Taboo lifts on sex in nursing homes

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Nursing-home residents have sexual needs too. And now researchers are finding ways to educate staff on the taboo topic and provide accommodations for the elderly to shack up under some privacy.


"Most staff have the same mindset many of us do, which is 'I don't want to think about my parents having sex, let alone my grandparents,'" Gayle Doll, who directs Kansas State University's Center on Aging, told LiveScience.


The researchers suggest educating staff about sexuality and making sex in nursing homes less hush-hush. In the long run, they hope federal guidelines will help all nursing homes deal with sexuality in a positive way, especially as baby boomers age and bring their 1950s and 1960s attitudes about sex with them to the facilities.
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41 comments // Taboo lifts on sex in nursing homes

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    Wow, gross. Why would you post such a thing?

    Ares
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    • 12 months ago
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    Speak for yourself Ares, I'm still planning on getting down when I'm on the other side of the hill.

    krush_productions
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    HOT.

    onechance
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    I did not need these images in the spank bank. No wood for at least 30 minutes.

    bansheewail
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    Wait a minute; I think we are getting our speculations going in the wrong direction. At age 62, I have a little different view around the bend. Old age is not so much loss as gain. Why not hold on to what pleases you in life physically, while you get to add spiritual levels, self-validation, and maybe a little wisdom? Just you wait … (winking)

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    artist_al_fine
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    I can't wait for over the hill sex. It's gonna be grrrrrreat!

    Cuddlebones
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    I think its great that these oldtimers are getting it on, it bet keeps them young at heart.

    justright
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    I didn't realize the long term care facilities even permitted men and women to be permitted in each others rooms unless they were married. With dementia, physical problems and other health agents it seems hard to believe that a large portion or the nursing home residents would be aloud to behave such acts. Good for them if they can be so active.

    carre
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    new movie needed... 80yr old virgin

    satanskidney
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    Right on! Let the good times roll!

    unimatrix0
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    They better have safe sex seminars!!! haha

    TopScruffy
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    There is no God.

    damnneargenius
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    Those couple posted in the picture looks quite handsome. Even old people are cute sometimes. It is okay for me to visualize as long as they're not my parents, grandparents, or my relatives in the circle.

    ClassicWinter
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    Oh Nurse, I'll take a couple of french tickler condoms and some K-Y jelly; and will you remind Martha to take out her dentures before I get to her room..., we don't want to end up in the emergency room again!

    hapykap
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    now thats just evil!!

    kuruption
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    Everyone needs human touch and affection.
    I applaud this turn in attitude.
    As long as the couple is healthy enough, they better be able to enjoy sex all their lives. It's a human right, to pursue happiness.

    Thought for the day: There is a chance even you might become "old". It's not like they stop being human.

    arcticspirit
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    I didn't realise it was such a taboo!
    C'mon they're people too.
    20 years times your gonna have elderly people who are in s&m that'll be fun for the nurses.
    'NO DON'T WHIP HIM, NOT HIS HIP!!!'

    Jayface89
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    Ewwwww. I don't have any idea how I got here, because my parents NEVER had sex.

    I don't see how old people do it, their walkers would get in the way.

    A true story. My dad once told me, and I kid you not, that after he had his prostatecomy, (prostate reamed our) he couldn't ejaculate anymore because it went back into his bladder, and it upset him because mom was still in her prime. He was 85 at the time and mom was 76. I've needed therapy since.

    kiltedandfree
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    You guys have got to be kiddin right. Please tell me this is a joke!

    assimilator
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    mmmm wrinkly arthritic sex! Sweet. Although I do worry, once it's accepted across the board, how long will it be before we have a 'granny porn' scandal??

    dirtyemowords
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    aw no this is a sweet story (bit yuck but sweet), good for them. taboos don't serve any useful purpose so at least they're addressing the issue

    ClareW
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    YAY for old people sex.

    Swiyyah
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    the only reason i can imagine for old people to have sex would be out of habit and boredom, and maybe an urge for intimacy that they only really know how to express sexually. but as far as libido and attraction... they're old... get a hobby, write your memoirs, take up lawn bowling. accept your infirmity!

    numinant
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    to much sagging skin and rinkles for my liking!

    tallmansam
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    I've visited nursing homes. Even the best ones are depressing. If two (or three?) of the people in there are physically and mentally able to get it on and get some enjoyment out spending their last years there, I say more power to them!

    animalia_libero
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