Vault: Is This True About Senior Citizen Homes?

Summary

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The Bert Show – Vault: Is This True About Senior Citizen Homes?

Date: February 17, 2026
Episode Theme:
The Bert Show investigates the longstanding urban myth about rampant sexual activity in senior citizen homes—specifically, the Sunrise Senior Living facility in Atlanta—by swapping stories, fielding calls from insiders, and seeking the truth behind the rumors.

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Main Theme & Purpose

In this episode, the hosts open up the phone lines and share personal theories to explore whether senior living communities, and specifically Sunrise Senior Living in Atlanta, are hotbeds of sexual activity among older adults. The show sets out to separate fact from fiction with both humor and genuine curiosity, hoping to confirm or debunk the rumors that Atlanta’s retirement homes see more action than college dorms.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Atlanta’s “Snopes” Moment: The Urban Legend (02:00-03:34)

• Host B sets the stage: “I would like to either find out if this is fact or urban myth… Our version of Snopes, local Snopes.”
• Question posed: Is Sunrise Senior Living in Buckhead known for having more sexual activity among residents than a fraternity or sorority house?
• Anecdotes: The hosts joke about whether the facility has “male and female floors” or whether senior facilities really work like college dorms.

Senior Living vs. Nursing Homes Explained (03:35-04:05)

• Host C clarifies the difference:

  “If you are still active and you don’t need round the clock care, then it’s usually considered a senior living facility. If you need nursing care, that’s a nursing home.”
  (03:44-04:05)

Social Structures in Senior Facilities (04:06-05:46)

• The hosts speculate:
  • Senior homes have cliques and reputations, much like high school or college.
  • There could be “the skank,” “the goody-goody,” “the player” even among seniors.
  • Host B:

    “I am absolutely sure it doesn’t get senior. It’s no different… There’s always the skank. There’s always the goody-goody. There’s, you know, the dude that’s the player. I bet it’s no different.” (04:43-04:47)

• The group riff about what “checking in” as a new resident would feel like, including warnings to “stay away from Harry, he’s not clean.”

Callers Share First-Hand Experiences

STD Outbreaks in Retirement Communities (05:59-06:40)

• Caller F (parent in Florida retirement community):

  “It had the highest rate of sexually transmitted diseases in the country. All the seniors, they can’t get pregnant, so they’re having unprotected sex.” (05:59-06:15)

Unexpected Use of Bananas (07:21-08:08)

• Caller F, former nursing home employee:

  “We actually had to start cutting up the bananas for the old lady... We discovered they were using them for other means. We had to start cutting them up.” (07:21-08:02)

  • The hosts react with disbelief and jokes.

Confirmation from Executive Director (08:25-09:16)

• Caller F, executive director at a retirement community:

  “There’s a lot of sex going on. ... A lot of people live together, they meet there and then they move in the room together and they just kind of shack up.” (08:25-08:44)

  • Reports of “bruises falling out of bed” and “hyperventilating, having to call the paramedic” as occasional consequences of senior romance (08:51-09:02).
  • Clarifies: “We don’t discourage anything. We don’t encourage it, but we don’t discourage it. It’s their own apartment. They can do what they want.” (09:16-09:27)

Social Hierarchies and “Lovers’ Quarrels” (09:27-10:40)

• Executive director continues:

  “You have the popular girl, you have the click, which you have … people who have several boyfriends.” (09:37)

  • Occasional need to “console” residents after nasty breakups or lovers’ quarrels.
  • Jokes about age and memory loss lead to a brief discussion of dementia and appropriateness.

Voice-Disguised Confirmation from Sunrise Resident (10:47-12:42)

• Caller E (Amy), Sunrise resident:

  “I wouldn’t go that far, but I would say it is common and it does happen quite often.” (11:00-11:07)

  • On why: “Why would you want to lose that part of you just because you get older?” (11:13)
  • Describes Sunrise as “the cream of the crop for assisted living,” but can’t confirm if it sees more activity than others. (12:29-12:41)

Tales of “Crazy Lou” and Senior Casanovas (12:52-14:09)

• Caller F, former Atlanta retirement village worker:

  “We had a guy who called himself Crazy Lou. He had about seven or eight different girlfriends... and they were literally crazy about him.” (12:52-13:09)

  • Everyone knew about his multiple relationships, and another resident (104-year-old former vet) apparently made a spectacle of himself:

  “He would ride up and down the hallways buck naked, electric wheelchair. And ladies like it.” (14:03-14:09)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Host C: “The sun’s not the only thing rising.” (05:10)
• Caller F (exec. director): “We, that we don’t discourage anything. We don’t encourage it, but we don’t discourage it. So it’s their own apartment. They can do what they want.” (09:16)
• Host B: “There’s a whole bunch of 24 year olds listening right now going, I know where my next apartment’s gonna be.” (06:45)
• Host D: “Hazel will take out her teeth if you ask her.” (07:15)
• Caller E (Amy): “They’re still young, they’re kids at heart and they enjoy what they do … we don’t prohibit it either.” (11:15)
• Caller F (Atlanta Retirement Village): “He had about seven or eight different girlfriends, would go from room to room to room all day and all night, and they were literally crazy about him.” (12:54)
• On “Crazy Lou’s” dementia: “His wife had passed and her name is Eleanor. And he had three girlfriends named Eleanor.” (13:19)

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Segment Timestamps for Key Moments

• Investigating the rumor / Urban legend setup – 02:00–04:05
• Senior living vs. nursing home distinction – 03:35–04:05
• Joking about ‘high school’ social structures – 04:06–05:46
• STD outbreak in retirement communities – 05:59–06:40
• Banana anecdote and reactions – 07:21–08:08
• Retirement community director’s confirmation – 08:25–09:27
• Discussion about dementia and appropriateness – 10:04–10:40
• Voice-disguised Sunrise resident confirmation – 10:47–12:42
• ‘Crazy Lou’ legacy & more stories – 12:52–14:09

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Summary Takeaways

• The myth of senior homes being hotbeds of sexual activity is at the very least partly true, with evidence from both professionals and residents indicating that sexuality does not fade with age.
• Senior communities, much like college dorms, develop their own social hierarchies and cliques—including the notorious “player.”
• Most facilities—especially “nice” ones like Sunrise—do not discourage relationships among consenting residents, drawing a distinct line only when dementia or appropriateness comes into play.
• The stories—ranging from banana mishaps to “Crazy Lou”—suggest that older adults, freed from many youthful inhibitions, often pursue romance and relationships with gusto.
• The ultimate verdict: While Sunrise may not necessarily be wilder than any other senior facility, senior living communities can be lively, drama-filled places where age is no barrier to fun, connection, or love.

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Tone:
Light-hearted, irreverent, and very real, mirroring The Bert Show’s blend of humor and authenticity throughout the conversation.
Usefulness:
This episode will surprise and amuse, but also inform listeners about the social dynamics and very real relationship drama found in senior living communities.

Transcript

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[B]

The bird show. All right, I would like to either find out if this is factor urban myth here around Atlanta. This is sort of our our version of Snopes. Local Snopes Local Snopes and Snopes is a website that if you've heard an urban legend or something that just to make sense to you, you get one of those emails from like 12 Nigerians that need some cash and they want.

[C]

You to put all in the Us?

[B]

Yeah, to get in the US or whatever. You go here and they tell you, yeah, it's true or new or no, it's just a myth. So I've got one for you guys this weekend. And I'm not sure how many calls we can get on this because I'm looking for one specific place. So maybe we make it even broader than this. But what I heard over the last week and a half is, have you guys ever heard of a Sunrise Senior Living in Buckhead? Maybe you have.

[D]

Is that the one that decorates the tree in 400?

[B]

I'm not sure if that's the one that does it.

[D]

Is it on Lenox Road?

[B]

Believe it, it is 1000 Lenox Park.

[D]

I drive by it all the time because I have friends who live down there, but I don't know anything about it. I just drive past it.

[B]

It's like this really nice complex. It looks. It kind of has this old school feel to it, but all new construction and it's, you know, it's a senior citizen home.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

So what I have heard goes on at this place is. I heard that there is more. There's more sex going on at that place.

[D]

Hey.

[B]

Between these senior citizens than goes on at fraternity and sorority houses.

[C]

Do they have floors like a female floor and a male floor and they're kind of like rooms?

[D]

No, these are adults. You don't have to separate them by floor. They're all grown up.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

They can make their own decisions.

[C]

A whole life. And they're not done yet. So it's senior living. It's not. It's not like a nursing home or whatever.

[B]

Even if it is, what do you call.

[C]

Well, a nurse? I mean, now they. If you're. If you are still active and you don't need round the clock care, then it's usually considered a senior living facility. So that if they're, you know, they just have to be surrounded by other seniors. But if there is a nursing home, that's usually where you aren't active anymore. So you need, you know, around the clock nursing care.

[B]

So I guess the broader question is if you work in one of these, is there a lot of that that still goes on between floors? And if you work at Sunrise Senior Living, is that place either better or worse than others? That's the myth. That is the rumor that is floating around Atlanta. And I just want to find out, is it true or is it not?

[C]

Well, I think the only limitation they would have is their own bodies. But there's no inhibitions. I mean, if you are a 70 something year old woman. Then you're not worried about what people are gonna think? Are they gonna call me slut? I don't know. I mean, you're 70 something years old. Do you think.

[D]

Do you think there's. Do you think somebody is known as the slut of Sunset House or whatever it's called?

[B]

I am absolutely sure it doesn't get senior. It's no different.

[D]

It's the name of the house than.

[B]

When you're in a freshman in high school or a freshman in college or any clique. It's like there's always the skank. There's always the goody goody. There's, you know, the dude that's the player. I'm sure he's going, working his way through all those senior women also. I bet it's no different.

[D]

Yeah. What's the name of the place again?

[B]

Sunrise Senior Living.

[D]

Sunrise Senior Living. Do you think there is a skank of Sunrise Senior Living?

[C]

The sun's not the only thing rising.

[D]

Like, do you. Hey, hey. Do you think when somebody checks in, like, let's say Melissa gets. Because you're getting up there in yours.

[C]

Yeah. Well, I went to Julie Andrew's on Saturday night.

[B]

Definitely aged a little.

[D]

So let's say after the show, just.

[C]

Call me a gay gray.

[D]

Wendy, Jen, Bert and I decide that that's where you need to live. Like your first night there. Do you think somebody comes to you and says, I just wanted to let you know, stay away from Harry, because he is. And nobody likes it, he's not clean.

[B]

Absolutely sure. There's the same cliques in senior living than there are in high school.

[C]

Oh, I'm sure. I would just put my house shoes on and I would go down. I would see Harry.

[D]

Try to get yourself his room. Get yourself a sponge bath from Howard.

[B]

Here's Mindy. Good Morning here on Q100.

[E]

Hi there.

[F]

My parents live in a community in Florida, a retirement community. And they sent me an article about a couple of months ago that it had the highest rate of sexually transmitted diseases in the country. All the seniors, they can't get pregnant, so they're having unprotected sex.

[C]

And there's another thing about it where there's no inhibitions right now. Are you talking about the one that your parents live in or the Sunrise community?

[F]

No, no, I'm talking about where my parents live. So, you know, fortunately, they're still married and I think that the rate of their transmission between each other is gonna be minimal. But they're all you know, there's widows and all sorts of people that just feel like, hey, you know, I've earned this.

[B]

Let's Sure.

[C]

I understand that.

[D]

Do you think there's some people right now who've been on the fence about wanting to go into one of those places and now they're like, sign me up.

[B]

There's a whole bunch of 24 year olds listening right now going, I know where my next apartment's gonna be.

[D]

Yep. God, I really think I'm reaching retirement age. You're 31. I know. My bones are feeling it.

[C]

I think it's about to rain. I can feel it in my knee.

[B]

So we're specifically looking for Sunrise Senior Living. Is that the place that where most of this activity. There's a lot of sex between seniors going on, or does it happen at all these senior citizen places? They're all just doing it. Good morning, Q100.

[D]

Hazel will take out her teeth if you ask her.

[B]

Melissa. Hi.

[D]

What?

[F]

I used to work at a nursing home and we actually had to start cutting up the bananas for the old lady.

[E]

Come on.

[B]

Come. You're not dumb now.

[D]

You're lying.

[F]

No way. You swear we could not give them whole bananas?

[B]

No.

[F]

Really?

[B]

Is this a local place?

[F]

No, actually it's down in South Georgia.

[C]

Whoa.

[E]

Okay.

[B]

So at one point you had to figure out, like, where are all the bananas going?

[C]

Man, are you kidding?

[F]

They were just like, they would. Well, they're soft, they're easy to eat when the old ladies don't have any teeth. And so we would just give it to them. And then we discovered they were using them for other means. We had to start cutting them up.

[C]

Imagine finding that the first time pure romance has to go down to the senior citizens homes. Now they got a whole new market.

[D]

No, because you know how old people will save money, they'll cut corners. They're not spending money on pure romance. When everybody knows that Jerry leaves his pipe sitting on the nightstand after he dozes off.

[B]

Hey, Kelly, you're on Q100.

[D]

You smell like tobacco.

[B]

Hey.

[F]

I'm an executive director at a retirement community and assisted living, and there's a lot of sex going on. There is really a lot. A lot of people that live together, they meet there and then they move in the room together and they just kind of shack up.

[C]

That's. Have you ever had any injuries due to a shack up in the senior citizen home?

[F]

Yes.

[C]

You have injuries like a broken hip or like somebody falls out.

[F]

More like bruises falling out of the bed or.

[C]

Come on, Jeff.

[F]

Hyperventilating having to call the paramedic.

[C]

Oh, no.

[B]

Really?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

No, yeah. And they're allowed to. I mean, they're allowed to do anything they want. It's like an apartment complex. Right. If they want to sleep with some 90 year old dude, they go ahead and do it.

[F]

Absolutely. We, that we don't discourage anything. We don't encourage it, but we don't discourage it. So it's. It's their own apartment. They can do what they want. They can check up where we was.

[B]

Was my assumption correct in that it never really changes from high school? Like, you've got the, you know, the class, you got the player, you got the nice guy.

[F]

Yes. You have the popular girl, you have the click, which you have the, you know, who shack up people who have several boyfriends.

[D]

Do you ever have to resolve lovers quarrels?

[F]

Not really, but we kind of have to console at times.

[B]

There's a nasty breakup or something.

[F]

Yeah, there's kind of like, well, he's, you know, I mean. And also you have to remember when residents or get older and Alzheimer's sometimes kicks in, you lose your. That's kind of the first thing that goes, is your inability to differentiate between what's appropriate, what is.

[B]

So you might be sleeping all down the hall and just never remember it.

[F]

Well, no, we wouldn't let that happen. But you might grope somebody and not realize you're not supposed to be doing it.

[B]

At what age is that acceptable? At what age can you say, well, he didn't know what he was gonna.

[D]

Start the backwards clock ticking.

[B]

I wonder if I'm getting close. All right, we found somebody that lives at Sunrise Senior Living.

[C]

Yay.

[B]

All right, we will either dispel this rumor or we will absolutely prove it to be true. All right, we will call her Amy. She is on the voice disguiser. Is Sunrise Senior Living a big old hoe house?

[E]

Well, I wouldn't go that far, but I would say that it is common and it does happen quite often.

[B]

Quite often.

[E]

Quite often, yes. Why is it, why would you want to lose that part of you even just because you get older?

[B]

I agree.

[C]

Yeah, I agree too.

[E]

I mean, yeah, they're still young, they're kids at heart and they enjoy what they do. So, you know, we don't encourage it like the last caller said, but, you know, we don't prohibit it either.

[B]

Let me ask you this, because there are different condo communities and apartment complexes where they just sort of cater to a younger, better looking crowd, single crowd, like Metropolis or what's the one in Buckhead.

[D]

Well, like anything, I think, you know, if you sign up to live in Vinings, you're going to be young and single and attractive. If you're renting an apartment in Vinings.

[B]

Right.

[D]

That's probably a given. So are you going to ask if there's certain senior centers?

[B]

There's like an Eclipse.

[F]

Oh, that's funny.

[B]

You know, like.

[C]

Like that more exclusive senior home, Right.

[B]

Where they go and they all hook up together.

[E]

Well, that's a good question. I'm not sure, but, you know, I can't believe you called out Sunrise specifically. But, you know, we have several homes in the Atlanta metro area, so, I mean, we have a lot to choose from. So I guess you could pick on your location that you want and that could kind of mean, you know, where the people have come from and, you know, their background.

[B]

Because somehow some way, like all the good looking single people know, Eclipse is where you got to go. Right. You know, so I was wondering if there is, like a retirement home where. Look, if you're going to get a lot, you got to go over to.

[E]

Sunrise is the cream of the crop for assisted living anyways.

[B]

Of course.

[D]

Of course it is.

[B]

Of course it is.

[D]

Without a doubt.

[B]

All right, so you can say that it does happen, but you don't know if it happens any more there than it does anywhere else.

[E]

No, you couldn't say that. No.

[B]

Okay, thank you.

[E]

Thank you.

[B]

One more call on this.

[F]

Hello.

[B]

The urge never goes away. Good morning, Q100.

[D]

Very excited.

[C]

That's good news.

[G]

Hey.

[C]

Hey.

[F]

I used to work for a retirement village actually, here in the Atlanta area. And we had a guy who called himself Crazy Lou. He had about seven or eight different girlfriends, would go from room to room to room to room all day and all night, and they were literally crazy about him.

[B]

And all the women knew about this.

[F]

Guy going, oh, oh, yeah. They all knew about each other. And his. His wife, he had dementia. He didn't have Alzheimer's, but he had dementia and his wife had passed and her name is Eleanor. And he had three girlfriends named Eleanor. Oh.

[B]

Do you think anybody has ever tried faking that whole dementia thing so they could go from room to room and say, I don't even remember doing that.

[F]

Yes, I'm going to probably. We had one guy, and he was 104 and he was one of the last World War I vets. And he would literally grab on the nurses and on us as he would walk by. And so they. They made him. I mean, he was 104. Do what you got to do, you know? But they made him stay in a wheelchair because they were afraid he was going to fall. Well, he hated it. So he would ride up and down the hallways buck naked, electric wheelchair. And ladies like it.

[D]

Good for him.

[B]

Good for him.

[G]

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