Info event Queer in old age - Age(ing) in diversity - perspectives on LGBTIQ*-sensitive care

08.07.2024
2:30 pm

The event

For professionals from care facilities and all interested parties.

Venue

AWO Federal Association
Heinrich-Albertz-Haus
Bücherstraße 62/63

10961 Berlin

Topic

Due to more frequent childlessness or less support from the family of origin, many LGBTIQ* people are usually particularly dependent on professional elderly care services in old age. However, many LGBTIQ* people are sceptical about the conventional services offered by elderly care. If queer senior citizens are dependent on a care home, for example, they increasingly withdraw or even remain invisible. Their own identity is often kept hidden for fear of rejection. It is therefore hardly surprising that many employees of care and support facilities believe that they do not know any LGBTIQ* residents or customers and consequently do not provide any special services. Care facilities for the elderly should therefore create a good environment in which LGBTIQ* people can finally experience what they have sometimes been denied for decades: acceptance and equal treatment. Approaches are presented on how care facilities can prepare themselves accordingly for LGBTIQ* people and how LGBTIQ* people in need of care can find queer-sensitive care facilities and what they can expect there. 

The Programme.

Please register by 1 July 2024 at: nicole.kokelskiawoorg, 030 - 263 092 68

Organiser

AWO Federal Association e. V.
Blücherstrasse 62 - 63
10961 Berlin

and Gay Counselling Berlin gGmbH
Partner: Psychosocial Centre for Gays e.V.
Niebuhrstrasse 59/60
10629 Berlin-Charlottenburg

Registration required

Yes

Participation fee

No

Andreas from Queer Care

My name is Andreas and I live and work in Berlin. As a care counsellor, I get to know many people who are either in need of care themselves, care for relatives or work in the care sector. People often tell me how difficult it is to navigate the world of care as a queer person. With my experience as a social insurance employee, I help queer people in care on a voluntary basis to find information and support.

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