ArticleJournal of advanced nursing2017
The challenges and opportunities in researching intimacy and sexuality in care homes accommodating older people: a feasibility study.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Challenges of conducting research in long-term care facilities: a systematic review.BMC geriatrics · 2018Pooled it
- Scoping Literature Review: Experiences of Sexual and Gender Minority Older Adults, With Diagnoses of Dementia, Who Use Residential Long-Term Services and Supports.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2024Article
- Identifying barriers and facilitators to the inclusion of older adults living in UK care homes in research: a scoping review.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
- Using participatory research to co-produce an education and training e-resource to support care home staff to meet the sexuality, intimacy and relationship needs of care home residents with and without dementia.Frontiers in dementia · 2023Article
- Feasibility and acceptability of an education and training e-resource to support the sexuality, intimacy and relationship needs of older care home residents: a mixed methods study.Age and ageing · 2022Article
- Registered Nurses' experiences of caring for persons with dementia expressing their sexuality.Nursing open · 2022Article
- Not in the Brochure:Sexuality research & social policy : journal of NSRC : SR & SP · 2022Article
- Effectiveness of a Sexuality Workshop for Nurse Aides in Long-Term Care Facilities.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- 'I do it my way': long-term care staff's perceptions of residents' sexual needs and suggestions for improvement in their management.European journal of ageing · 2020Article
- Openness, inclusion and transparency in the practice of public involvement in research: A reflective exercise to develop best practice recommendations.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2018Article
- The challenges and opportunities in researching intimacy and sexuality in care homes accommodating older people: a feasibility study.Journal of advanced nursing · 2017Article
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Abstract
aimTo explore the challenges of conducting research on sexuality and intimacy among older care home residents.
backgroundSexuality and intimacy are neglected in care policies and practices.
designQualitative analytical study drawing on poststructuralist theorizing.
methodsSemi-structured interviews were conducted with residents and spouses (n = 6) and care staff (n = 16) in two care homes in Northwest England in 2014. The sample was obtained through a network of 'research-ready' care homes. Thematic analysis was used to make sense of narratives with the aid of NVivo10.
resultsParticipant responses highlight the workings of ageist erotophobic discourse that undergirds the assumption of residents (and old people generally) as postsexual. This materialized in reservations about the research ranging from opposition on moral grounds to doubts about its feasibility given the age-group concerned. However, residents and care home staff can also draw on counter-discourses that resist/challenge ageist erotophobic thinking, which materialized in methodological and ethical recommendations.
conclusionParticipants generally agreed with the principle of the research and made recommendations that could counter/resist ageist erotophobic governance and guide researchers on sampling, style of questioning and communicating with (prospective) study participants on a sensitive subject.
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