LGBTI aged care project goes national
A pilot program, started by ACON and the National LGBTI Health Alliance and trains aged care workers in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) awareness, will soon go national.
The Aged Care Training Project, a program designed to provide better education, care and support for LGBTI people in aged care, will go national.
The Aged Care Training Project is designed to provide better education, care and support for LGBTI people in aged care, and to help aged care workers understand any difference between their personal values or beliefs.
The federal government has provided the funding to the National LGBTI Health Alliance, which will allow for state based organisations to conduct training for aged care workers until June 2016.
ACON has so far trained more than 120 aged care workers, and has another 30 sessions booked before December for training in New South Wales.
The training sessions define the LGBTI communities; explore the ageing experience for LGBTI elders; and also examine the importance of providing inclusive person directed care.
All groups will attend training sessions facilitated by ACON.
