Course Overview

This course aims to assist workers across the health and aged care sectors to become culturally competent in caring for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans/gender diverse and intersex (LGBTI) people with dementia.

Learning Outcomes

• Explain the term LGBTI.
• Describe key terminology around gender, body, sexual and identity diversity.
• Describe the discrimination experienced by LGBTI people.
• Increase awareness of some of the key issues that are still present today for LGBTI people.
• Increase awareness of LGBTI health and wellbeing issues.
• Explain the considerations for providing care for LGBTI people.
• Increase awareness of dementia and how it may affect LGBTI people.
• Describe the strategies organisations can use to become more culturally inclusive.
• Describe the resources available to support organisations to become more LGBTI inclusive.