Nursing homes definitely are not places people ordinarily
think of anyone ever desiring sex, much less having
any. More elderly, even in nursing homes, not only
think about sex, they desire it but are usually
deterred from thinking about it and definitely
denied it, if staff has anything to say about it.
Most staff in nursing homes think older people
having sex is disgusting and all old people who
want sex must be perverts. It is expected that when
old people enter a nursing home to live, they will
automatically become eunuchs, understanding that
sex should be parked outside the doors and is a privilege
only for the young, or at least, only for old people
who live outside in the community.
To nursing home staff, finding an empty room for To nursing home staff, finding an empty room for
people to engage in a sexual act, means having to
clean a room that was already clean, and best left
that way, in other words, more work for them. To
corporations and owners, an empty room set aside
for such purposes means a room not producing
money 24/7 because it is empty.
This is almost like living in a concentration camp,
minus the torture, unless you count the harsh words
from staff as torture, maybe to some it is. Entering
a nursing home means giving up all pleasures,
except for those sanctioned by the facility.
Perhaps there needs to be brochures that not only tell of the
benefits of living in a nursing home, but also list
the former pleasures you have to give up. Or
maybe it would suit their marketing department if
the brochure listed the pleasures sanctioned by the nursing home.
Bingo is okay, looking out the window, reading, watching TV but *sigh* not sex! OMG!
Well to Babyboomers, this is just unacceptable. They come from a history of: "If it feels good do it............free love...........etc.
I read once that Boomers living in retirement communities are a large portion of those contracting AIDS. Not sure how true the statistics are, after all, the same article said seniors abuse alcohol more than most too. Oh yes, and drugs, but I think they were talking marijuana so to Boomers that is also a part of their normal history. But, you don't get AIDS playing shuffleboard either.
Sex is normal, and it is not something seniors need to be protected from, like we protect teens who have never had sex......unless it is a violent crime...........but consensual sex is something they do think about and even enjoy.
Seniors are not teenagers who need protection from sex. Most of them have had sex at one time or another in their lives. So adult kids who cannot stand the idea of their elderly parent having sex...........really should get a grip on reality and get over it.
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