End of Life Decisions

SAGE's National LGBT Elder Hotline is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You can request to speak with someone in English or Spanish by calling 877-360-LGBT. MORE >

Little is known about what LGBT older adults think of, prepare for, and want for their end-of-life care experience. In order to fill the gap in knowledge, two researchers from Saint Louis University interviewed 17 LGBT individuals, 60 years and older. MORE >

This fact sheets discusses ways chaplains can provide spiritual support and resources to non-religious LGBT older adults. MORE >

This fact sheet explores the spiritual lives of LGBT elders through spiritual themes rooted in a person's search for meaning and purpose in life. MORE >

This fact sheet provides an understanding of how a history of trauma may impact end of life spiritual support for LGBT elders and suggestions for professional caregivers. MORE >

This article is a Q&A with Kimberly D. Acquaviva, author of LGBTQ-Inclusive Hospice and Palliative Care: A Practical Guide to Transforming Professional Practice. MORE >

This article discusses the importance of advance planning. MORE >

This publication is a guide to creating end-of-life documents with specific language that protects the interests of transgender individuals in having their gender identity and expression respected. MORE >

End of life planning article from the American Society on Aging blog. MORE >

Lambda Legal has prepared this toolkit, with information on creating wills, protecting your medical and end-of-life decisions, and more, so that you can take the power and create a more secure future for yourself and your family. MORE >

Natalie Chin from Lambda Legal Talks About Hospital Visitation Directives MORE >

Natalie Chin from Lambda Legal Talks About Health Care Proxies & Living Wills MORE >

Natalie Chin from Lambda Legal Talks About Funeral Directives MORE >

Natalie Chin from Lambda Legal Talks About Wills MORE >

This guide, with an easy to use legal form for all adults, is prepared by the American Bar Association. MORE >

Trusts and Estates attorney, Tom Sciacca, Esq., details the importance of estate planning in relation to New York State's passage of marriage equality. MORE >

Tom Sciacca, Trusts and Estates attorney, discusses the importance of marriage equality in New York State pertaining to end-of-life decisions and estate planning. MORE >

Las personas lesbianas, gay, bisexuales y transgénero (LGBT) de más edad que viven en centros de cuidado a largo plazo (y sus familiares y amigos) deben conocer sus derechos y las señales del maltrato. Este artículo delinea los tipos de discriminación a los que pueden estar sujetos las personas LGBT de más edad en centros de envejecientes, como también varias maneras de atacar el problema. MORE >

Tom Sciacca, Trusts and Estates attorney, discusses the importance of Advance Directives to the LGBT community. MORE >

Examples of what you need to put in writing to protect your financial, health care and end-of-life decisions. MORE >

Do you know your loved one’s health care and financial wishes? Talk about it now, so you can protect those decisions. MORE >

Lo que necesitas poner por escrito para proteger tus decisiones financieras, de cuidado de la salud y de fin de la vida. MORE >

Lambda Legal ha preparado esta guía para ayudarte a tomar el control, de manera que puedas crear un futuro más seguro para ti y tu familia. MORE >

This issue brief details how current estate and inheritance laws fail to recognize LGBT people's relationships, contributing to LGBT older adult's financial insecurity. MORE >

This one-click download through SSRN will take you to a law review article discussing estate planning for gay and lesbian elders. MORE >

Provides basic information about select areas of the law that are important to LGBT elders, especially individuals and couples who are age 55 and over. Note: This publication was created before the June 2013 US Supreme Court decision overturning Section 3 of DOMA, so some information contained herein may no longer be applicable. MORE >