Aging and Sexuality: For LTC Healthcare Professionals

Course overview

Sexual health is a vital component of life and general wellbeing for older adults of all abilities. Sexuality develops in a person over the course of their lifetime. The presence of a disease process does not necessarily equate to the end of one's sexuality. Healthcare professionals may fail to recognize the sexual lives of the older adults in their care. They should strive to promote the older adult's comfort and trust to candidly discuss their sexuality. In this course, you will learn about sexuality and the older adult to include sexual health, intimacy, and the normal age-related changes to sexual function and desire. You will explore trends in attitudes toward sexuality in the older adult and the ethical/legal issues that healthcare professionals must consider. You will take away up-to-date recommendations on how best to manage sexual intimacy and the older adult in the long-term care setting.