National Resource Centre on 2SLGBTQI Aging

A ‘double hit’: The unique needs of 2SLGBTQI people living with dementia are going unmet in Canadian healthcare and social service systems

Post author By AJ Adams
Post date 16 May 2022

National Institute on Ageing

May 16, 2022

Press release for Egale and NIA report Coming Out and Coming In to Living with Dementia: Enhancing Support for 2SLGBTI People Living with Dementia and their Unpaid Carers.

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Tags Dementia, Health and Wellbeing, Press Release

Egale is Canada’s leading national organization for 2SLGBTQI people and issues. Egale aims to improve the lives of 2SLGBTQI people in Canada and to enhance the global response to 2SLGBTQI issues by informing public policy, inspiring cultural change, and promoting human rights and inclusion through research, education, awareness and legal advocacy.

National Institute on Ageing is a Toronto Metropolitan University think tank focused on the realities of Canada’s ageing population. It works to enhance successful ageing across the life course and to make Canada the best place to grow up and grow old.

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