World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

To mark World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, Ethos staff, volunteers and a dedicated group of seniors staged a unique demonstration at Roche Bros. supermarket in West Roxbury; a flash mob, to draw attention to the physical, emotional or sexual abuse, financial exploitation, neglect, abandonment or self-neglect that many seniors secretly face.

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BEFORE YOU KNOW IT

Directed by PJ Raval. USA. 2012. 110 min. English

There are an estimated 2.4 million lesbian, gay and bisexual Americans over the age of 55. LGBTQ seniors are 5 times less likely to access social services than their heterosexual counterparts, half as likely to have health insurance coverage, and 10 times less likely to have a caretaker if they fall ill. In response to inequities in care, LGBTQ seniors turned to each other for a solution. Some organized to build retirement facilities; others worked within their cities to create a support network. Set against the backdrop of three unique retirement communities, “Before You Know It” traces a year in the lives and a lifetime of experiences of several gay seniors.

Sunday, May 5th, 3:OO PM

BRATTLE THEATRE