Angela Perone
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Dr. Perone’s research focuses on equitable aging across three spaces: long-term care and caregiving, LGBTQIA+ aging, and social and political drivers of health. She is the Director of the Center for the Advanced Study of Aging Services and on faculty at the University of California, Berkeley School of Social Welfare. She is a licensed attorney and interdisciplinary scholar. She previously served as a senior health policy fellow in the U.S. Senate and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and as executive director of a community-based organization focused on LGBTQIA+ aging.
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Examines health challenges and supports among transgender older adults—many of whom are racially minoritized and immigrants—through an Equitable Aging in Health framework. Findings show that participants face intersecting barriers in healthcare, housing, employment, and safety, with transgender older Latina immigrants experiencing additional challenges due to language and immigration status.
Presents the first comprehensive review of LGBTQ+ affordable housing to date. Highlights the need for diverse, inclusive housing solutions that address the intersecting experiences of trauma, discrimination, and exclusion within LGBTQ+ aging communities.
Presents six case studies of interventions in China, Taiwan, Spain, Sweden, Mexico, and the United States that employ the Equitable Aging in Health Framework to address social isolation and loneliness among diverse communities of older adults.
Examines how LGBTQ+ chosen families share expertise to build knowledge and power across the life course. Identifies 3 ways in which LGBTQ+ chosen families share knowledge about various forms of capital: latent mentorship, bi- or multi-directional mentorship, and transgressive mentorship, collectively termed “mentorship in the margins.”
Examines how long-term care facility staff understand experiences of discrimination by residents and why staff fails to report discrimination. Finds that staff often downplayed or reframed discriminatory behavior—seeing it as part of the job, a safety issue, or a result of residents’ health problems—rather than naming it as discrimination.