Author: Maggie Scaife for Bricks Magazine Sexual health amongst the older generation isn’t considered a priority for healthcare services and […]
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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 […]
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
Imaging intimacy: Challenging stereotypes of age, sex and health
I recently came across this fabulous project led by Andy Chen. The project involved designing a sexual health promotion […]
Older people and sexual risk-taking: Combating rising STIs among older Australians
I’m excited to tell you about a project that has just started Sex, Age & Me which will explore older […]
Guess what? New statistics show yet another rise in STIs for people aged 45 and older
Earlier this week Public Health England released their annual data on sexually transmitted infections. The report presents the most recently […]
Sexually transmitted infections and HIV in the over 50s: Promoting condom use
I am always pleased to hear about campaigns that aim to reduce the spread of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) […]
STIs in the over 45s: Can home care workers help?
The UK Homecare Association recently urged home care workers to look out for signs of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) […]
Dr Sharron Hinchliff 