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HOUSING GUIDE
Best Practice
Best Practice
HOUSING GUIDE
BEST PRACTICE
Inclusive
Intake
Process &
Forms
Instead of
Use
Name:
Male
Male
Female
Female
Transgender
Male-to-Female (MTF)
Female-to-Male (FTM)
Other
Single
Single
Married
Married
Partnered
Domestic Partnered
Widowed
Divorced
Other
As one of the first points of contact with a
new resident, intake forms can set the tone for
inclusion at a new senior housing community.
Unfortunately, most intake forms tend to exclude
important categories to the LGBT residents
related to gender and relationship status. In this
way, most communities unknowingly project
at atmosphere of indifference to their potential
LGBT residents, if not outright exclusion, before
they’ve even completed their application forms.
Forms need to include language that allows
for gender identity and sexual orientation
information. Please see the example intake form
language.
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Family Contact:
Family of Choice Contact:
Family of Origin Contact:
Preferred Pronouns
She/Her
He/Him
They/Them
Other
TAKING THE NEXT STEP
During the admission process, be sure to ask the preferred name
and pronouns of the resident. It is always better to ask questions
than to assume someone’s gender. You may ask how that person
“self-identifies.” If you have provided a safe place to communicate,
they will feel safe giving you all that you need to take the very best
care of them.
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