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HOUSING GUIDE
Foreward
Foreword
HOUSING GUIDE
FOREWORD
LGBT-Friendly
Senior Housing
Guide
Welcome to your North Texas LGBT-Friendly Senior Housing Guide.
This publication is a more virtually accessible version of the December
2018 inaugural North Texas LGBT-Friendly Senior Housing Guide ("the
Guide"), into which much work, love and commitment was given. The
basic contents of the 2018 publication remain the same, but with
some technical updates which provide easier access to the document.
You now have the ability to search content as well as maneuver more
easily to find data specific to your needs.
In coming editions of "the Guide", you will find an updated list of
communities, as well as hospice providers and at home health
practitioners which are culturally competent and inclusive. By
expanding the assessment process to cover a broader range of services,
we continue our mission to serve the needs of the senior LGBT
community living in the 4 counties that comprise North Texas.
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As the Founder of the
organization, this is the
culmination of a vision of what
we as the LGBT Community
can do in North Texas to serve
our family and friends as they
age. We know the annual
publication of this “guide” will
bring enormous insight to making
long-term decisions that will add
to the improvement of personal
decisions in the overall quality of
life for LGBT friends and family as
they age. We also believe that in
some cases lives may be saved,
especially in the care of the aging
members of our transgender
community, plus any of those of
who suffer from dementia and
may have no family to advocate
on their behalf.
Again, I am grateful to so many
people and organizations who
made this happen, and we
will make a serious attempt to
thank so many in the pages of
the book. We hope if you are
reading this book alone and/
or feel that you may not have
someone to advocate for you as
you age – think again! We are
here for you. We hope you find
this research helpful.
Cannon Flowers
Coalition for Aging LGBT
Founder & Board Chair
November 28, 2018
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