ArticleJournal of aging studies2013
"I'm still raring to go": successful aging among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender older adults.
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- Experiences of sexuality of older cisgender gay men: a systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative studies.Cadernos de saude publica · 2025Pooled it
- Iridescent Life Course: LGBTQ Aging Research and Blueprint for the Future - A Systematic Review.Gerontology · 2019Pooled it
- Perspectives on successful ageing from Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Sistergirl and Brotherboy people in Australia: An exploratory content analysis.Australasian journal on ageing · 2025Article
- Examining LGBT older adult social networks and chosen families using the convoy model of social relations.Journal of family theory & review · 2025Article
- Racial and Ethnic Variations in Resilience Factors Among Sexual and Gender Minority Midlife and Older Adults.The Gerontologist · 2024Article
- The Threefold Path to Equity: Approaches for Health and Aging Researchers.The Gerontologist · 2024Article
- Our pride, our joy: An intersectional constructivist grounded theory analysis of resources that promote resilience in SGM communities.PloS one · 2023Article
- Social Resource Variations Among LGBT Middle-Aged and Older Adults: The Intersections of Sociodemographic Characteristics.The Gerontologist · 2022Article
- Disparities in Mental Health and Well-Being between Heterosexual and Sexual Minority Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of aging and health · 2022Article
- A Systematic Literature Review of Community-Based Participatory Health Research with Sexual and Gender Minority Communities.Health equity · 2022Review
- The Importance of Social Support, Positive Identity, and Resilience in the Successful Aging of Older Sexual Minority Men.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- What Is Successful Aging in Lesbian and Bisexual Women? Application of the Aging-Well Model.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2021Article
- Mortality risk among a sample of sexual minority women: A focus on the role of sexual identity disclosure.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2021Article
- Successful Aging Among Older LGBTQIA+ People: Future Research and Implications.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Palliative care needs, concerns, and affirmative strategies for the LGBTQ population.Palliative care and social practice · 2021Review
- Families of Choice and Community Connectedness: A Brief Guide to the Social Strengths of LGBTQ Older Adults.Journal of gerontological nursing · 2020Article
- The State of Theory in LGBTQ Aging: Implications for Gerontological Scholarship.Research on aging · 2019Review
- Successful aging, change in sexual interest and sexual satisfaction in couples from four European Countries.European journal of ageing · 2019Article
- "In a Perfect World, You Wouldn't Have to Work the System to Get the Things You Need to Survive": A Pilot Study About Trans Health Care Possibilities.Transgender health · 2019Article
- Close social ties and health in later life: Strengths and vulnerabilities.The American psychologist · 2017Article
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Abstract
While we know that minority status differentiates the experience of aging, little research has been done to examine the ways in which patterns of successful aging may differ in diverse subgroups of older adults. In this exploratory study, we investigated and described experiences of successful aging in a sample of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) older adults. Directed by a community-based participatory research process, we conducted semi-structured in-depth interviews with 22 LGBT adults, age 60 and older. We took an inductive, grounded theory approach to analyze the taped and transcribed interviews. We coded respondent experiences in four domains: physical health, mental health, emotional state and social engagement. Four gradations of successful aging emerged. Very few in our sample met the bar for "traditional success" characterized by the absence of problems in all four domains of health. Most of the sample was coping to a degree with problems and was categorized in one of two gradations on a continuum of successful aging: "surviving and thriving" and "working at it." A small number was "ailing": not coping well with problems. Some of the experiences that respondents described were related to LGBT status; others were related to more general processes of aging. The research suggests that a successful aging framework that is modified to include coping can better describe the experiences of LGBT older adults. The modified conceptual model outlined here may be useful in future research on this population, as well as more broadly for diverse populations of adults, and may be adapted for use in practice to assess and improve health and well-being.
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