to nursing homes or care facilities and their contact with their families ends there. Nonetheless, not all seniors are ignorant, some are very accepting, and in fact many identify as a part of the LGBT community themselves. Regrettably, many of these LGBT seniors face discrimination in nursing homes or care facilities because of their sexual identity. In 2014, so quite recently, Faser Doke was staying in the hospital recovering from a liver transplant
worth of propaganda, but you can be patient and just provide them with the facts. If they were there for you through your difficult times and were patient with you, wouldn’t it be fair to devote that same amount of time and patience to them at a time in their lives when they need it most? To many that might seem reasonable, but unfortunately many seniors are admitted to nursing homes or care facilities and their contact with their families ends there.
recently, Faser Doke was staying in the hospital recovering from a liver transplant in a room with three roommates when he was asked by a nurse to refrain from talking about his “past life” during his stay. (Teitel) He was told by the nurse that, “I’m not saying that we don’t accept you, I’m just saying . . . be a bit quieter.” (Teitel) Which was in reference to when one of his more