title: Expectations of later life support among lesbian and gay Queenslanders.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine lesbian and gay people's expectations of support, socialising and cohabitation in older age.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study involved secondary data analysis of a subsample of 371 lesbian and gay people taken from a survey conducted by the Queensland Association for Healthy Communities.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Lesbian and gay people expected to receive support from diverse sources, including same-sex partners, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender friends and heterosexual friends. Women were more likely to expect to receive support from others than men, and men were more likely to expect to live alone in later life.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Aged care providers need to be responsive to the different sources of support that may be provided to older lesbian and gay people. Services that are lesbian- and gay-friendly may facilitate service uptake and reduce pressures on lesbian and gay people's informal networks of support.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work and Human Services, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia. m.hughes5@uq.edu.au
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hughes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D018452:Homosexuality, Female / Q000523:psychology*; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011793:Queensland; D012944:Social Support