About the Long-Term Care Equality Index (LEI)
SAGE, the world’s oldest and largest organization dedicated to LGBTQ+ older people, and the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ civil rights group, have joined forces to launch the Long-Term Care Equality Index (LEI)—a tool promoting equitable, inclusive care for LGBTQ+ elders in residential long-term care.
The LEI is an assessment tool that will encourage and help residential long-term care communities to adopt policies and best practices that provide culturally competent and responsive care to LGBTQ+ older people. More than just an assessment, the LEI will provide resources and technical assistance to bring these policies and practices to life.
What is the LEI?
The LEI is designed to hold long-term care facilities accountable for providing equal care for ALL their constituents, including LGBTQ+ elders, and to make the transition into long-term care easy, comfortable, and welcoming.
Take The Commitment to Caring Pledge
Residential Long-Term Care Facilities that would like to participate in the LEI are encouraged to sign the Commitment to Caring Pledge.
What does the LEI mean to the LGBTQ+ community?
Older LGBTQ+ people should be able to access inclusive, welcoming and culturally competent services in long-term care communities, free from discrimination. To help make this a reality, the LEI is a valuable tool that will help long-term care communities adopt policies and practices necessary to provide culturally competent and responsive care for people in the LGBTQ+ community.
