Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Diversity and Multicultural Aging
Pikes Peak Model Professional Geropsychology Reading List (See Diversity Tab)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vR9y4FP_5S-xf-jFLrlrzr_OvQa-SS4z7UPzTjXYMJG6S2RkG0R7ZqVLRSoyWeJZSw_nL2AYtO7-r-8/pubhtml

Centers of Excellence Combined Language Guides
https://e4center.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Combined-Language-Guides-2.pdf

APA Office on Aging Multicultural Efforts/ Resources for Psychologists and Other Health Providers https://www.apa.org/pi/aging/resources/multicultural-efforts

APA I am Psyched! for Healthy Aging
https://www.apa.org/pi/women/iampsyched/vignette-series

The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Ageing Issues: Global and Country Narratives. (2025) Shankardass, M. K. (Ed.). (2025). Routledge India. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003631279

Diversity in Long Term Care
Supporting Cultural Diversity in Long-Term Care
https://clri-ltc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/CLRI-on-Supporting-Cultural-Diversity-Long-Term-Care.pdf

Embracing Diversity: A Toolkit for Supporting Inclusion in Senior Living
https://clri-ltc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Retirement-Version_Embracing-Diversity-Toolkit_20210415.pdf
 
Diverse Elders
Caring for Those Who Care: Meeting the Needs of Diverse Family Caregivers
https://www.diverseelders.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/DEC-Toolkit-Final-R2.pdf

Cultural Relevance in End-of-Life Care
https://ethnomed.org/resource/cultural-relevance-in-end-of-life-care/

HealthChangers Podcast: Avoiding Cultural Assumptions in Palliative Care
https://cambiahealth.libsyn.com/avoiding-cultural-assumptions-in-palliative-care

Black and African American Elders
What Providers Should Know About African American Family Caregivers
https://diverseelders.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/DEC-FactSheet-African-American-0123.pdf

Empirical evaluation of the “Caregivers Passage Through Dementia” on African-American Caregivers. Clinical Gerontologist, January-February 2023

Cultural and social factors in care delivery among African American caregivers of persons with dementia: A scoping review. Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, January 2023

The Senior Companion Program Plus (SCP Plus): Examining the preliminary effectiveness of a lay provider program to support African American Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) caregivers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, April 2023

Using a multiple-case study design to explore the worship experience of black families affected by dementia. Clinical Gerontologist, January-February 2023

Navigating the complexities of dementia care: The lived experience of Black American family caregivers. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, June 2023

Reframing Language in Behavioral Health Care: New Tools You Can Use
https://e4center.org/reframing-language-in-behavioral-health-care-new-tools-you-can-use/

Older Black Americans and Mental Health
https://e4center.org/older-black-americans-and-mental-health/

ASA Future Proof Podcast: African American Elders, Equality, Equity, Health, Environment, Alzheimer’s & Pandemic
https://youtu.be/G7VL8aZDPX0

How Race-Related Stress Impacts Older African Americans
https://www.apa.org/pi/aging/resources/african-american-stress.pdf

Black Lives Matters: Anti-Racism Resources for Social Workers and Therapists
https://www.socialwork.career/2020/06/anti-racism-resources-for-social-workers-and-therapists.html

Combating Anti-Blackness and White Supremacy in Organizations: Recommendations for Anti-Racist Actions in Mental Health Care
https://notesfromanaspiringhumanitarian.com/combatting-anti-blackness-and-white-supremacy-in-organizations-recommendations-for-anti-racist-actions-in-mental-healthcare/

Black Dementia Minds
https://dementiaminds.org/dementia-minds/

Stanford Medicine Ethnogeriatrics: Health and Healthcare of African American Older Adults
https://geriatrics.stanford.edu/ethnomed/ethno-med/african_american.html

American Indian/Alaska Native/Native American Elders
National Resource Center on Native American Aging
https://www.nrcnaa.org/

Racial Disparities and Racist Reactions to COVID-19, Plus Aiming for Equity in the Navajo Nation
https://youtu.be/Pk4OUqTFUhA

National Indigenous Council on Aging
https://www.nicoa.org/

7 Generations The American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) Behavioral Health Center of Excellence
https://7generationscoe.org

Native Americans and Alzheimer's
https://www.alz.org/help-support/resources/native-americans

What Providers Should Know About American Indian Family Caregivers
https://diverseelders.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/DEC-FactSheet-Amer-Indian-Alaska-Native-0123.pdf

Visiting with Elders—Aging, Caregiving, and Planning for Future Generations of American Indians and Alaska Natives. Genealogy, March 2024

Older American Indians may Experience Higher Levels of Cognitive Impairment Than Previously Thought   
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/older-american-indians-may-experience-higher-levels-cognitive-impairment-previously-thought

Stanford Medicine Ethnogeriatrics: Health and Healthcare of Alaska Native Older Adults
https://geriatrics.stanford.edu/ethnomed/ethno-med/alaskan.html

Stanford Medicine Ethnogeriatrics: Health and Healthcare of American Indian (Native American) Older Adults
https://geriatrics.stanford.edu/ethnomed/ethno-med/american_indian.html

Hispanic Elders
National Hispanic Council on Aging
https://www.nhcoa.org/

What Providers Should Know About Hispanic Family Caregivers
https://diverseelders.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/DEC-FactSheet-Hispanic-Latino-0123.pdf

Stanford Medicine Ethnogeriatrics: Health and Healthcare of Hispanic/Latino American Older Adults
https://geriatrics.stanford.edu/ethnomed/ethno-med/latino.html

Asian and AAPI Elders
National Asian Pacific Center on Aging
https://www.napca.org/

Self-Guided Training: Anti-AAPI Racism (Fitzgerald, 2021) https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1I2BZ6JVRTg1DIZvE_tHakJpqNXSb5JWucvrQawO_9lw/

We Need to Talk About Anti-Asian Hate
https://youtu.be/14WUuya94QE

Division 45 Task Force on Covid-19 Anti-Asian Discrimination and Xenophobia
https://division45.org/division-45-task-force-on-covid-19-anti-asian-discrimination-and-xenophobia/

What Providers Should Know About Southeast Asian American Family Caregivers
https://diverseelders.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/DEC-FactSheet-SEA-American-0123.pdf

What Providers Should Know About Chinese and Korean American Family Caregivers
https://diverseelders.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/DEC-FactSheet-Chinese-Korean-American-0123.pdf

Stanford Medicine Ethnogeriatrics: Health and Healthcare of Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander American Older Adults
https://geriatrics.stanford.edu/ethnomed/ethno-med/hawaiian_pacific_islander.html

Stanford Medicine Ethnogeriatrics: Health and Healthcare of Asian Indian American (South Asian) Older Adults
https://geriatrics.stanford.edu/ethnomed/ethno-med/asian-indian-american/asian_indian.html

Stanford Medicine Ethnogeriatrics: Health and Healthcare of Chinese American Older Adults
hhttps://geriatrics.stanford.edu/ethnomed/ethno-med/chinese/chinese-american/description-2.html

Stanford Medicine Ethnogeriatrics: Health and Healthcare of Filipino American Older Adults
https://geriatrics.stanford.edu/ethnomed/ethno-med/filipino.html

Stanford Medicine Ethnogeriatrics: Health and Healthcare of Hmong American Older Adults
https://geriatrics.stanford.edu/ethnomed/ethno-med/hmong.html

Stanford Medicine Ethnogeriatrics: Health and Healthcare of Japanese American Older Adults
https://geriatrics.stanford.edu/ethnomed/ethno-med/japanese.html

Stanford Medicine Ethnogeriatrics: Health and Healthcare of Korean American Older Adults
https://geriatrics.stanford.edu/ethnomed/ethno-med/korean.html

Stanford Medicine Ethnogeriatrics: Health and Healthcare of Pakistani American Older Adults
https://geriatrics.stanford.edu/ethnomed/ethno-med/pakistani.html

Stanford Medicine Ethnogeriatrics: Health and Healthcare of Vietnamese American Older Adults
https://geriatrics.stanford.edu/ethnomed/ethno-med/vietnamese.html

Immigrant Elders
Immigration Rights & Resources in Long-Term Care
https://www.mentalhealthandaging.com/protect-vulnerable-older-adults-from-ice-enforcement/

Justice in Aging: Older Immigrants and Medicare
https://justiceinaging.org/older-immigrants-and-medicare/

LGBTQIA+ Elders
Patient-Centered Approaches to Sexuality and Well-Being in Older Adults
https://e4center.org/patient-centered-approaches-to-sexuality-and-well-being-in-older-adults/

Reframing Language in Behavioral Health Care: New Tools You Can Use
https://e4center.org/reframing-language-in-behavioral-health-care-new-tools-you-can-use/

Caring for LGBTQ+ Older Adults Using a Behavioral Health Lens
https://e4center.org/caring-for-lgbtq-older-adults-using-a-behavioral-health-lens/

What Providers Should Know About LGBTQ+ Family Caregivers
https://diverseelders.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/DEC-FactSheet-LGBTQ-0123.pdf

Words Matter Wednesdays: Promoting Equity for LGBTQIA2S+ Populations
https://e4center.org/words-matter-wednesdays-promoting-equity-for-lgbtqia2s-populations

Movement Advancement Project LGBTQ Older Adults
https://www.lgbtmap.org/lgbtq-older-adults

National Resource Center on LGBT Aging
https://www.lgbtagingcenter.org/

Inclusive Services for LGBT Older Adults: A Practical Guide to Creating Welcoming Agencies (2012)
https://lgbtagingcenter.org/library/item/inclusive-services-for-lgbt-older-adults-a-practical-guide-to-creating-welcoming-agencies/

Improving the Lives of Transgender Old Adults: Recommendations for Policy and Practice (2012)
https://www.sageusa.org/resource-posts/improving-the-lives-of-transgender-older-adults/

Fireside Chat: Advanced Planning for Healthcare Needs within LGBTQ+ Communities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssGLsM7-49g

HealthChangers Podcast: Improving Health Equity in How LGBT Seniors Experience Care
https://cambiahealth.libsyn.com/the-power-of-communication-carey-candrian-on-improving-health-equity-in-how-lgbt-seniors-experience-care

End of Life Care for Transgender Individuals
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/23333936231161128

Provider and LGBT individuals’ perspectives on LGBT issues in long-term care: A systematic review. The Gerontologist, April 2020

HIV prevalence, risk behaviors, health care use, and mental health status of transgender persons: implications for public health intervention. American Journal of Public Health, June 2001

Relationships and sexual expression in later life: A biopsychosocial perspective. In Sexuality & Ageing. Routledge, 2016

Older lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer adults’ experiences with discrimination and impacts on expectations for long-term care: Results of a survey in the Southern United States. Journal of Applied Gerontology, October 2021

I'm happy in my life now, I'm a positive person’: approaches to successful ageing in older adults living with HIV in Ontario, Canada. Ageing & Society, August 2016

Gender transitions in later life: A queer perspective on successful aging. The Gerontologist, February 2015

Gender transitions in later life: The significance of time in queer aging. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, May 2014

Health disparities among lesbian, gay, and bisexual older adults: Results from a population-based study. American Journal of Public Health, October 2013

“Could we hold hands?” Older lesbian and gay couples’ perceptions of long-term care homes and home care. Canadian Journal on Aging/La Revue canadienne du vieillissement, December 2016

The relationship between gender-based victimization and suicide attempts in transgender people. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, October 2012

National Center for Transgender Equality and National Gay and Lesbian Task Force: Transgender Discrimination Survey https://thetaskforce.org/resources/injustice-every-turn-report-national-transgender-discrimination-survey/

LGBT older adults in long-term care. American Journal of Nursing, August 2017

Dying in long-term care: Perspectives from sexual and gender minority older adults about their fears and hopes for end of life. Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care, November 2018

Association of affirming care with chronic disease and preventive care outcomes among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer older adults.American Journal of Preventive Medicine, March 2023

Providing Competent and Affirming Services for Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Older Adults. Clinical Gerontologist, July 2016

Changing the Culture of Long-Term Care: Combating Heterosexism. Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, March 2015

Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender aging: Challenges in research, practice, and policy. JHU Press, 2012

Rural Elders

National Rural Age-Friendly Initiative

Compendium of Best Practices for Rural Age-Friendly Care

The Commonwealth Fund: Helping Older Adults Age Well in Rural America

Aging in Rural Communities. Current Epidemiology Reports, November 2022

Economically Marginalized Elders
Justice in Aging
https://justiceinaging.org/

Elders with Disabilities
UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs: Ageing and Disability
https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/disability-and-ageing.html

Senior Resources National Association of the Deaf
https://www.nad.org/seniors/senior-resources/

The National Federation of the Blind Seniors Division
https://seniors.nfb.org/

Aging with Autism
https://www.pbs.org/video/aging-with-autism-vgxeee/

Social Justice, Law and Elder Rights

How to Ally with Older Adults Facing Systemic Discrimination & Marginalization
https://youtu.be/ZeIq3wV6Ieo

National Center on Law and Elder Rights
https://ncler.acl.gov

Addressing Systemic Racism in Nursing Homes: A Time for Action. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, April 2021

Social justice training within geropsychology: Nontraditional pedagogies to cultivate a competent workforce. The Counseling Psychologist, July 2014
doi: 10.1177/0011000014540342

DE&I in Research

APA Style Journal Article Reporting Standards for Race, Ethnicity, and Culture: Executive Summary https://apastyle.apa.org/jars/race-ethnicity-culture

APA Style Journal Article Reporting Standards for Race, Ethnicity, and Culture: Information Recommended for Inclusion in All Manuscripts
https://apastyle .apa.org/jars/rec-table-1.pdf

General Resources (Not specific to older adults or long term care)

APA Inclusive Language Guidelines, 2nd ed. (2023)
https://www.apa.org/about/apa/equity-diversity-inclusion/language-guidelines

Racism Scale: Where Do You Fall?
https://www.naadac.org/assets/2416/kathy_fitzjefferies_ac17ho9.pdf

Implicit Bias
https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/

White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh
​​​​​​​https://nationalseedproject.org/Key-SEED-Texts/white-privilege-unpacking-the-invisible-knapsack

Decentering Whiteness blog
https://www.cswac.org/decentering-whiteness-and-building-multiracial-community/

American Counseling Association: Cultural Identities, Multiculturalism & Diversity
https://www.counseling.org/resources/topics/cultural-identities

Advancing Health Equity: Equity Resources Roadmap
https://advancinghealthequity.org/roadmap-to-ahe/

Equity of Care: A Toolkit for Eliminating Health Care Disparities
https://www.aha.org/system/files/2018-01/equity-care-toolkit-eliminating-health-care-disparities%E2%80%932015.pdf

Reducing Health and Health Care Disparities: Implementation Lessons and Best Practices for Health Care Organization
https://www.chcs.org/media/Resource-13-058_reducing_health_and_health_care_disparities_-_final.pdf

National Museum of African American History and Culture: Talking About Race Toolkit
https://nmaahc.si.edu/learn/talking-about-race

Diversity workshop guide on identity, power, and privilege
https://www.iml.org/file.cfm?key=20641

Psychologists of Color ® Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/psychologistsofcolor

Addressing microaggressions in health care settings: A toolkit for action
https://www.mededportal.org/action/downloadSupplement?doi=10.15766%2Fmep_2374-8265.10969&file=mep_2374-8265.10969-s001.zip

APA Bystander Intervention Tip Sheet.
https://www.apa.org/pi/health-equity/bystander-intervention.pdf

Dealing with Racist Patients. The New England Journal of Medicine, February 2016
https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMp1514939

Disarming racial microaggressions: Microintervention strategies for targets, White allies, and bystanders. American Psychologist, January 2019
https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Famp0000296

Microintervention Toolkit: Individual actions and best practices to disarm and neutralize microaggressions.
https://priceschool.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/microintervention.toolkit.brochure_part_1.pdf

Supervision

A multicultural assessment supervision model to guide research and practice. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, June 2007

The complexities of power in feminist multicultural psychotherapy supervision. Journal of Counseling Psychology, March 2017
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27918171/

Supervision for trauma-informed practice. Traumatology, December 2014

The intersection of identities in supervision for trauma-informed practice: Challenges and strategies. The Clinical Supervisor, October 2018
doi: 10.1080/07325223.2017.1376299

A proposed framework for addressing supervisee -supervisor value conflict, The Clinical Supervisor, January 2017
doi: 10.1080/07325223.2016.124639

Multiculturalism and diversity in clinical supervision: A competency based approach. American Psychological Association, March 2014

Cultural humility: Engaging diverse identities in therapy. American Psychological Association, June 2017

Cultural humility in psychotherapy supervision. American Journal of Psychotherapy, April 2016

Hello from the other side: Student of color perspectives in supervision. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, August 2019

An examination of people of color supervision dyads: Racial identity matters as much as race. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, February 2010
doi:10.1037/a0018110

Trauma-informed supervision: Historical antecedents, current practice, and future directions. The Clinical Supervisor, January 2018
https://counseling.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Trauma20informed20care_Knight202018-compressed.pdf

Multicultural therapy practicum involving refugees: Description and illustration of a training model. The Counseling Psychologist, October 2014
doi: 10.1177/0011000013491610

Depth of discussion of multicultural identities in supervision and supervision outcomes. Counseling Psychology Quarterly, April 2016
doi: 10.1080/09515070.2016.1169995

Practicing What We Know: Multicultural Counseling Competence Among Clinical Psychology Trainees and Experienced Multicultural Psychologists. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, January 2011
doi: 10.1037/a0021667

Additional Self-Education (Books)

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People by Anthony Greenwald & Mahzarin Banaji

Caste by Isabel Wilkerson

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Fire This Time by Jesmyn Ward

How to Be an Antiracist by Ibrahim X. Kendi

Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad

Microintervention Strategies by Derald Sue, Cassandra Calle, Narolyn Mendez, Sarah Alsaidi, and Elizabeth Glaeser

My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menaken

So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Olli

Stamped from the Beginning by Ibrahim X Kendi

This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism by Ashton Applewhite

Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century by Alice Wong

Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body by Rebekah Taussig

The Anti-Ableist Manifesto: Smashing Stereotypes, Forging Change, and Building a Disability-Inclusive World by Tiffany Yu

General Resources from Psychiatry Pulled from curated list online by Francis Lu, MD, Kim Professor in Cultural Psychiatry, Emeritus, UC Davis:

Spirituality and Psychiatry (second edition) by Christopher C. H. Cook and Andrew Powell

Textbook of Transpersonal Psychiatry and Psychology by Bruce W. Scotton, Allan B. Chinen, John R. Battista

Faith, Medicine, and Science: A Festschrift in Honor of Dr. David B. Larson by Jeff Levin, Harold G. Koenig

Handbook of Asian American Health by Grace J. Yoo, Mai-Nhung Le, Alan Y Oda

Religion and Psychiatry: Beyond Boundaries by Peter J. Verhagan, Herman M. Van Praag, Juan J. Lopez-Ibor Jr., John L. Cox, Driss Moussaoui

Handbook of Mental Health and Acculturation in Asian American Families by Nhi-Ha Trinh, Yanni Chun Rho, Francis G. Ly, Kathy Marie Sanders

Psychiatric Aspects of HIV/AIDS by Francisco Fernandez, Pedro Ruiz

Textbook of Community Psychiatry (second edition) by Wesley E. Sowers, Hunter L. McQuition, Jules M. Ranz, Jacqueline Maus Feldman, Patrick S. Runnels

Cultural Competence in Clinical Psychiatry by Wen-Shing Tseng, Jon Streltzer

Mental Health & People of Color: Curriculum Development and Change by Il Chunn, Jay C, Patricia J. Dunston, Fariyal Ross-Sheriff

Cross Cultural Psychiatry by John M. Herrera, William B. Lawson, John J. Sramek

Please note that from time to time, communications on behalf of the Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee (DE&I) may include information from other organizations or advocacy groups in the diversity, equity, and inclusion space. We believe this information can help spark discussions, further the exchange of ideas and best practices, and ultimately help further PLTC’s purpose, among other goals, to provide advocacy on ethical, regulatory, organization, and public policy issues which impact individuals and professionals in long-term care. It is not intended to support or oppose any partisan political views, beliefs, or ideology.