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| Knowledge and attitudes toward sexuality of a group of elderly | | Author(s) | Bonnie L Walker, Paul H Ephross |
| Journal title | Journal of Gerontological Social Work, vol 31, no 1/2, 1999 |
| Pages | pp 85-107 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Sexual activity ; Nursing homes ; Care homes ; Residents [care homes] ; Attitude ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Staff of long-term care facilities and other agencies working with older people need to be sensitive to the sexual needs and concerns of their residents. Little is known, however, about what older residents know about sexuality, their attitudes to sexual expression and how they want professionals to respond to their needs and concerns. The aim of this study was to investigate the knowledge and attitudes of a group of 68 older persons toward sexuality and staff practices related to the expression of elderly sexuality in a long-term care setting. Items related to masturbation, family issues, and personal issues, were left unanswered more than other items. As a group, the respondents tended to be somewhat knowledgeable about and tolerant toward sexuality issues. They also supported relatively proactive responses of staff toward sexuality issues. Respondents tended to think that there was little sexual activity taking place in nursing homes, but that the residents continued to be interested in sexual expression. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000526405 A |
| Classmark | BIU: LHB: KW: KX: DP: 7T |
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