The Health Needs of LGBTQ Older Adults

Event Location

Online

Join Rajean Moone, PhD., for a presentation on the University of Minnesota’s Northstar Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program and Rainbow Health’s research for the 2022 LGBTQ Aging Needs Assessment.

The report continues research from 2002 and 2012 and illustrates how societal changes and community work have affected the concerns and perceptions of the aging LGBTQ community. Survey responses highlight the unique experiences and needs of LGBTQ older adults in Minnesota and the research findings can inform future programs serving this population.

When: Tuesday July 19, noon to 1 p.m.

Where: Zoom

 

Presenter Info

Rajean Moone

Rajean Moone

Rajean Moone, Ph.D., is the faculty director for long-term care administration in the College of Continuing and Professional Studies at the University of Minnesota. He serves as the associate director of education for the Center for Healthy Aging and Innovation in the School of Public Health.

Moone’s experience includes working at the Minnesota state unit on aging and area agencies on aging, and leading Training to Serve and the Minnesota Leadership Council on Aging. 

He is a member of the Governor’s Council on an Age-Friendly Minnesota, the MN Association of Geriatrics Inspired Clinicians Board, and the FamilyMeans Board. He is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, a lifetime member of the Minnesota Gerontological Society, a McNair Scholar, and a Congressional/Health and Aging Policy Fellow. 

Moone holds a Minnesota nursing home administrator’s license.