SCIE LGBTQ+ repository launched 

ByJDCteam

The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has launched a repository that includes a range of knowledge about older LGBTQ+ people – their lives, needs and their experiences with social care. 

This is part of the LGBTQ+ Older Adult Social Care Assessment (LOASCA) project, led by the University of Birmingham, and the repository will be built up over time.  

In the repository you can find out more about older LGBTQ+ people in social care, the LOASCA project, and watch a recent webinar on the project.  

Visit the repository here: https://www.scie.org.uk/older-lgbtq-people-and-social-care   

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