Publications, Books and Films

Prepare to Care: A Planning Guide for Caregivers in the LGBT Community Found on the AARP website

LGBT Older Adults in Long-Term Care Facilities: Stories from the Field  Download at the National Center for Lesbian Rights website.

The Conversation Project Conversation Project offers guidelines and tools for initiating discussion on personal wishes for end-of-life care. www.theconversationproject.org

Film

Gen Silent (2011) follows the lives of six LGBT seniors living in the Boston area who must choose if they will hide their sexuality in order to survive in the long-term health care system.  If your local library carries the film you may be able to live-stream it using the app Kanopy.

Books

The Gift of Years: Growing Old Gracefully by Sister Joan Chittister

Women Rowing North: Navigating Life's Currents and Flourishing as We Age by Mary Pipher Bloomsbury Publishing (2019).   Written for women growing older but good reading for all older adults.

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