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Training, Research, and Community Consultation

Empowering the community

Having a well-trained workforce to deliver aged care services

…is essential to achieving LGBTI inclusive practice.

GRAI is Western Australia’s specialist agency in LGBTI ageing and aged care, and offers unique expertise and highly skilled trainers to deliver the following programs.

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“We don’t have any of those people here”

GRAI and Curtin University, 2010

This report presents the findings of attitudes towards LGBTI people in WA’s residential aged care.

“The Support Needs of Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Women Carers in Western Australia”

Kedy Kristal, Rowan Brooker (PhD), and GRAI, 2023

Report on the challenges and experiences of LGBT women carers in Western Australia.

LGBT+ and 50+ Loneliness and quality of life under the rainbow

Dr Rowan Brooker (PhD) and GRAI, 2023

Research on the views and issues of LGBTI people in WA 50+ years

updated LGBT+ and 50+ Loneliness and quality of life under the rainbow.

Dr Rowan Brooker (PhD) and GRAI, 2024

Research on the views and issues of LGBTI people in WA 50+ years

LGBTI Culturally Inclusive Workshops and training

Right to Belong

Since 2014, GRAI has delivered our ‘Right to Belong’ LGBTI inclusivity training to the aged care sector, as part of the federally funded National LGBTI Ageing and Aged Care Training Project.

Community of Practice

We also offer a 2 part Community of Practice course to support organisations to link the Aged Care standards with a Rainbow Readiness framework and assess their organisations LGBTI inclusiveness in policy and practice.

Culturally Inclusive training for community organisations

Providing services to LGBTI people 50+ years