An Introduction to LGBT Elders - Howard Brown Health Center

SLIDE 16MODULE1234So let’s talk about the attitudes of providers, the statistics from 1998 are themost recent in a larger scale study, although there have been more recent studiesthat say these statistics might be changing for the better. However, it remainsthat there are still concerns with provider attitudes and the ability to delivernon-judgmental care to their patients who fit into the LGBT population. This isillustrated by several cases:■ Nursing student survey: No nursing training required, 5 hrs. avg. for medicalschools. Surprising comments.■ GLAMA survey: Gay and Lesbian Medical Assn. mission to ensure equalityfor LGBT patients and providers.If a provider is making remarks about patients, what is unwritten is that they arealso making remarks about their own colleagues.Providers uncomfortable with the sexuality of older adults.REliason, M. J. (1998). Correlatesof prejudice in nursing students.Journal of Nursing Education. (37)1.27-29.Lambda Legal (2010). When healthcare isn’t caring. Retrived from http://data.lambdalegal.org/publications/downloads/whcic-report_when-healthcare-isnt-caring.pdfO’Hanlan, K. & Schatz, B. (1994). Antigaydiscrimination in medicine:resultsof a national survey of lesbian, gay, andbisexual physicians. Retrieved fromhttp://www.glma.org/_data/n_0001/resources/live/discrimination_in_medicine.pdf56Nurses Health Education About LGBT Elders : Teacher’s Guide16