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9 - Ageing and Chronic Illness

from Part III - Lifespan Changes to Families and Relationships

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 December 2024

Sonja J. Ellis ,
Damien W. Riggs  and
Elizabeth Peel
Sonja J. Ellis
Affiliation:
University of Waikato, New Zealand
Damien W. Riggs
Affiliation:
Flinders University of South Australia
Elizabeth Peel
Affiliation:
Loughborough University
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Summary

This chapter examines ageing and chronic illness among LGBTIQ people. First, this chapter discusses the relative visibility/invisibility of LGBTIQ ageing, alongside introducing and critiquing the prevalent neoliberal concept of successful ageing. Following this, the chapter engages with cohort effects (e.g., generational differences) in LGBTIQ populations and their impacts on ageing experiences. The chapter also reviews research on chronic illness in LGBTIQ populations, with specific reference to dementia. LGBTIQ people’s experiences of dying and bereavement are also discussed, with specific reference to AIDS-related bereavement (in the 1980s) and ‘bereavement overload’ and partner loss, including the possibility of ‘disenfranchised grief’.

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ageingchronic illnesscohort effectspartner bereavementdementiadisenfranchised grief
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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Intersex, and Queer Psychology
An Introduction
 , pp. 175 - 198
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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Further Reading

Barrett, C., Crameri, P., Lambourne, S., Latham, J. R., & Whyte, C. (2015). Understanding the experiences and needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans Australians living with dementia, and their partners. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 34(S2), 34–38.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Fredriksen-Goldsen, K., Hoy-Ellis, C., Kim, H. J. , Jung, H. H., Emlet, C. A., Johnson, I., & Goldsen, J. (2023). Generational and social forces in the life events and experiences of lesbian and gay midlife and older adults across the Iridescent Life Course. Journal of Aging Health, 35(3–4): 265–281.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Hardy, D. (Ed.). (2015). Bold: Stories from older lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people. Panton Hill: Rag and Bone Man Press.Google Scholar
Peel, E., & Harding, R. (Eds.). (2016). Ageing and sexualities: Interdisciplinary perspectives. London: Routledge.Google Scholar

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