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“There does need to be perhaps a focus on trying to make services more older people friendly.” Keen to experiment Justin has had people come to him using household products as lubricants- shampoo, hand cream and even cooking oil. In fact, older people become more anatomically susceptible to STIs as they age, and yet 64 per cent of our respondents who are either in new relationships or are dating, hadn’t sought sexual health advice.
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There is a degree of naivety in the older population in that they just don’t see that they are at risk of sexual infections. Justin Gaffney is a sexual health nurse consultant and told us: “There is a degree of naivety in the older population in that they just don’t see that they are at risk of sexual infections.” In fact, STIs have doubled in 50-90-year-olds in the past 10 years. The internet has made finding love so much easier, but this increased access to sex is leading to increased rates of sexually transmitted infections. Peter, who was 70 at the time, recounts the nerves of starting over again after many years without sex and said: “I can remember sitting on the sofa with Stella and discussing this and saying, well, I really don’t know whether anything works any more. Stella and Peter met on eHarmony and got married a year ago, having both lost their long-term partners. “I have got my wits about me, I do know what it’s all about.” Her granddaughter Nicola is acting as both facilitator and gatekeeper and sifting those she thinks are suitable.Īs Nicola sends a smiley to a man called John who’s caught her grandma’s eye, Connie tells us that Nicola need not worry about her.
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‘I know what it’s all about’Ĭonnie, 83, from London has just signed up for a dating site, even though she can’t work a computer. And just like younger people, most are turning to the internet to do so. But at it they are, and a third of those who are single told us they too would like to meet someone new. “Younger people nowadays must think: ‘Oh God, that’s gross, you know, granny’s at it,'” Myra, 67, in Essex, told us. We’re not just grannies – I’m not, anyway!” Margaret, 67 from Oxfordshire told us: “We still feel as though we have a right to be a sexual being as well as everything else. Many felt overlooked and that they became invisible after the menopause. Joey is like almost half of all our respondents (46 per cent) who told us that sex is important to their lives.ĭespite many feeling liberated in themselves, many told us they didn’t feel like society was very approving of OAP sex. So three months ago, he joined Grindr, the mobile dating app for gay men, and told us he’s now “averaging, I would say, four men a week”. We still feel as though we have a right to be a sexual being as well as everything else. Joey, 69, from London said: “I got to a point where I thought I’m going to kick the bucket fairly soon.” “I can say that sometimes in the street I think: ‘Oh yeah, that would be a nice person to go to bed with’,” Vikki, 70, from Dorset told us. In exclusive research, Channel 4 News carried out in-depth interviews with 76 over-60s all over the country and polled another 500 to find out about love, sex and relationships in what is fast becoming a new, old age. In fact, 51 per cent of people over 60 told us they are sexually active and many describe enjoying a late sexual bloom. “It’s the secret sex life of your parents and grandparents.” That’s what one 70-year-old woman in Somerset told Channel 4 News.