This dialogical event will address the awareness gap concerning old people sexuality and intimacy.  It will pivot around qualitative research conducted by the OPUS research initiative (based at Universities of Manchester, Bradford, Queensland and Edge Hill) on older care home residents and responses to the OPUS 'findings'. 

In particular, the event will promote examination of:

• - accounts of residents, spouses and care staff on the significance of addressing sexual/intimate citizenship (Plummer 1995) in care homes;
• - needs relating to sex, sexuality and intimacy identified by representatives of older people's groups (including lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people);
• - ethical issues relating to sexual/intimate citizenship and older people/residents e.g. in relation to individuals with dementia or impaired capacity to consent

This is a costed event and details can be found:

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