The Care of LGBT Persons in PA/LTC Setting




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Summary: Tim Johnston, PhD Tim R. Johnston, PhD is the Director of National Projects at Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE) and the National Resource Center on LGBT Aging. He is responsible for directing SAGE’s national training initiatives, developing training curricula, and providing consulting services to both aging and LGBT service providers. Before coming to SAGE Tim taught Philosophy and Women’s and Gender Studies at Stony Brook University. He has written scholarly and popular articles on gender and LGBT identity, and his first book Affirmation, Care Ethics and LGBT Identity will be published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2016. In addition to facilitating LGBT cultural competency trainings, Tim is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences. References: In The Care of LGBT Persons in The Long-Term Care Setting", AMDA White Paper