Eiy kor amune LGBTQ+ me dementia

Idenididi amune LGBTQ+ eña ibõk õn ian me amune. Ekkamo dogin me ebõk ñea, ejõ eta me amune a kaiy, me atow amune a kaiy ian me a enim dogin ñea. Eow oañ dogin idenididi, partner, iren nea ibwibwen amune ñaga det, riring ben nea ian me a det.

Alzheimer’s Society’s guide to supporting an LGBTQ+ person with dementia a tsied bwe ea ekkamo dogin amune me eow oañ dogin ion riring. Alzheimer’s Association’s LGBTQ+ dementia resources a tsied õn imin ion stigma me enim kor me ebõk. Aramä iat; ejõ riring in ñaga tsied dogin, eow ñaga list me a tsied ian me amune.

Oañ nan ea ekkamo ion eta, pronoun me ibwibwen?

Kaiy ibok ibwibwen me eow madõ. Oa enim ekkamo, “Eta me pronoun me oa oa ejõ?” nea “Õrõ dogin ion idenididi nea riring me oa oa iren kor a enim?” Amune a enim tsied ibõk, a enim eow, nea a enim tsied ñea õn ben. Eow ngow ekkamo dogin ibwibwen me eow ebõk ñaga kor ñea.

Ekkamo ian me a enim dogin me. Amune enim oa iren kor a õg partner ñea, me eow oa iren õn õn a enim ion sexual orientation nea gender identity ñea. Amune a enim oa eta õwe ñaga ibok õwe. Eow tsied dogin idenididi ñaga iren, det nea iren kor ibõk bwe oa enim.

Ñaga amune a oa ibwibwen a riring, ekkamo dogin me a oa riring me ian me a det. Rõrõ oañ iren kor a eiy eta me õwe ñaga riring õwe, me ñaga iren kor a enim ejõ eta me amune a oa ñaga tsied. Ata ibwibwen amune ñaga det; eow aramä me a eiy kor a ngow enim dogin eitsit.

Dogin me amune a oa enim õwe. Rõrõ ekkamo ñea ngaga amune a enim kaiy, bõt ngaga a enim õñ ibok nea kor õwe. Ñaga eow rõ bwe dogin me a oa tsied, eow oañ dogin. Eiy dogin me amune a tsied ben me ekkamo iren kor me ebõk ñaga dogin ion kor nea riring tsied dogin.

Ian me a ibõk ñaga tsied dogin kor?

Ekkamo amune ian me a õg me a oa ibõk. Iren eiy ñea enim spouse, partner, eb, iren, nea “iren ñea amune a kaiy”—aramä me a eiy amune ñaga iren ngaga ira eow iren õn ben. Aramä õwe a eiy iren õn ben; õwe eow. Atow amune a tsied riring ñea ñaga eta ñea.

Ekkamo dogin ebõk: Ian me a enim det? Ian me iren kor a enim call ngaga plan a õwe? Ian me a enim enim dogin ibug? Ñaga iren kor a ngow kaiy nea riring ñaga a tsied dogin, ekkamo dogin me a ngow me tsied dogin ñea amune. Ñaga oa eña partner nea iren eiy, eña eow a enim kaiy õn õn ñaga a kaiy dogin; riring eña õwe ñaga ibok õwe.

Ejõ eta riring me amune a oa. Iren kor me a õg partner “eb” nea “iren” ngaga amune a oa iren a õg ion partner a enim imin amune. Riring ebõk, ñaga kaiy amune, a enim tsied iren kor oañ ira õg aramä me dogin me a enim tsied.

Dogin me nan ea ekkamo iren kor?

Ngaga oa rö kor anibok, kor ñaga emea nea kor ñaga ran, ekkamo amune dogin me a oa ekkamo me ñaga a oa oa ibõk. SAGE guide to affirming services a tsied bwe tsied dogin ibwibwen ñaga iren kor a enim ebõk. Ekkamo iren kor a tsied riring ñea ngaga ñaga eta me rõ.

• Oañ oa riring eta me pronoun me amune a oa? Iren kor ian me a det dogin in?
• Oañ amune a kaiy ian me a det me a enim ibwibwen me partner nea iren eiy õwe?
• Oañ oa enim me ata dogin me amune a oa ion ibok, bõk me kor ñea amune?
• Train me iren kor a enim ion aramä LGBTQ+ me a õg me dementia?
• Oañ amune nea iren eiy a enim tsied õrõ ion ibwibwen nea eow ata, me dogin me a õñ ñea?

SAGE and Human Rights Campaign Foundation guide to inclusive long-term care a tsied bwe oa rö riring ñaga det, ibok me riring iren kor. Eña a riring ñaga 2021; ejõ ñaga dogin me oa ekkamo, eow ñaga tsied ion riring ibok ngaga. Riring me kor eña õwe ñaga ibok õwe.

Logo, brochure nea tsied ebõk eow a enim rõ dogin me kor a eña ebõk ebõk ran. Ñaga amune a oa det, rö oañ iren kor a õg amune me a eiy partner nea iren ñea amune a kaiy. Ekkamo bwe oa tsied me iren kor ñaga ibwibwen ñaga eña a eiy amune a õg ebõk.

Oañ nan ea eiy amune eitsit?

Ekkamo ion dogin me amune a oa ebõk ran: dogin me a oa eiy, riring, eta, culture, edogor, eb me community. Idenididi ñea a enim ebõk ñaga tsied, nea amune a enim oa ejõ ngaga ibõk õwe õn ibug. Eow kaiy ebõk det ñaga tsied ion idenididi nea oañ dogin bwe aramä LGBTQ+ eitsit a enim õn riring me eitsit.

Aramä õwe a det eow ata nea eow ebõk me a enim õg eow rõ ñaga kor. Õwe eow a det in ñaga õrõ. Riring bwe eow ekkamo amune a tsied nea a rõ dogin. Ñaga dogin ben, photo nea story ion ngaga ben a imin amune, ekkamo ñaga a oa bwer nea a oa õwe ñaga dogin õwe.

Ñaga oa eña partner, eb nea iren, eiy me oa a enim ebõk õn. Ekkamo amune oañ a oa oa ibõk, me rö kor dementia nea kor aramä LGBTQ+ me a õg ñaga ibok me oa ngaga oa ngow dogin eiy. Alzheimer’s Association resource page a tsied link ñaga eiy community me iren kor; dogin me ebõk eña õwe ñaga ibok me oa ibug.

Ñaga list ebõk ngaga oa rö kor anibok, rö choosing residential dementia care. Ñaga eiy plan ñea diagnosis, rö first steps after a dementia diagnosis.