The Forgotten: Dementia and the Aging LGBT Community

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 845-857

  McGovern, Justine ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; conceptual papers; dementia; international topics; LGBT

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; BISEXUALITY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WORK; TRANSGENDER;

AGED; AGING; BISEXUALITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL WORK; TRANSGENDER PERSONS;

EID: 84927176198     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01634372.2014.900161     Document Type: Article

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