by Diverse Elders | Jul 13, 2012
Studies have shown lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender older adults are less likely to access mainstream health care service providers, have health insurance, and seek treatment or care, putting them at greater risk for poorer overall health and developing...
by Diverse Elders | Jul 13, 2012
The National Academy on an Aging Society teamed up with SAGE to publish this edition of the Public Policy and Aging Report. There are a number of articles, with topics including the absence of research devoted to LGBT populations; the higher economic, health, and...
