{"id":478,"date":"2015-03-17T13:54:15","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T17:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.healthinaging.org\/blog\/?p=478"},"modified":"2015-03-17T13:54:15","modified_gmt":"2015-03-17T17:54:15","slug":"supporting-a-healthcare-culture-free-from-inequality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthinaging.org\/blog\/supporting-a-healthcare-culture-free-from-inequality\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporting a Healthcare Culture Free From Inequality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthinaging.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Speaker-Shega-Joseph1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-479\" src=\"https:\/\/www.healthinaging.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Speaker-Shega-Joseph1-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"Speaker-Shega Joseph1\" width=\"160\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.healthinaging.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Speaker-Shega-Joseph1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.healthinaging.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Speaker-Shega-Joseph1.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Joseph Shega, MD \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Director of Hospice\u00a0and Pallative Medicine Research<br \/>\nSection of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Department of Medicine<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">University of Chicago<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Chicago, Illinois<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m pleased to let our readers know about an important new position statement from the American Geriatrics Society focusing on equitable treatment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals subject to unfair discrimination in health care and society. The statement takes a look at current issues of prejudice due to age, sexual orientation, gender and other personal characteristics that can lead to stigma and discrimination\u2014even in health care. It makes recommendations for better and equal care in the following ways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Advocating policies for equal treatment<\/li>\n<li>Training for healthcare professionals on LGBT needs<\/li>\n<li>Raising awareness of the unique circumstances facing LGBT older adults<\/li>\n<li>Enhancing research supporting the above<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.healthinaging.org\/files\/images\/AGS.LGBT.Position.Statement.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">this infographic<\/a> and visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americangeriatrics.org\/press\/news_press_releases\/id:5418\" target=\"_blank\">AmericanGeriatrics.org<\/a> for the press release and the full position statement on how institutions, healthcare professionals, policy makers, and members of the public can help support a healthcare culture free from inequality.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">About the Author<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span>Dr. Joseph Shega is a geriatrician and the Chair of the American Geriatrics Society&#8217;s Ethics Committee\u2014the group that lead the effort for the development of the \u201cCare of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Older Adults\u201d statement.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joseph Shega, MD \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Director of Hospice\u00a0and Pallative Medicine Research Section of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine Department of Medicine University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois I\u2019m pleased to let our readers know about an important &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthinaging.org\/blog\/supporting-a-healthcare-culture-free-from-inequality\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthinaging.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthinaging.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthinaging.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthinaging.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthinaging.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthinaging.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":493,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthinaging.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478\/revisions\/493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthinaging.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthinaging.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthinaging.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}