The JQT Seniors Initiative is a Community Response Network of Jewish, LGBTQ+ and seniors healthcare organizations, addressing senior social isolation and loneliness in our communities, as well as the fear of going back into the closet and/or hiding one’s religious and cultural identities upon entering Assisted Living and Long Term Care in BC. The initiative produced THE BC JEWISH QUEER & TRANS SENIORS RESOURCE GUIDE, a report card on what we can and cannot expect in the Jewish community, in the LGBTQ+ community, and in healthcare as Jewish queer and/or trans people in BC in the year 2023. While this resource guide is specific to the Jewish LGBTQ+ community in BC, we hope that this step-by-step outline will serve as a template to help additional religious and/or cultural groups navigate care for their local older queer and trans community members.

To access the resource guide and learn more about the initiative, please visit JQT Vancouver.

Communities Served:

• Vancouver

Network Coordinator:
Carmel Tanaka

Regional Mentor:
Joanna Li

Host Agency:
JQT Vancouver

Community Contact List:
Community Contact List – JQT

This contact information will put you in touch with people who are able to give you more information about services in your area. They are typically available during business hours Monday to Friday. Should this be an emergency situation, please consider calling your local RCMP detachment or the Police authority for your area.