Most nursing home social service directors lack training in working with lesbian, gay, and bisexual residents

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 814-831

  Bell, Stephanie A ^a,d   Bern Klug, Mercedes ^b   Kramer, Katherine W O ^c   Saunders, Jennifer B ^b  

^a E11 SSH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d Outreach and Community Organizer   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Bisexual; Gay; Heterosexism; Homophobia; Lesbian; Lgb; Nursing home; Older adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958065714     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00981389.2010.494561     Document Type: Article

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