Catherine Barrett, the director and founder of Celebrate Ageing, a charity aimed at combating ageism, can also see the problem.
"For older, straight, and cisgendered people, you can basically pick a retirement village anywhere you like, but it's not the same for older queer people. They may be sharing a room or a wing or a space with a person who grew up believing that being queer was immoral and they may never have met a queer person," she said.
Dr Barrett says faith-based aged care facilities can seem particularly daunting.
"I think what happens for a lot of older queer folk is when they hear about a faith-based service, they become really quite concerned because there has been a track record of discrimination from the church," she says.
So, while there is some support, including via the Silver Rainbow project, there is more work to be done in Australia.
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