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- Title
Sexuelle und geschlechtliche Vielfalt in der Altenhilfe – Intersektionale Perspektiven und die Relevanz von Situationen und Kontexten.
- Authors
Lottmann, Ralf
- Abstract
Background: There have been relatively few studies concerning gender and sexual identity in research on ageing and nursing or care. Non-heterosexual older people and those in need of care describe fears of rejection and the dependence on third parties in their use of health and social care services in old age. Objective: This article examines the question of how gender and sexual diversity can be respected in older adult social services. It focuses on the question of how sexual and gender identity become relevant in particular contexts and how these categories interact with other categories of identity. Material and methods: Qualitative data from the same sex and nursing in old age (GLEPA) research project with older lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*and inter* (LGBTI*) people in need of care or help are used. For the analysis, biographical case reconstructions are combined with an intersectional perspective. Results and conclusion: The analysis of the data shows how sexual and gender identities of older LGBTI* people are represented in differing contexts and depend on their experiences across the course of life. It also shows how specific strategies associated with these identity categories are developed and can be distinguished. Particularly in the act of personal care, the interplay between age, body and gender identity shows how the interviewees experience the normative and sometimes violent, structures of long-term care. Regarding sexual identity, the data show the continuing relevance of life situations and lifestyles for LGBTI* people into old age, demonstrating the importance of taking an intersectional perspective for person-centered care with older adults.
- Publication
Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie, 2020, Vol 53, Issue 3, p216
- ISSN
0948-6704
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00391-020-01704-7