Main description:

This text addresses the specific lack of clinical educational support for transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) individuals as they age. Chapters are written by multidisciplinary healthcare experts who present topical discussions in five critical areas: essential foundational information needed to understand the life experience of older TGNC people; mental and behavioral health issues; social service considerations; specific concerns for nurses; and unique long-term medical concerns for providers. In addition, special attention is placed on providing care for TGNC veteran populations, including strategies to access social services and Social Security, and developing support networks.

Transgender Health and Aging is an excellent resource for clinical and research professionals from a variety of medical disciplines, including geriatricians, primary care physicians, psychiatrists, public health officials, social workers, nurses as well as nonprofessional audiences interested in transgender healthcare in older adults.

Contents:

1. The Essentials2. Primary Health Care: Trans Health Expertise3. Access to Care and Barriers to Care4. Lifetime Challenges: "Abuse, Violence, Resilience."5. The Transgender Veteran Experience6. Transitions Later in Life7. Adaptations to Stressors: Addictions and Substance Use8. Depression and Suicidality9. Aging in Place: Alternative Housing10. Challenges with Long-Term Care and Research11. Workplace Transitions: Work to Retirement to SSA12. Caregiver Challenges13. Intersectionality of Race/Ethnicity and the Trans Experience14. Building Service Networks for Aging Transgender Individuals15. Nurses and Trans Competence16. The role of the Clinical Nurse Leader and Trans Best Practices17. Unique Health Needs18. Aging with HIV19. Long-Term Hormone Use and Complications