Introduction: intersections of ageing, gender and sexualities

King, Andrew; Almack, Kathryn; Jones, Rebecca L.

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“…LGBT+ older people for a number of reasons may not have the expansive family networks of support as they enter old age when compared to people who do not identify as LGBT+ (Choi and Meyer, 2016; O'Reilly et al , 2018). This may lead to more loneliness and isolation, which has been associated with poorer mental and physical health and avoidance of accessing timely support (Frederick-Goldsen et al , 2013; King et al , 2017, 2019). Studies also indicate that their life stories and relationships are overlooked and undervalued when they interact with care services (Almack et al , 2010; Higgins et al , 2012; Westwood et al , 2015).…”

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“…Most importantly, diversification of intervention content and patient and public involvement in the design, delivery and evaluation of educational interventions could improve efforts and have a more sustained impact on LGBT+ ageing inequalities (Jurček et al , 2021). Further, LGBT+ older people do not form a homogenous group and have multiple and complex identities including, ethnicity, gender, disability, class, geographic location, religion and age (King et al , 2017, 2019). Intersectional approaches to understand how belonging to a number of different minority populations can lead to increased resilience and unique positive ways of being (Leonard and Mann, 2018; King et al , 2019).…”

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Learning to deliver LGBT+ aged care: exploring and documenting best practices in professional and vocational education through the World Café method

Hafford‐Letchfield¹,

Pezzella²,

Connell³

et al. 2021

Ageing and Society

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Substantial evidence on the adverse impact of ageing on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT+) populations through the lack of inclusive care services has highlighted the need for education and training of the health and social care workforce to enhance their skills, knowledge and capabilities in this area. We describe a cross-national collaboration across four European Union countries called BEING ME. This collaboration examined the current pedagogic environment within professional, vocational and community-based education to identify what is most valuable for addressing these needs. The World Café method enabled a process of structured learning and knowledge exchange between stakeholders resulting in: (a) identification of best practices in pedagogies, (b) generation of tailored co-produced educational resources, and (c) recommendations on how to improve the knowledge and capabilities of future care professionals in the area of LGBT+ affirmative practices. Combined with themes from the post-Café evaluation, our findings suggest that underpinning professional and vocational education with a person-in-environment perspective facilitates going some way to acknowledging the historical context of older LGBT+ people's lives. Addressing the unique needs of sub-populations within LGBT+ communities and setting these in the context of holistic and person-centred care may better enable the meeting of their unique diverse needs for ageing. Recommendations are made for learning and teaching strategies to support improved LGBT+ aged care.

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Learning to deliver LGBT+ aged care: exploring and documenting best practices in professional and vocational education through the World Café method

Hafford‐Letchfield¹,

Pezzella²,

Connell³

et al. 2021

Ageing and Society

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“…(We use the term LGBT with a plus (+) sign to signal inclusion of the wide diversity of sexual and gender identities, unless the paper being cited is focused on specific identities). Inequalities are compounded by the cumulative effects of lifelong exposure to prejudice, discrimination, criminalisation [ 6 ] and environmental factors nuanced by a wide range of intersecting identities, including socio-economic status, culture, race and ethnicity, disability and religion [ 7 ]. These unique circumstances impacting on ageing experience for LGBT+ people pose risks linked to minority stress [ 8 ] and stress adaptation in later life [ 9 ].…”

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Defining and researching the concept of resilience in LGBT+ later life: Findings from a mixed study systematic review

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Within the literature, resilience is described as either a trait, an outcome or a process and no universal definition exists. A growing body of research shows that older LGBT+ adults show signs of resilience despite facing multiple inequalities that negatively impact their health and social wellbeing. The aim of this review was to examine how resilience is defined in LGBT+ ageing research and how it is studied. A mixed-study systematic search of peer-reviewed research papers published before June 2022 was conducted using the electronic databases CINAHL, Embase, Medline, PsycInfo, Social Science Database and Web of Science. This resulted in the screening of 7101 papers 27 of which matched the inclusion criteria. A quality appraisal was conducted using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool. Findings show that papers often lack a clear definition of resilience and application of resilience theory within the studies, although many of the papers conceptualised resilience as either a trait, process or an outcome. However, resilience was rarely the primary focus of the studies and was researched using a variety of measurement instruments and conceptual frameworks. Given the socioeconomic disparities, diverse social relations, histories of discrimination and stigma, and acts of resistance that have shaped the lives of older LGBT+ populations, resilience is a topic of growing interest for researchers and practitioners. Clear definitions of resilience and application of resilience theory could help improve methods used to study the concept and lead to more robust findings and the development of effective interventions. Greater clarity on the concept of resilience could also broaden the focus of research that informs policies and practice, and support practitioner training in resilience and the particular experiences of older LGBT+ adults.

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“…A recent study also found that female staff in the private sector in Finland and Scotland experienced gendered ageism, as shown by comments concerning women’s roles, looks, sexual availability, possible pregnancy and menopause (Jyrkinen and McKie 2012 ). King et al ( 2019 ) argued that an intersectionality perspective may be helpful for comprehending the intersections of multiple structures of inequalities, including age and gender. Given the interlocking nature of age and gender systems, Krekula et al ( 2018 ) emphasized “the need to understand the powerful alongside the powerless” as a means of opening “a discourse of mutual shaping while recognizing the flexibility and the unfinished projects of creating differences” (p. 36).…”

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Age and gender relations on LinkedIn pages of global staffing agencies

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2022

Eur J Ageing

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This study investigates the ways in which age and gender play out on the LinkedIn pages of global staffing agencies through an intersectionality lens. A discourse analysis of 437 LinkedIn posts (including visual images, captions, and comments) was conducted. This study found that the corporate discourse of diversity shaped the ways that age and gender were represented. The portrayals of age and gender were found to create gendered specializations of labor and reproduce gender stereotypes; additionally, some workers were represented as disembodied clusters of attributes. The results of this study show the complex ways in which age and gender systems unfold, including two systems mutually reinforcing, gender/age system surfacing, and two systems dissolving. The findings suggest that diversity has lost its performativity as a concept, as its portrayals may not support disadvantaged groups gaining access to better employment opportunities. This study proposes that staffing agencies actively address intersectional disadvantages and foster a gender- and age-transformative change.

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Introduction: intersections of ageing, gender and sexualities

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Learning to deliver LGBT+ aged care: exploring and documenting best practices in professional and vocational education through the World Café method

Learning to deliver LGBT+ aged care: exploring and documenting best practices in professional and vocational education through the World Café method

Defining and researching the concept of resilience in LGBT+ later life: Findings from a mixed study systematic review

Age and gender relations on LinkedIn pages of global staffing agencies

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