You may remember our amazing Intern Anna Coughlin. While Anna was with us, she wrote this op-ed on LGBTQ Aging for the Washington Blade: DC Office of Aging Failing our LGBT Elders.
Anna is currently working on her senior thesis which is on “lesbian, gay, bisexual, and same-gender attracted women who live in long term care”
Please read the announcement below, and if you can support Anna in this important work, you can reach her directly at [email protected]
Thanks everyone!
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Hello! My name is Anna Coughlan and I am a senior undergraduate student at George Washington University. I am currently completing my senior thesis to research and understand the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and same-gender attracted women who live in long term care. As a way to expand the diversity of perspectives included in my research, I am currently reaching out to long term care providers, long term care residents (LGBT and non-LGBT alike), and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and same-gender attracted women over the age of 60 who think they might need long term care in their lifetime. I would like to have an in person interview, about an hour in length, with these participants, and discuss their experiences and/or expectations about long term care.
If you are interested in participating or have any questions, please contact me by email at [email protected], or by phone at 703-624-6983. You may also reach out to my professor and research supervisor Emily Morrison at [email protected], or call her office phone at 202-994-6167.
This research project has been approved by George Washington University’s Institutional Review Board (IRB). Confidentially is a top priority for me while conducting this research project. Participants’ identity, and any identifying information about them, will remain confidential in all reports. I will ask to record our interview for my research notes, and the recording will be deleted after the study is concluded.