LGBTQI+ OLDER ADULTS: VOICES FROM THE COMMUNITY

All sessions are listed in Eastern Time. 

Symposia

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  • Time: -
  • Track: Clinical Practice
  • CME/CE: 1.0
  • Q & A: Chat

Moderator: Noelle Marie Javier, MD
Sponsored by the LGBTQ Special Interest Group & the AHEAD Special Interest Group

This program is based around lived experience of LGBTQI+ community members, exploring past trauma, health care experiences of discrimination and minority stress across the life span to educate current providers on caring for this population. Learning Objectives: (1) explain how historical experiences of the older LGBTQI+ community have influenced current interactions with health care; (2) identify health care disparities that have been faced by the LGBTQI+ community; (3) analyze the importance of affirming and trauma informed care to LGBTQI+ older adults; and (4) create an affirming environment inclusive of LGBTQI+ older adults.

LGBTQI+ Older Adults: Voices from the Community
Noelle Marie Javier, MD
Panel Discussion: LGBTQI+ Older Adult Perspective and Lived Experience
Jude Patton & Mia F. Yamamoto, JD, Paulette Martin