Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Health and Aging

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hardacker, Cecilia (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Ducheny, Kelly (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Houlberg, Magda (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Geriatrics.; General practice (Medicine).; Public health.; Infectious diseases.; Gynecology .; Geriatrics/Gerontology.; General Practice / Family Medicine.; Public Health.; Infectious Diseases.; Gynecology.

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 neede...

Table of Contents:

• The Essentials
• Primary Health Care: Trans Health Expertise
• Access to Care and Barriers to Care
• Lifetime Challenges: "Abuse, Violence, Resilience"
• The Transgender Veteran Experience
• Transitions Later in Life
• Adaptations to Stressors: Addictions and Substance Use
• Depression and Suicidality
• Aging in Place: Alternative Housing
• Challenges with Long-Term Care and Research
• Workplace Transitions: Work to Retirement to SSA
• Caregiver Challenges
• Intersectionality of Race/Ethnicity and the Trans Experience
• Building Service Networks for Aging Transgender Individuals
• Nurses and Trans Competence
• The role of the Clinical Nurse Leader and Trans Best Practices
• Unique Health Needs
• Aging with HIV
• Long-Term Hormone Use and Complications.