Research Catalog

Title

Midlife and older LGBT adults : knowledge and affirmative practice for the social services / Ski Hunter.

Author

Hunter, Ski.

Publication

New York : Haworth Press, ©2005.

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Details

Description

xi, 245 pages; 23 cm

Summary

Reviews various life arenas in which midlife and older LGBT persons live and issues with which they cope, and provides an overview of practice issues.

Subject

• Middle-aged sexual minorities
• Older sexual minorities
• Social work with gay people
• Aging
• Middle-aged gay people
• Older gay people
• Aging
• LGBTQ+
• Older gays
• Middle-aged gays
• Middle-aged sexual minorities
• Older sexual minorities
• Social work with gays
• Older queer people
• LGBTQ+ older people
• Homosexuel
• Service social
• Personne âgée
• Lesbienne
• Bisexuel
• Transsexuel
• Vieillissement
• Minorité sexuelle

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-238) and index.

Contents

Introduction -- The studies -- Numbers of midlife and older LGBT persons -- When does midlife or older age happen? -- Historical contexts -- The turning point of Stonewall -- The HIV/AIDS epidemic -- Finding out who one is and telling others -- Concepts, identities, and terms -- Gender and sex -- Sexual orientation -- Sexual identity -- Unsettled terminology -- Other terms -- Summary -- Coming out and disclosure -- Coming out and stages of the process -- Coming out in midlife and later -- Disclosures -- Family of origin -- Racial and ethnic families -- Disclosures to marital partners -- Disclosures to children -- Disclosure management -- Summary -- Life arenas -- Education, work, and community participation -- Education and work -- Community development and participation -- Benefits of community involvement -- Social services -- Summary -- Family links -- Older parent-child links -- Special roles in one's family of origin -- Chosen families -- Friends -- Couples -- Midlife and older lesbian and gay couples -- Duration of links -- Summary -- Positives versus downturns -- Positives -- Positives for older lesbian and gay persons -- Positives in midlife -- Summary -- Downturns of aging -- Psychological issues -- Loss and bereavement -- Economics and housing issues -- Health care system -- Summary -- Changes in diagnostics, treatments and human services -- Battles and victories -- Oppressive treatments of lesbian and gay persons -- The new affirmative practice -- Human services today -- Ongoing heterosexist attitudes in practice -- Requirements of practitioners and social services agencies -- Affirmative environment, language, and questions -- Summary -- Overview of practice issues with midlife and older LGBT persons -- Issues lesbians may experience at midlife -- Issues gay persons may experience at midlife -- Issues that older lesbian and gay persons may experience -- Practice principles for working with older lesbian and gay persons -- Summary -- Practice issues: coming out and disclosures -- Coming-out issues for lesbian and gay persons -- Coming-out issues for bisexual persons -- Coming-out issues for transgender persons -- Disclosures -- Summary -- Couples and families -- Issues involving internalized oppression -- Issues involving identity development and disclosure -- Benefits of social support -- Legal protections in the event of serious illness, death or breakups -- Issues experienced by couples with bisexual members -- HIV/AIDS families -- Summary -- Group and community practice with older lesbian and gay persons -- Models for services -- Community organizing on behalf of older lesbian and gay persons -- Use of social services -- Summary.

ISBN

• 0789018357
• 9780789018359
• 0789018365
• 9780789018366

LCCN

2004012742

OCLC

• ocm55597173
• 55597173
• SCSB-14689197

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library