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Sexuality of Elderly People

Published:2022-06-01 Issue:2 Volume:79 Page:85-95
ISSN:2084-0535
Container-title:Polish Hyperbaric Research
language:en
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Author:

Naja-Wiśniewska Magdalena¹,Maciejewski Ryszard²,Nieradko-Iwanicka Barbara³

Affiliation:

1. 1 Department of Geriatrics , Provincial Specialist Hospital Stefan Cardinal Wyszyński of Lublin , Poland

2. 2 Department of Human Anatomy , Medical University of Lublin , Poland

3. 3 Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology , Medical University of Lublin , Poland

Abstract

Abstract The subject of the work is the rarely discussed issue of the sexuality of the elderly. The article describes the sexuality of people in the "autumn of life". The aim of this work is to draw attention to the need to promote sexual health, as well as to prevent sexual disorders. A review of 34 literature items on various aspects of sexuality in the elderly was made: physiology, psyche, and social significance. There are restrictions on the intimate sphere resulting from the need for older people to stay in care and treatment facilities, social welfare homes. Love is presented as a biochemical process to show that it does not depend only on the changing corporeality of a person and that its epicenter is in the brain. The change of the hierarchy of sexual needs occurring with age, the evolution of the art of love from procreation to pleasure and sensuality are presented. Conclusion: the sexuality of seniors is an important sphere of their everyday life and has a large impact on functioning in society, as well as on the perception of their own attractiveness and self-acceptance.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

General Medicine

Link

https://www.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/phr-2022-0012

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