Cargando…

Are Services Inclusive? A Review of the Experiences of Older GSD Women in Accessing Health, Social and Aged Care Services

The review aimed to examine the views and experiences of ageing gender and sexually diverse (GSD) women—a triple minority in relation to their age, gender and sexual orientation—in accessing health, social and aged care services. Eighteen peer reviewed articles identified from seven electronic datab...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Dune, Tinashe, Ullman, Jacqueline, Ferfolja, Tania, Thepsourinthone, Jack, Garga, Shirali, Mengesha, Zelalem
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7312223/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32485874
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17113861
_version_ 1783549682802229248
author Dune, Tinashe
Ullman, Jacqueline
Ferfolja, Tania
Thepsourinthone, Jack
Garga, Shirali
Mengesha, Zelalem
author_facet Dune, Tinashe
Ullman, Jacqueline
Ferfolja, Tania
Thepsourinthone, Jack
Garga, Shirali
Mengesha, Zelalem
author_sort Dune, Tinashe
collection PubMed
description The review aimed to examine the views and experiences of ageing gender and sexually diverse (GSD) women—a triple minority in relation to their age, gender and sexual orientation—in accessing health, social and aged care services. Eighteen peer reviewed articles identified from seven electronic databases in health and social sciences were evaluated according to predefined criteria and a thematic review methodology drawing upon socio-ecological theory was used to analyse and interpret the findings. Four major themes were identified from the analysis: “The Dilemma of Disclosure”, “Belonging/Connection”, “Inclusiveness of Aged Care” and “Other Barriers to Access Care”. In the dilemma of disclosure, older GSD women consider factors such as previous experiences, relationship with the provider and anticipated duration of stay with the provider before disclosing their sexual identifies. The review also revealed that aged care services lack inclusiveness in their policies, advertising materials, aged care spaces and provider knowledge and attitude to provide sensitive and appropriate care to GSD women. Overall, older GSD women experience multiple and multilevel challenges when accessing health, aged and social services and interventions are needed at all levels of the socio-ecological arena to improve their access and quality of care.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-7312223
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2020
publisher MDPI
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-73122232020-06-26 Are Services Inclusive? A Review of the Experiences of Older GSD Women in Accessing Health, Social and Aged Care Services Dune, Tinashe Ullman, Jacqueline Ferfolja, Tania Thepsourinthone, Jack Garga, Shirali Mengesha, Zelalem Int J Environ Res Public Health Review The review aimed to examine the views and experiences of ageing gender and sexually diverse (GSD) women—a triple minority in relation to their age, gender and sexual orientation—in accessing health, social and aged care services. Eighteen peer reviewed articles identified from seven electronic databases in health and social sciences were evaluated according to predefined criteria and a thematic review methodology drawing upon socio-ecological theory was used to analyse and interpret the findings. Four major themes were identified from the analysis: “The Dilemma of Disclosure”, “Belonging/Connection”, “Inclusiveness of Aged Care” and “Other Barriers to Access Care”. In the dilemma of disclosure, older GSD women consider factors such as previous experiences, relationship with the provider and anticipated duration of stay with the provider before disclosing their sexual identifies. The review also revealed that aged care services lack inclusiveness in their policies, advertising materials, aged care spaces and provider knowledge and attitude to provide sensitive and appropriate care to GSD women. Overall, older GSD women experience multiple and multilevel challenges when accessing health, aged and social services and interventions are needed at all levels of the socio-ecological arena to improve their access and quality of care. MDPI 2020-05-29 2020-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7312223/ /pubmed/32485874 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17113861 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
spellingShingle Review
Dune, Tinashe
Ullman, Jacqueline
Ferfolja, Tania
Thepsourinthone, Jack
Garga, Shirali
Mengesha, Zelalem
Are Services Inclusive? A Review of the Experiences of Older GSD Women in Accessing Health, Social and Aged Care Services
title Are Services Inclusive? A Review of the Experiences of Older GSD Women in Accessing Health, Social and Aged Care Services
title_full Are Services Inclusive? A Review of the Experiences of Older GSD Women in Accessing Health, Social and Aged Care Services
title_fullStr Are Services Inclusive? A Review of the Experiences of Older GSD Women in Accessing Health, Social and Aged Care Services
title_full_unstemmed Are Services Inclusive? A Review of the Experiences of Older GSD Women in Accessing Health, Social and Aged Care Services
title_short Are Services Inclusive? A Review of the Experiences of Older GSD Women in Accessing Health, Social and Aged Care Services
title_sort are services inclusive? a review of the experiences of older gsd women in accessing health, social and aged care services
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7312223/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32485874
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17113861
work_keys_str_mv AT dunetinashe areservicesinclusiveareviewoftheexperiencesofoldergsdwomeninaccessinghealthsocialandagedcareservices
AT ullmanjacqueline areservicesinclusiveareviewoftheexperiencesofoldergsdwomeninaccessinghealthsocialandagedcareservices
AT ferfoljatania areservicesinclusiveareviewoftheexperiencesofoldergsdwomeninaccessinghealthsocialandagedcareservices
AT thepsourinthonejack areservicesinclusiveareviewoftheexperiencesofoldergsdwomeninaccessinghealthsocialandagedcareservices
AT gargashirali areservicesinclusiveareviewoftheexperiencesofoldergsdwomeninaccessinghealthsocialandagedcareservices
AT mengeshazelalem areservicesinclusiveareviewoftheexperiencesofoldergsdwomeninaccessinghealthsocialandagedcareservices