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UK’s first Sexual Rights Charter launched to tackle age discrimination
On 24th March 2022 we launched our Sexual Rights Charter for Older Adults. Developed in partnership with Age-friendly Sheffield, the […]
Don’t ask, don’t tell: Silence in the medical encounter when sexual problems, ageing, and health conditions meet
If sex was important to you and you had a sexual problem, would you seek help? Would you know where […]
Are they still doing it?
The question should be, are you ever too old for sex? A Guest blog by Paul Simpson, Senior Lecturer, Health […]
Sex, investigated: We are only just starting to realise how important sex is to older people
Horny young people will likely grow up to be horny old people, yet sex in senior years remains taboo By Dr […]
Sexual rights and the journey to age equality
Yesterday (1st October) was the International Day of Older Persons (IDOP). The IDOP has been celebrated every year since 1990 […]
Meet the woman campaigning for anti-ageist sexual health
Author: Maggie Scaife for Bricks Magazine Sexual health amongst the older generation isn’t considered a priority for healthcare services and […]
Age, Sex and You: the website for older adults
Age, Sex and You is a new website designed to provide general information, all in one place, about the sexual […]
Healthy sexual ageing?
What do we know about the sex lives of older adults across Europe? And how does this fit with ideas […]
Passion for change: Promoting the sexual rights of older people
I was recently interviewed for The Psychologist (magazine of the British Psychological Society) about my work on the sexual rights of […]
Safer-sex in the over-60s
As part of our project Sex, Age & Me which we recently carried out in Australia we talked to 53 […]
Older people do not have sexual rights
Oh yes they do! And there is an urgent need to protect these sexual rights, as evidence continues to grow […]
Sex, Age & Me: What everybody ought to know
Two years ago I wrote about the Sex, Age & Me project that we had launched in Australia. It is […]
STDs never get old: Rapping the safer sex message to older people
Regular visitors to my website will have spotted that I’ve blogged about sexually transmitted infections (STIs) or diseases (STDs) in […]
Knowledge, stigma and risky sex: STIs in the over 45s
Why over 45s are at risk of sexually transmitted infections – new findings Jenny Dalrymple, Glasgow Caledonian University One consequence […]
The secret sex lives of older people that can make us rethink our idea of intimacy
It’s not often you see people over-50 having sex on screen. It’s so rare, in fact, that the sex scenes […]
Putting ageing and sexual health and wellbeing on the agenda
On Friday 6th February 2015 the Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing (MICRA), Manchester Metropolitan University, Age UK and […]
Don’t ask don’t tell: Helping health professionals to better address the sexual health needs of their older clients
Research consistently tells us that health professionals (HPs) can experience significant barriers to addressing the sexual and intimacy needs of […]
‘It’s your hormones dear’. Time for a rethink on menopause and sex
“As long as there has been brain science there have been – in retrospect – misguided neurological explanations and […]
It’s time to pay more attention to the sexual health and well-being of older adults
Sexual health and well-being in older adults is a neglected topic. Here is my view on why we (academics, […]
Dr. Sharron Hinchliff 