Jipan̄ juon armij LGBTQ+ eo ej mour kōn dementia

Idento eo an juon armij LGBTQ+ ej juon wōt m̧ōttan eo an. Kajjitōk ta eo ej aorōk ñan e, kōjerbal naan ko ej kāālet, im kōtļo̧k bwe en make kāālet wōn eo emaron̄ jeļā meļeļe ko rejjab aolep armej rej aikuj in jeļā. Jab ļōmņak wōt kōn idento eo an juon armij, pād eo an, jipan̄ eo an jen baam̧le, ak kōņaan ko an kōn menōknōk jen an mejān, pepa ko rem̧okta, ak wōn eo ej loļo̧k.

Alzheimer’s Society’s guide to supporting an LGBTQ+ person with dementia ej rejaan̄ bwe jen kajjitōk kōn kōņaan ko an armij eo im jab ļōmņak wōt kōn jekjek ko an. Alzheimer’s Association’s LGBTQ+ dementia resources ej bareinwōt ba kōn inepata ko kōn jook im pukot jipan̄ eo ewaurok. Armij ro rej oktak; kōjerbal ļōmņak kein āinwōt men ko ñan jino juon kōnono, jab āinwōt juon laajrak eo ej kōmeļeļeik juon armij.

Wāween aō maron̄ kajjitōk kōn eta, pronoun, im menōknōk?

Kāālet juon iien im jikin eo ejjab epaake. Kwomaron̄ kajjitōk, “Ta eta im pronoun ko kwōj kōņaan bwe kōmin kōjerbali?” ak “Ewōr ke jabdewōt men kōn idento ak jekjek ko am̧ kwōj kōņaan bwe ro rej jipan̄ eok ren jeļā?” Armij eo emaron̄ uwaak jidik wōt, ba jab, ak bar ro̧o̧l tok tokālik. Kwojjab aikuj in kajjitōk kajjitōk ko rejjab aorōk ñan jipan̄ eo an.

Kajjitōk wōn eo emaron̄ jeļā ta. Juon armij emaron̄ kōņaan bwe ro rej jerbal ren kile pād eo an, ak ejjab kōņaan bwe baam̧le eo an eaetokļo̧k en jeļā kōn wōt eo ej iakwe ak rikaļooran ak idento in gender eo an. Juon armij emaron̄ bareinwōt kōņaan naan ko reoktak ilo jikin ko reoktak. Jab kwalọk meļeļe ko kōn idento ñan ro nukum, ro rej loļo̧k, ak ro rej jerbal kōnke kwojeļā wōt.

Ñe armij eo e kōņaan bwe juon kōņaan eo en je ilo pepa, kajjitōk ta eo en je im wōn eo en loe. Lale wāween an jikin jipan̄ eo kōjparok juon eta eo eoktak jen pepa ko jet, ekoba n̄e ro rej jerbal remaron̄ ke kōjerbal eta eo armij eo ej kōņaan ilo kōnono. Kejbarok menōknōk eo an; jab aolep ro rej jipan̄ rej aikuj in jeļā aolep meļeļe.

Kōņaan ko remaron̄ ukōt. Bar kajjitōk ñe armij eo emaron̄ kwalọk kōņaan eo an, elaptata mokta jen an em̧m̧akūt ak jino juon jipan̄ ekāāl. Ñe ejjab alikkar ta eo e kōņaan bwe en kwalọk, jab ļōmņak wōt. Loor jabdewōt kōņaan alikkar eo e kar kwalọke mokta, im kajjitōk jipan̄ jen juon ri-jipan̄ eo emālim ippān kajjitōk ko kōn maron̄ in jipan̄ ak tōre ko kōn kwalọk meļeļe.

Wōn eo en pād ilo kōnono ko kōn jipan̄?

Kajjitōk ippān armij eo wōn eo ej liki im kōņaan bwe en pād ie. Ro rej jipan̄ e remaron̄ koba juon pād, juon jerā erūtto, juon nukun, ak “baam̧le eo ej kāālet” — armij ro rej jipan̄ e āinwōt baam̧le mene rejjab nukun ilo bōtōktōk. Jet armij rej liki baam̧le eo aer jinoin, ro jet jab. Kōtļo̧k bwe armij eo en ba jekjek ko an ilo naan ko an make.

Kajjitōk kajjitōk ko rem̧m̧an: Wōn eo emaron̄ loļo̧k? Wōn eo ro rej jerbal ren kūr e ñe karōk ko rej oktak? Wōn eo emaron̄ bōk meļeļe ekāāl? Ñe juon jikin jipan̄ ej aikuj melim ak pepa mokta jen an kwalọk meļeļe, kajjitōk ta eo ej aikuj im kōmeļeļeik kāālet ko ñan armij eo. An juon armij pād ak juon rijipan̄ eo ej kāālet ejjab wōt kōm̧m̧an bwe en wor maron̄ in kōm̧m̧an bebe; tōre ko rej oktak ekkar ñan jikin.

Kōjerbal eta in jekjek eo armij eo ej kōņaan. Juon ri-jerbal in jipan̄ eo ej kūr pād eo an “jerā” ak “nukun” ñe armij eo e kōņaan bwe ren kile e āinwōt pād eo an emaron̄ kōm̧m̧an būrom̧ōj. Juon naan ekadu jidik, ekkar ñan melim eo an, emaron̄ ba ñan ro rej jerbal wāween aer ba eta in armij ro im ta meļeļe ko remaron̄ kwalọki.

Ta eo in maron̄ kajjitōk ippān juon jikin jipan̄?

Ke kwoj keidi jikin jipan̄ in jokwe, jipan̄ ilo m̧weo, ak jerbal in raan, kajjitōk ippān armij eo ta kajjitōk ko e kōņaan bwe en kajjitōki im n̄e e kōņaan bwe kwon pād ippān. SAGE guide to affirming services ej ba bwe kwalọk meļeļe ko make emaron̄ en̄jake āinwōt ejjab mourur. Kajjitōk ippān jikin jipan̄ eo bwe en kōmeļeļeik wāween jerbal ko an raan kein ilo naan ko realikkar.

• Wāween ami je juon eta im pronoun ko armij eo ej kōņaan? Wōn iaan ro rej jerbal emaron̄ lo meļeļe in?
• Wāween an juon armij maron̄ kāālet wōn eo emaron̄ loļo̧k im bōk iien menōknōk ippān pād eo an ak juon rijipan̄ eo ejjeļo̧k?
• Wāween ami ekkatak im kautiej kōņaan ko an armij eo kōn bo̧j, nuknuk, im jipan̄ ñan ānbwin?
• Ta katak eo ro rej jerbal rej bōke kōn rūtto ro re-LGBTQ+ im dementia?
• Wāween an juon rijokwe ak rijipan̄ maron̄ kwalọk juon inepata kōn menōknōk ak ejjab kautiej, im ta eo ej walọk tokālik?

SAGE and Human Rights Campaign Foundation guide to inclusive long-term care ej rejaan̄ bwe jen lale tōre ko rerāitōt kōn loļo̧k, bo̧j, im jerbal an ro rej jerbal. E ar je ilo 2021; kōjerbale ñan kajjitōk ko ñan kajjitōki, jab āinwōt juon ba kōn kakien ko rej jerbal kiō ilo jikin ko. Tōre im jerbal in jipan̄ ko rej oktak ekkar ñan jikin.

Juon kakōļļe, boklet, ak juon uwaak eaenōm̧m̧an ejjab maron̄ kam̧ool bwe jipan̄ eo ilo raan otemjej en āindein. Ñe armij eo e kōņaan loļo̧k, lale wāween an ro rej jerbal kūr e im uwaak ñan pād eo an ak ro rej jipan̄ eo ej kāālet. Kajjitōk bwe kwon kōnono ilo menōknōk ippān juon ri-jerbal ñe men in emaron̄ jipan̄ bwe armij eo en en̄jake mourur.

Wāween aō maron̄ jipan̄ aolepān armij eo?

Kajjitōk kōn men ko armij eo ej itoklimo ilo raan otemjej, jerbal ko an, kajin eo an, m̧anit eo an, tōmak eo an, ro jerā im jukjukinpād eo an. Idento eo an emaron̄ aorōk ñan kōnono kōn e, ak emaron̄ bareinwōt kōņaan bwe en kōjerbal iien eo ilo m̧ōttan ko jet ilo mour. Jab ukōt aolep iien loļo̧k ñan juon kōnono kōn idento ak jab ļōmņak wōt bwe aolep armij LGBTQ+ eaar wōr iien ko aer āinwōt juon.

Jet armij raar jelm̧ae jumae ak ejjab wāween kautiej im remaron̄ en̄jake lukkuun lale jipan̄ ko. Ro jet remaron̄ jab loe āinwōt juon inepata. Roñjak ilo ejjeļo̧k an kajjitōk bwe armij eo en kōmeļeļeik ak kam̧ool jabdewōt. Ñe juon kememej, pija, ak bwebwenato kōn iien ko remoot ej kōm̧m̧an būrom̧ōj, kajjitōk n̄e e kōņaan bōjrak ak ukōt kōnono eo.

Ñe kwe juon pād, jerā, ak nukun, jipan̄ ñan kwe ej bareinwōt aorōk. Kajjitōk ippān armij eo wāween an kōņaan bwe kwon pād ilo jipan̄ eo, im pukot juon doulul in jipan̄ kōn dementia ak rūtto ro re-LGBTQ+ ilo jukjukinpād eo am̧ ñe kwoj aikuj rejaan̄. Alzheimer’s Association resource page ej kwalọk jipan̄ ko ñan jukjukinpād im ro rej lale; ta eo ej pād ej ekkar ñan jikin eo kwōj pād ie.

Ñan juon laajrak eaetokļo̧k ke kwoj keidi jikin jipan̄ ko, lale choosing residential dementia care. Ñan jipan̄ in karōk tokālik jen an juon takto ba ej wor dementia, lale first steps after a dementia diagnosis.