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Let's Talk about the 'S' Word! Supporting the Sexuality and Intimacy Needs of Care Home Residents

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Dates:4 October 2018
Times:13:00 - 16:00
What is it:Seminar
Organiser:Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing (MICRA)
Who is it for:University staff, Adults, General public
Speaker:Dr Laura Brown, Beverley Page-Banks, Neil Allen, Dr Christine Brown Wilson
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Basic human needs relating to sexuality, intimacy, and relationships are important for adults of all ages. However, for older people living in care homes, even the simple, intimate behaviours that many of us take for granted, such as sharing a cuddle with a partner, can become impossible. This can be particularly problematic for residents with cognitive impairment, or high levels of dependency, where issues of safeguarding, personal responsibility, and capacity to consent add complexity. Residents who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) may face additional challenges, such as judgement, discrimination and social exclusion from others.

In this seminar, we will be focussing on some of the issues that care homes face in trying to support residents with their sexuality and intimacy needs, and the innovative solutions that are being proposed. Dr Laura Brown will present recent work done by the Older People’s Understanding of Sexuality’ (OPUS) research team on skilling up care home staff to better support their residents’ sexuality and intimacy needs. Beverley Page-Banks will share the outputs of a recent Alzheimer’s Society Innovation project on meeting the sex and intimacy needs of people living with dementia. Neil Allen will talk about human rights and mental capacity around intimate relationships.

The event will be chaired by Dr Christine Brown Wilson from the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Queen’s University in Belfast, who is a registered nurse with an international research profile in ageing and dementia.

Seminar Itinerary:

13:00 - 14:00 - Free Networking Lunch

14:00 - 14:10- Introduction - general introduction by chair (Dr Christine Brown Wilson)

14:10 - 14:35 - Speaker 1 – Dr Laura Brown

14:35 - 15:00 - Speaker 2 – Beverley Page-Banks

15:00 - 15:25 - Speaker 3– Neil Allen

15:25 - 15:55 - Q&As with the panel of speakers

15:55 - 16:00 – Closing Comments

Speakers

Dr Laura Brown

Role: Lecturer in Psychology

Organisation: University of Manchester

Beverley Page-Banks

Role: Programme Development Manager of the Alzheimer’s Society Innovation Team

Organisation: Alzheimer’s Society

Neil Allen

Role: Senior Lecturer in Law

Organisation: University of Manchester

Dr Christine Brown Wilson

Role: Professor of Nursing and member of OPUS research team

Organisation: Queen’s University, Belfast

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