Aging out: Improving the culture of long-term care for LGBTQ seniors

By Rebecca Ihilchik Picture this: you’re a personal support worker at a long-term care home. One of the residents, an elderly man with dementia, begins to show romantic affection for his male roommate, who is married to a woman. It dawns on you the resident has been closeted until now—but his actions are making both the roommate and his wife uncomfortable. What do you do? That’s the type of scenario Rabbi Sara Paasche-Orlow might use in a training session. The director of spiritual care at Hebrew SeniorLife in Boston, Massachusetts, Paasche-Orlow spearheads an initiative called Aging Out, which focuses on disseminating best practices in LGBTQ aging, health, and dementia care. Through specialized training for point-of-care, spiritual care, and other staff, the project

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