Westwood, Sue orcid.org/0000-0003-3875-9584, Hafford-Letchfield, Trish and James, Jemma (2024) Older LGBTQ people and religious abuse:implications for the UK regulation of care provision in later life. OBM GERIATRICS. 270. ISSN 2638-1311
Abstract
Research suggests health, social care, and social work professionals who are highly religious, and adhere closely to traditional doctrine, are more likely to take a negative view of LGBTQ people. This includes those who provide services to older people. Negative attitudes towards lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and/or queer (LGBTQ) people can translate into poor care and even abuse. This commentary discusses recent literature on older LGBTQ people’s experiences of religious abuse. It highlights the concerns among many older LGBTQ people about care from religious based providers where religion becomes a factor leading to abuse, associated with microaggressions, psychological abuse, harassment, discriminatory abuse, neglect, and poor care. Even though only a minority of religious care providers may hold negative attitudes towards LGBTQ people, and even fewer may allow this to inform poor/abusive practice, this is nonetheless an area of concern and merits further investigation. All care providers, including those with strongly held religious beliefs, should deliver equally good, affirmative, non-abusive care to older LGBTQ people, and to LGBTQ people of all ages.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2024 by the author |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > The York Law School |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 10 Jan 2024 13:10 |
Last Modified: | 02 Apr 2025 23:26 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.geriatr.2401270 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.21926/obm.geriatr.2401270 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:207441 |
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