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First LGBT Nursing Home to Open in Massachusetts by Emily Isaac February 25, 2010 |
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The Elsie Frank House, the nation’s first nursing home built specifically to assist lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender senior citizens, is set to open soon in Chelsea, MA.
The house is a project of The Leonard Florence Center for Living, and named after openly gay Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank’s mother, who was an advocate and long-time supporter of LGBT rights.
The Elsie Frank House is a Green House model, which, according to a story in the Golden Rainbow Times “is an innovative model of nursing care that provides skilled nursing and daily care services to residents in a home environment.”
The center will be equipped with 10 private bedroom-bathrooms and shared living and dining spaces. “We want to ensure that they’re going to be able to provide the best LGBT-focused care that they can,” Lisa Krinsky, director of the LGBT Aging Project, told Bay Windows when the project was first announced in 2007.
"We have chosen to dedicate one of our Green Houses to the LGBT community because everyone deserves to live and receive care in a place that is filled with respect for who they are, and for their dignity," Green House CEO Barry Berman told the Golden Rainbow Times. "Be assured that the staff at Elsie Frank have chosen to work with LGBT residents and we look forward to creating a strong sense of community in this house."
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