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National Resource Center on LGBT Aging

About Our Training Curricula

At the National Resource Center on LGBT Aging, we often hear from organizations that work with older adults (and LGBT organizations who work with non-aged populations) that they are open to working with LGBT clients but are not sure of how to provide the best possible services. Sometimes organizations unintentionally make assumptions about LGBT older adults that can inhibit the quality of services, resulting in LGBT older adults being excluded or fearing less-than-equal treatment.

To address these issues, the National Resource Center on LGBT Aging, under the project lead of PHI in collaboration with seven other training partners, developed four separate 4-hour trainings: two for aging services providers and two for LGBT organizations. We offer your agency these trainings free of charge, to all levels of staff and volunteers, to assist you in learning the best ways to create an inclusive, safe and welcoming environment for your LGBT older adult population.

Topics covered in the training curricula include:

  • Culture, needs, and concerns of LGBT older adults
  • Why LGBT older adults are less likely to access health and social services
  • Best practices, policy and practice areas for increasing inclusiveness and safety for LGBT older adults
  • Tools and education to better serve the LGBT older adults who currently access your services, or who are in need of your services.
  • Health disparities between LGBT older adults and those who are not LGBT
  • Exploring judgments and assumptions, myths and misinformation about HIV and AIDS
  • Recognizing that individuals are entitled to their own diverse opinions and beliefs, and that their actions and behaviors must be consistent with workplace expectations in relation to inclusion and safety for LGBT constituents

For more information, download a flyer on training for aging providers or for LGBT organizations.


Request a free training for your agency here.

Find a certified NRC trainer by state here.

Training Resources from Across the Country

Training to Serve
Providing training and education to service professionals on the unique needs of LGBT elders.

Project Visibility
Provides training to professional service care providers and to friends and family of LGBT elders who may need long-term care.

CJE: Understanding and Caring for LGT Older Adults
From CJE SeniorLife, "Understanding and Caring for LGT Older Adults" is an interactive training system that sensitizes frontline direct-care workers in the field of aging to the unique needs and concerns of this group.

Gen Silent and A Caring Response
The only curriculum that incorporates scenes from the critically acclaimed documentary, Gen Silent with exercises designed by leading experts on LGBT aging cultural competency. In a 1-4 hour course participants develop solutions to the real-life issues facing the LGBT older people who are presented on screen.
“On behalf of the staff of CCCI, I wanted to warmly and enthusiastically thank you for your excellent presentation on LGBT Aging here at CCCI. I believe that this presentation made a real impact on the attendees and I think positive changes in our care management practice will follow as a result. We can't thank you enough!”

Julie B. Follo, RN, MSN, CMC, Educational Services Supervisor, Connecticut Community Care, Inc.


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