1 The Fenway Institute , Boston, Massachusetts.
2 Simmons College , Boston, Massachusetts.
LGBT Health. 2016 Apr;3(2):109-15. doi: 10.1089/lgbt.2015.0019.
In Boston and Outer Cape, Massachusetts, we explored the expectations of lesbians 60 years and older regarding healthy aging and community importance.
Focus groups were conducted with participants after completing an anonymous demographic questionnaire. Thematic analysis was used to generate themes and identify how they varied by urban versus rural settings.
Group discussions focused on community, finances, housing, and healthcare. Primary concerns included continued access to supportive and lesbian communities as a source of resilience during aging.
Concerns about discrimination and isolation mirror themes found in national research. The study findings suggest a need for more research into the housing and transportation needs of lesbians approaching later life, with a focus on how those needs relate to affordability, accessibility, and proximity to social support and healthcare. These findings also suggest the need for substantial investments in strengthening the LGBT-related cultural competence of providers of services for the elderly.
在马萨诸塞州的波士顿和外岬地区，我们探讨了 60 岁及以上的女同性恋者对健康老龄化和社区重要性的期望。
在参与者完成匿名人口统计问卷后，进行了焦点小组讨论。使用主题分析来生成主题，并确定它们如何因城市与农村环境的不同而有所不同。
小组讨论集中在社区、财务、住房和医疗保健上。主要关注点包括在老龄化过程中继续获得支持性和女同性恋社区，以增强韧性。
对歧视和孤立的担忧反映了全国研究中发现的主题。研究结果表明，需要进一步研究接近晚年的女同性恋者的住房和交通需求，重点是这些需求与负担能力、可及性以及与社会支持和医疗保健的接近程度的关系。这些结果还表明，需要大量投资来加强为老年人提供服务的提供者的与 LGBT 相关的文化能力。
