Making LGBTQ+ aged care better: new project underway

A first-of-its-kind study will investigate how Australia’s burgeoning aged care sector can enhance service delivery to cover a wider demographic of gender and sexual diversity.

Led by Southern Cross University’s Professor Mark Hughes, the Co-creating rainbow-inclusive care for gender and sexually diverse people in residential aged care research project is set to break new ground by developing a best-practice inclusive model.

The five-year, $999,533 study is funded by the Australian government through the Medical Research Future Fund’s Models of Care for Sexuality and Gender Diverse People and People with Innate Variations of Sex Characteristics Grant.

Southern Cross University will collaborate with four other major Australian universities, residential aged care providers, peak aged care and LGBTQ+ organisations, and the LGBTQ+ community.

Learn more about the project and the project partners (PDF): Rainbow inclusive aged care project