LGBT Aging: Social Supports, Outreach, and Policy

Description: LGBT older adults have unique psychosocial needs, including differing social support networks, family structures, risk for isolation, and resiliency. This webinar, also presented in collaboration with SAGE, will summarize relevant research, and will familiarize health care providers and administrators with services and programs available to address these needs. The speakers will also explain how current policies affect the lives and health outcomes of LGBT older adults.

Date, Time: February 6, 2013, 2-3pm EST

Faculty: Hilary Meyer, JD, Director, National Resource Center on LGBT Aging, SAGE; and Manuel A. Eskildsen, MD, MPH, CMD, AGSF, Medical Director of Long-Term Care, Wesley Woods Center of Emory University 

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