Improving the health and wellbeing of lesbian and bisexual women and other women who have sex with women

Publisher: Public Health England Date: 2018 Country: England Pages: 37 There is evidence that lesbian, bisexual and other women who have sex with women (LBWSW) experience significant health inequalities, and specific barriers to services and support.LBWSW face complex and interconnected experiences of social disadvantage and barriers to being and flourishing as ‘who they are’ linked…

Diversity in care environments

Subtitle: Learning resource tool Publisher: International Longevity Centre UK Date of Publication: January 2022 Country: UK Pages: 16 This learning resource is intended to accompany the five podcasts from the DICE study – Diversity inCare Environments, a research project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. A furtherepisode, Part Six, is about the DICE…

Older bisexual people

Subtitle: Implications for social work from the ‘Looking Both Ways’ study Publisher: Journal of Gerontological Social Work Country: UK Pages: 15 There is a growing social work literature about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) older people. However, research and guidance are predominantly based on the experiences of older gay men and, to a lesser…

Dementia Equity and Rights

Publisher: AgeUK, et al Country: UK Pages: 56 (LGBT Chapter starts p45) This publication looks across all the protected characteristics and flags up issues where the risk and prevalence of dementia may vary for different groups and how access and provision of services must take into account the needs of particular groups. Minority groups often…