from Fox News:
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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