Acceptance in the Domestic Environment: The Experience of Senior Housing for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Seniors

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 57, Issue 2-4, 2014, Pages 235-250

  Sullivan, Kathleen M ^a  

^a LOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

aging in place; LGBT populations issues; qualitative; senior housing; support networks

Indexed keywords

AGED; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOMOPHOBIA; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LESBIANISM; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRANSGENDER; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOMOPHOBIA; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRANSGENDER PERSONS;

EID: 84900491733     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01634372.2013.867002     Document Type: Article

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