Be anything but ordinary...
- Barbary Lane
Clinicians and Independent and assisted living care professionals need to understand how the experiences of LGBT elders aging and sometimes near end of life may differ from those of other older adults. This segment of an ongoing training will try to understand what issues are involved when caring for those LGBT elders.
Barbary Lane, a special independent living facility has invited Pacific Institute’s interns to create a therapeutic environment at their facility.
The objectives of this placement are:
- Learning the specific issues that affect the bio-psycho-social- emotional, and spiritual realms of LGBT seniors.
- Learn how to support in their different living situations the psychological and spiritual needs of the LGBT senior population.
- Understand new kinds of awareness as put forth by process-oriented and humanistic-existential psychology that can inspire attitude shifts in regards to cultural biases.
- Notice hidden dimensions in interactions with people from minorities and how race, gender, class, and culture impact our level of relationships and eventually our level of care.
- Learn effective ways to SEE people who are &ldqup;different” from us -including LGBT people, if so.
- Identify our cultural blinders and commit to the removal of them for the greatest good involved with our mission of caring for the elderly.
Pacific Institute has a proven track record of providing cutting edge mental health services and professional training on process-oriented, client-centered care that is revolutionizing the field of gerontology. In the last 15 years, the organization has provided cost-effective direct services to nearly 1,500 elderly, 300 family members, and trained 425 interns and caregivers in our unique mental health approach to aging. The Pacific Institute’s holistic approach to gerontological wellness is highly influential in the field of aging and residential care nationally, which have been recognized by the American Society on Aging for developing innovative programs for senior care, the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education for the innovative educational programs, and the California State Assembly for our cutting-edge work on aging issues, and the San Francisco Department of Public health for the quality of clinical training and direct services provided to the elderly and the mentally ill in the city of San Francisco.
More info on LGBT Senior Care Facts - click here.
More info on Barbary lane - click here.
