(SMH) SAFE-SEX workshops should be held in aged-care facilities and staff trained to manage promiscuous behaviour as a sexual revolution breaks out among the elderly, experts say. [..] Ken Gleeson, a behavioural consultant at The Whiddon Group, will publish his guideline policy document, Sexuality in the Elderly: Intimacy and Sexual Policy, later this year. Mr Gleeson said aged-care staff tended to put sexual behaviour among the elderly in the ''too hard'' basket. ''There is a widespread belief among aged-care workers that the elderly should not be participating in sexual activities and there is currently no policy to address sexual behaviour in aged-care facilities,'' he said. read more
"promiscuous behaviour" used to describe adults? Ow glory be (sarcasm), another tiny step towards Logans Run "policy".
(SMH) THE insurance industry has rejected a call to stop using prospective customers' genetic profiles to raise insurance premiums or deny cover. A similar, voluntary ban in Britain was introduced in 2001 and later extended to at least 2014, but the local industry has refused to follow suit, despite concerns they may be deterring people from potentially life-saving genetic testing. [...] Doctors are increasingly using more specific tests to identify genetic mutations that dramatically increase the risk of cancers. But when insurers sell non-community-rated policies such as life insurance, disability cover and income protection they can demand to see the results of any genetic test. read more
