Learning to deliver LGBT+ aged care

exploring and documenting best practices in professional and vocational education through the World Café method

Trish Hafford-Letchfield (Author), Alfonso Pezzella (Author), Sandra Connell (Author), Mojca Urek (Author), Anže Jurček (Author), Agnes Higgins (Author), Sarah Lewis-Brooke (Author), Brian Keogh (Author), Nina van der Vaart (Author), Irma Rabelink (Author), George Robotham (Author), Elisa Bus (Author), Charlotte Buitenkamp (Author)

Abstract

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 communitybased 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 personcentred 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.

Keywords

LGBT+;ageing;education;health care;social care;best practices;World Café;co-production;BEING ME;European Union;

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Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2023
Typology:	1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:	UL FSD - Faculty of Social Work
UDC:	364.4-053.9
COBISS:	61380611
ISSN:	0144-686X
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Other data

Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary keywords:	staranje;izobraževanje;zdravstvo;socialna oskrba;dobre prakse;koprodukcija;Evropska unija;
Type (COBISS):	Article
Pages:	str. 105-126
Volume:	ǂVol. ǂ43
Issue:	ǂis. ǂ1
Chronology:	jan. 2023
DOI:	10.1017/S0144686X21000441
ID:	21172151