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Know Your Rights: Wallet Card For LGBT Older Adults and Older Adults Living with HIV

LGBT older adults and older adults living with HIV have rights:

  • to be free from discrimination in accessing health care and to be treated with dignity and respect by health care and social service professionals
  • to be free from discrimination, isolation, harrassment, abuse and neglect in long-term care, rehabilitation, and assisted-living facilities, and to have their privacy, relationships, gender identities and choices equally respected
  • to be free from discrimination in public and private housing, including in access to housing assistance programs like Section 8 and seniors' housing programs
  • to be visited by a spouse, partner or any other person of their choice in hospital and long-term care settings
  • to be respected in their health care and end-of-life decisions, such as those set forth in a health care proxy, living will, poweer of attorney, funeral directive, or will
 
*the degree of protection may vary depending on the circumstances and your location. Contact Lambda Legal at 1-866-542-8336 or www.lambdalegal.org/help for more information.
Date:
December 4, 2014