Aged Care Professionals - The Equality Network

LGBTIQA+ Inclusion in Aged Care

I’ll show you how to make your aged care facility more inclusive.

Key Outcomes

You’ll feel more confident when dealing with aged LGBTIQA+ people.
You’ll know how to make LGBTIQA+ people feel safe, empowered and valued in aged care.
You’ll understand common mistakes made in providing aged care to LGBTIQA+ people – and how to avoid them.

You’ll gain greater knowledge of the language, history and culture of the LGBTIQA+ community.
You’ll go away with tangible tips to help you be a respectful and LGBTIQA+ inclusive aged care professional.

Prerequisite: No prerequisite for this course.

Who Should Take This Course?

➢ aged care workers
➢ aged care facility CEOs
➢ personal care assistants
➢ support workers
➢ allied health professionals
➢ allied health assistants
➢ registered nurses who work in aged care
➢ enrolled nurses who work in aged care
➢ aged care nursing assistants
➢ aged care administrators

➢ aged care managers
➢ aged care volunteers
➢ aged care domestic support workers
➢ aged care social support workers
➢ aged care facility reception staff
➢ aged care facility HR staff
➢ aged care chefs and cooks
➢ aged care food services assistants
➢ aged care laundry assistants
➢ anyone in the aged care industry who wants to learn more about the LGBTIQA+ community

Become a LGBTIQA+ Inclusive Vendor

Let’s understand your desired learning objectives and we can tailor our course to meet them. Please book a Zoom meeting today!

Featured Reviews

Went away a far more informed Celebrant (and person)

I am always conscious of delivering a service (wedding or funeral or any other celebration of life) with the correct protocol and respect for my clients (regardless of gender). When marriage equality was legalised in Australia in 2017, I was very keen to learn as much as possible (and then some) about the LGBTQI community. As soon as I was aware of your masterclasses I enrolled pronto – what an investment. Learned so much, your style, knowledge, and delivery of the classes was excellent. At each session, I felt very comfortable and at ease and went away a far more informed Celebrant (and person). When I was approached to deliver my first Gay Memorial Service for a very popular personality, I didn’t hesitate because I had the tools to communicate with the family and having you as my mentor to ensure the service was written with dignity, grace and love made my delivery a great comfort to the mourners. Even though you were not present, I felt you cheering me on. I would never have been able or confident to do this without attending your Masterclasses. Highly commend and recommend thank you, Bronte.

Training format

Take the course face-to-face
4 x 150 min workshops
10-12 hours in total
2 half days, a week apart
minimum of 8 to conduct course
interactive, engaging
When completed, gain ongoing access to the course content online
Get access to additional scheduled online support (Q&A sessions)
Course fee: POA

Take the course live via Zoom
8 x 90 min workshops
10-12 hours in total
timing negotiable
minimum of 6 to conduct course
interactive, engaging
When completed, gain ongoing access to the course content online
Get access to additional scheduled online support (Q&A sessions)
Course fee: POA

Course Description

Take the course face-to-face, or live via Zoom
Gain ongoing access to the course content
Work with actual LGBTIQA+ aged care case studies
Get access to scheduled online support (Q&A sessions)
Take the course over a nominal 10 hours
Complete the course and become a member of The Equality Network
Stay up-to-date with additional resource materials

Are you using LGBTIQA+ inclusive language in working with LGBTIQA+ people in aged care? What about your website and your social media posts, and the emails etc you send? Are they accessible and truly inclusive for everyone?

LGBTIQA+ awareness is crucial if you want to build a safe, inclusive space for everyone you’re involved with in aged care.

In this course, you’ll learn about some of the language, history and culture of the LGBTIQA+ community and the best ways to make LGBTIQA+ people feel safe, comfortable, and valued as they get looked after in aged care, whether at home or in an aged care facility.

Here’s a more detailed breakdown of what you’ll learn:

Why you’re here – benefits, objections and outcomes of being inclusive
Quick test – what do you know?
Heteronormativity and aged care
The relationship between LGBTIQA+ people and aged care – barriers
Language 101 – LGBTIQA+ terms
The LGBTIQA+ acronym
Pronouns – why they’re important; how to use them
Terms to avoid using, and why
LGBTIQA+ flags – symbolism
‘In the closet’ and ‘coming out’
Where are the gay people in Victoria? How old are they and what do they earn?
How’s your gaydar?
LGBTIQA+ stereotypes and their effect
Those offensive little questions
Milestones in various phases of LGBTIQ+ people’s lives
Taboos affecting LGBTIQA+ people in aged care
Equality, equity and liberation – an explanation
Legal rights of LGBTIQA+ people, particularly in aged care
Major events in the struggle for rights – US and Australia
Let’s talk straight (or not)
How safe is it in various situations for LGBTIQA+ people?
Guided fantasy – walk in our shoes
Mental health statistics of LGBTIQA+ people – implications for aged care providers
What are the pressure points for your LGBTIQA+ aged care organisation?
Sensitivities and concerns that LGBTIQA+ people may have in deathcare
That first phone call from an LGBTIQA+ person enquiring about aged care – how to respond
Dealing with the politics of LGBTIQA+ people facing getting old
Protecting the legal rights of LGBTIQA+ people in aged care
What could possibly go wrong at a non-inclusive aged care facility?
Impacts of your aged care facility not being LGBTIQA+ inclusive
Institutional barriers in aged care for LGBTIQA+ people
LGBTIQA+ health check of your aged care website and business
Tangible tips to help you be an LGBTIQA+ inclusive aged care facility
Developing an LGBTIQA+ inclusion policy or charter

About the trainer

Bronte Price

The person who will train you is Bronte Price (he, him), a cis gay man, who is a qualified trainer but who is also a registered marriage celebrant. Bronte came out as a gay man at the age of 42, having been married to a woman and having had four sons. He lives with his husband, Clint, and their rescue kelpie, Bingo.

It’s Bronte’s lived experience as both a straight man and a gay man that informs this LGBTIQA+ inclusion course. He understands the pressures on people who know they are LGBTIQA+ but can’t come out (or remain out) in aged care for a range of reasons; he’s experienced the stigma of being labelled ‘homosexual’ when to be so was a criminal offence; as a gay man, he’s faced harassment and discrimination from family members and in workplaces; and he continues to meet and work with LGBTIQA+ people who struggle with not being able to be their authentic selves.

He’s on a mission to help aged care professionals provide older LGBTIQA+ people with respectful, appropriate aged care. As a former senior public servant, Bronte understands how to treat people with respect. He also knows how to create safe spaces for LGBTIQA+ people seeking aged care and for those who undertake his LGBTIQA+ Inclusion Training.

Get started on your journey to be a LGBTIQA+ Ally!

If you’re wanting to do the right thing in working with LGBTIQA+ people in aged care but aren’t sure of what the right thing is, or you’re worried about saying, doing or assuming the wrong thing, then this course is for you.