Participants that complete the questionnaire and provide mailing information will be eligible to receive a $20 cash gift by mail. Please be sure to provide accurate contact information when prompted. There is no incentive offered for completing only the eligibility screening.
Your participation in this project is completely voluntary, and you can choose not to answer any questions. You may stop participating at any time without penalty or loss of benefits to which you are otherwise entitled. Data collected from you are kept strictly confidential.
Your information will be assigned an identification number that is unique to this study. Only the Principal Investigator and authorized research staff will be able to access your name, address, phone number, email address, and link to the identification number. Project findings will be summarized, and your name and identifying information will never be used in any materials.
Breach of confidentiality is a risk to being in a study if it happened that your responses linked to your name were accidentally given to or were taken by someone who should not have them. When your participation in the ongoing project is completed, all identifying information will be destroyed.
The landmark study Aging with Pride: National Health, Aging, and Sexuality/Gender Study is the first federally-funded longitudinal national project designed to better understand the aging, health, and well-being of LGBTQ+ midlife and older adults and their families. With over 2,400 LGBTQ+ adults ranging in age from 50 to over 100, this project deepens our understanding of how various life experiences are related to changes in aging, health, and well-being over time.
The findings paint a vivid portrait of the lives of LGBTQ+ midlife and older adults, documenting the interplay of risk and resilience to further understand those reaching their full aging and health potential and those most at risk of health, social, and economic disparities. This project is a collaboration with 15 community agencies serving LGBTQ+ older adults in every census division throughout the U.S. The project is funded through a federal grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Institute on Aging (NIA).
The fundamental work that led to Aging with Pride was Caring and Aging with Pride, a 2010 collaboration with 11 community agencies and 2,560 LGBTQ+ adults 50 and older. They were surveyed about their aging, physical and mental health, wellness, support systems, caregiving, communities, and services. This research generated new knowledge on health and aging across these diverse communities, finding that LGBTQ+ adults are resilient yet at-risk. The project was funded through a federal grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH) and the National Institute on Aging (NIA).
Innovations in Population and Community Health Research
He is co-author of In Home Assessment of Older Adults: An Interdisciplinary Approach, 2nd edition, and HIV/AIDS and Older Adults: Challenges for Individuals, Families and Communities and has published more than 80 journal articles and book chapters. Dr. Emlet was inducted as a Fellow into the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare in 2020. His current areas of research include older persons living with HIV/AIDS and LGBT aging. He received his Ph.D. in Social Welfare from the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
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