Windward Life Care has just received another feather in its cap in time for Pride Month. San Diego County’s premier aging services firm has earned a Silver Level certification with SAGECare, enhancing Windward’s ability to support the needs of the county’s LGBT community. “LGBT older adults are an underserved population. Many people do not have family to support them or Read More
June is Pride Month, a time to celebrate diversity and shine a light on the ways we can better serve the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. More than 2.7 million adults in the United States over the age of 50 identify as LGBT, and it’s expected that this number will double in upcoming Read More
Americans are living longer than ever before, so it is natural that more focus is being placed on caregiver support for aging adults. Older adults across the United States share many of the same health conditions and caregiving needs, but unique concerns need to be addressed for those in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Read More
AARP has determined that more than 40 million Americans are unpaid caregivers. Currently, 1 in 4 of these caregivers are Millennials, individuals born between about 1980 and 2000. Those they care for include their elderly or disabled parents and grandparents. As their Baby Boomer and Generation X relatives age, the number of millennials providing unpaid Read More
June is Pride Month, which is a great time to celebrate diversity and evaluate how we can better support equality for all older adults. We’d like to highlight an important topic: how discrimination affects the LGBTQ population living in senior living settings, and what needs to be done to fix this problem. Problems in Senior Read More
Congratulations to our Aging Life Care Managers who recently passed their Care Manager Certification (CMC) exam. Jill Bansberg, MSW, Denise Callas, RN, and Janai Quintana, MSW just received their CMC designation from the National Academy of Certified Care Managers which is also recognized by the Aging Life Care Association®. Care managers applying for the Care Read More
In honor of Pride in San Diego this month, we’d like to discuss a topic of concern in the community: providing the support that is needed for aging LGBTQ adults. It is estimated that the population of LGBTQ adults in America over the age of 65 will double by 2030, reaching a level of more Read More
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals acting as caregivers share many of the same challenges as all family caregivers, but they also have some unique needs. A study conducted in 2015 by the National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP found that LGBT-identified caregivers make up 9% of the 34 million Americans providing unpaid care to Read More