More than 15,000 nursing homes in the United States provide rehabilitative and skilled
nursing care to primarily older adults. Nursing homes originally served as homes for aging …

By 2060, there will be more than 5 million sexual and/or gender minority (SGM) older adults
aged 50+ living in the United States (Fredriksen-Goldsen & Kim, 2017). SGM is an umbrella …

Social research in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) aging is a rapidly
growing field, but an examination of the use of theory has not yet been conducted for its …

Transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) people experience disparities in mental
health when compared with non-TGNC sexual minorities and the general population. One …

Purpose: This study examined whether older age moderates the association between
gender-affirming medical treatment and quality of life (QOL) among transgender individuals …

Trans people experience social marginalisation, stigmatisation and violent oppression in US
society and worldwide. Given the importance of social capital for wellbeing, this study sought …

Objectives: Unidimensional measures of sexual and gender identity are most often used in
research. Yet, sexuality and gender are defined by complex characteristics. Guided by the …

The lives of transgender older adults are rarely examined, and little is known about the
critical life events and experiences of this population. Informed by the Iridescent Life Course …

This study investigates the relationship between discrimination and mental health in aging
transgender adults. Survey responses from 61 transgender adults above 50 (M age= 57.7 …

Older lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer (LGBTQ) individuals tend to live alone, mostly
without children and with scarce support from nuclear family members or biological kin …