It is more than sex and clothes: Culturally safe services for older lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people

Australas J Ageing. 2015 Oct:34 Suppl 2:21-5. doi: 10.1111/ajag.12270.

Abstract

This paper outlines the development of culturally safe services for older lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people. It draws on a framework for cultural safety, developed in New Zealand which incorporates an understanding of how history, culture and power imbalances influence the relationship between service providers and Maori people. This has been adapted to the needs of older lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex Australians.

Keywords: LGBTI; cultural safety; gay; lesbian; trans.

Publication types

  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • Age Factors
  • Aging / ethnology
  • Aging / psychology*
  • Attitude of Health Personnel
  • Clothing*
  • Culturally Competent Care* / history
  • Culturally Competent Care* / organization & administration
  • Disorders of Sex Development / ethnology
  • Disorders of Sex Development / history
  • Disorders of Sex Development / psychology*
  • Female
  • Gender Identity*
  • Health Care Reform
  • Health Services Accessibility / organization & administration
  • Health Services for Transgender Persons* / history
  • Health Services for Transgender Persons* / organization & administration
  • Health Services for the Aged* / history
  • Health Services for the Aged* / organization & administration
  • Healthcare Disparities
  • History, 20th Century
  • History, 21st Century
  • Homophobia / psychology
  • Homosexuality, Female / ethnology
  • Homosexuality, Female / history
  • Homosexuality, Female / psychology*
  • Homosexuality, Male / ethnology
  • Homosexuality, Male / history
  • Homosexuality, Male / psychology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander / psychology
  • New Zealand
  • Professional-Patient Relations
  • Transgender Persons / history
  • Transgender Persons / psychology*
  • Transsexualism / ethnology
  • Transsexualism / history
  • Transsexualism / psychology*