LGBTQIA+ Awareness and Inclusion Training | Aging Matters

FiftyForward provides services for adults age 50 and over in Tennessee and is taking steps to promote an inclusive environment at their seven centers. As part of this work, FiftyForward collaborated with PFLAG to offer LGBTQIA+ awareness and inclusion training that was streamed across centers. The group discussed challenges LGBTQIA+ older adults face and the importance of up-to-date terminology.

▬▬ About Aging Matters ▬▬
Since they were born, members of the Baby Boomer generation have played a big role in shaping American culture. In 2011, the first of the boomers turned 65. As they age, the vast number of people entering their senior years will undoubtedly have an impact on how our communities understand and respond to the needs of older citizens. By the year 2020, Tennessee's population of people between the ages 65-74 is expected to grow by almost 48%.

Aging Matters is a community-based conversation about what older citizens in Middle Tennessee need to optimize their quality of life and how the community needs to prepare for our aging population. The series focuses on issues such as caregiving, finances, end-of-life, dementia and Alzheimer’s through documentaries, town halls, panel discussions, short form updates, community conversations, and screenings.

▬▬ About NPT ▬▬
Nashville Public Television, is Middle Tennessee’s & Southern Kentucky’s local PBS station.

NPT provides, through the power of traditional television and interactive digital communications, quality educational, cultural and civic experiences that address issues and concerns of the people of the Nashville region, and which thereby help improve the lives of those we serve.

WNPT, Nashville's independent nonprofit PBS station, is operated by licensee Nashville Public Television, Inc.

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