Virtual CE Presentation: LGBTQ+ Aging 101
Right at Home Boston Metro West along with Maplewood at Weston and One Wingate Residences at Needham, present:
LGBTQ+ Aging 101: What You Need To Know About Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual ,Transgender, Queer and Questioning Older Adults
Mainstream aging service providers have limited knowledge of the psychosocial, cultural, and economic issues facing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning older adults and caregivers. This presentation introduces participants to the unique issues facing these invisible and underserved populations and provides models for programmatic initiatives, as well as practice skills for enhancing professional capacity to effectively serve LGBTQ+ older adults and caregivers. This presentation will take place on Wednesday, May 12th from 4:15 PM to 5:30 PM.
At the completion of the presentation you will:
- Identify at least 2 unique care concerns and aging challenges facing LGBTQ+ older adults and caregivers.
- List at least 2 innovative approaches to creating welcoming environments and programming for LGBTQ+ older adults and caregivers
- Describe how to replicate similar efforts in individual and organizational practice
This will be the fifth Zoom Virtual CE Presentation of 2021!!!
If you would like to attend this presentation, please RSVP no later than Monday, May 10th at 5pm to Bob@rahbostonmetro.com. You will need to include your name, email, phone, SW/RN and license number to be eligible to register and qualify for the 1 SW CE and 1 RN Contact Hour. Once registered, you will receive an "official" Zoom invite the day prior to the presentation that will include the meeting ID and password to join.
Please feel free to pass this invitation along to any RNs, SWs, CMs, etc...that you may know!
LGBTQ+ Aging 101: What You Need To Know About Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual ,Transgender, Queer and Questioning Older Adults
- Presenter: Lisa Krinsky, MSW, LICSW, Director, LGBTQ+ Aging Project, Fenway Health
- Date: Wednesday, May 12th, 2021
- Time: 4:15pm - 5:30pm est
- Where: Virtual Zoom Meeting
- RSVP to Bob DePeron no later than Monday, May 10th at 5pm. bob@rahbostonmetro.com
- We will need your name, email, phone, SW/RN and license number to register
And this is still just for SWs, RNs, CMs and GCMs so there is no marketing or networking going on – just a very nice “virtual” venue for learning! Attendees can obtain 1 SW CE and 1 RN Contact Hour.
About the Presenter:
Lisa Krinsky, MSW, LICSW, Director, LGBTQ+ Aging Project, Fenway Health -Lisa is the Director of the Aging Project, a program of The Fenway Institute at Fenway Health in Boston. For nearly two decades she has specialized in LGBTQ+ aging and presents nationally on LGBTQ+ cultural competency for mainstream aging service providers as well as policy and practice issues facing LGBTQ+ older adults and caregivers. Lisa is a subject expert in the LGBTQ+ aging documentary Gen Silent, a founding member of the Massachusetts Special Legislative Commission on LGBT Aging and a board member of LGBTQ Senior Housing Inc., developing New England’s first LGBTQ friendly senior housing in Boston. She earned her MSW from Simmons School of Social Work and a Certificate in Non-Profit Management and Leadership from Boston University School of Management. She received the Beverly Ross Fliegel Social Policy Award from the Massachusetts Chapter of NASW and the Simmons School of Social Work Alumnae Association's Distinguished Career Award.
Guidelines for on-line learning (sorry but these are the rules):
• After the presentation you will receive a link to an on-line evaluation form and a post-test which you must complete in order to receive your certificate (via email).
• You must be in the presentation room no later than five minutes after the start or you will not gain entrance.
• If you leave the zoom presentation you will not be allowed back in (unless technical issue).
