• To recognise the challenges that older adults may experience in healthcare settings if they are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning and others (LGBTQ+)
• To identify improvements that could be made in the nursing care of LGBTQ+ older adults
• To provide recommendations that executive nurses can use in their practice to ensure inclusive care for LGBTQ+ older adults
Over the past four decades, the number of people aged over 60 years has increased worldwide, and within this population there has been a proportional increase in people with diverse sexual orientations and gender identities. Executive nurses have an important leadership role in challenging heterocisnormative care practices in healthcare environments that affect the well-being of older adults who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning and others (LGBTQ+). This article reports on the findings of a secondary analysis of data extracted from an earlier scoping review to provide recommendations for executive nurses on how to advocate for LGBTQ+ older adults and create safe and inclusive healthcare environments for them.
Nursing Management. doi: 10.7748/nm.2020.e1965
Peer reviewThis article has been subject to external double-blind peer review and has been checked for plagiarism using automated software
Correspondence Conflict of interestNone declared
Taha S, Bernard, L, Holmes D et al (2020) Advocating for LGBTQ+ older adults: a review of the role of executive nurses. Nursing Management. doi: 10.7748/nm.2020.e1965
Published online: 30 December 2020
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