ArticleAgeing and society2017
Old(er) care home residents and sexual/intimate citizenship.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The needs, preferences, and experiences of LGBT + people living with dementia: a systematic review with thematic synthesis.BMC geriatrics · 2025Pooled it
- Sexual Knowledge, Attitudes, and Motivational Factors Associated with Sexual Activity in Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2026Article
- The qualitative experience of sexuality in ageing women: a narrative review.Frontiers in global women's health · 2026Review
- A qualitative study on the unmet sexual needs of older women.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Sexual attitudes and utilization of sexual and reproductive health services among older women in southern China: a qualitative study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Intersecting sex and gender diversity with sexual rights for people living with dementia in later life: an example of developing a learning framework for policy and practice.Frontiers in dementia · 2024Article
- 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
- Dementia and sexuality in long-term care: Incompatible bedfellows?Dementia (London, England) · 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
- A scoping review of education and training resources supporting care home staff in facilitating residents' sexuality, intimacy and relational needs.Age and ageing · 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
- 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
Sexuality and intimacy in care homes for older people are overshadowed by concern with prolonging physical and/or psychological autonomy. When sexuality and intimacy have been addressed in scholarship, this can reflect a sexological focus concerned with how to continue sexual activity with reduced capacity. We review the (Anglophone) academic and practitioner literatures bearing on sexuality and intimacy in relation to older care home residents (though much of this applies to older people generally). We highlight how ageism (or ageist erotophobia), which defines older people as post-sexual, restricts opportunities for the expression of sexuality and intimacy. In doing so, we draw attention to more critical writing that recognises constraints on sexuality and intimacy and indicates solutions to some of the problems identified. We also highlight problems faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGB&T) residents who are doubly excluded from sexual/intimate citizenship because of ageism combined with the heterosexual assumption. Older LGB&T residents/individuals can feel obliged to deny or disguise their identity. We conclude by outlining an agenda for research based on more sociologically informed practitioner-led work.
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