LGBT Caregiver Group
 

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LGBT Caregiver Support Group


This is a free monthly group that welcomes new members to talk about the impact of providing care for a partner, parent, sibling, spouse or friend. Come for stress relief, resources and understanding. The group meets the first Monday of the month, 6pm – 7:30 pm in Jamaica Plain, MA. Contact group facilitator Joanne Peskowitz at 617.271.4182 for details.


Sponsored by the LGBT Aging Project and the Caregiver Alliance of Suffolk County.


Additional Resources:


Family Caregiver Alliance’s LGBT Online Caregiver Support Group (this group is in email format) click here


SAGE CAP (Caring and Preparing) National Telephone Support Group for LGBT Caregivers - click here


Additional Reading:

Reflections of a Gay Caregiver

click here



 



 

© LGBT Aging Project / Third Sector New England

Did you know....


  1. Bullet  1 in 4 midlife LGBTs provide care for a loved one                           (parent/partner/spouse/friend)


  1. Bullet  1 in 5 midlife adults in the general population acts as a caregiver


  1. Bullet   Gay men do more caregiving than their heterosexual peers


Source:

(Out and Aging: The MetLife Study of Lesbian and Gay Baby Boomers, November 2006).